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Faculty and Staff

Arbor requires that all lead teachers and Education Administrators are certified by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).

Head of SchoolJan Deason
Business Manager Dianne Sherrill
Elementary CoordinatorAlison Sherrill
Primary CoordinatorAnu Chandra
adolescent program coordinator Jacqui Miller
Director of Auxiliary ProgramsMickey Phillips-Black
Director of Communications/prLeslie Richardson
Director of Development/Parent InvolvementMartha Addison
Administrative Assistant Cheryl Rogers
front desk assistant Liticia Weissinger
Bookkeeper Cheryl Howard

Academic Staff

Jan Deason, Head of School, BA and Secondary Teaching Certificate, Western Michigan University; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1986

Anu Chandra, Primary Coordinator, BA Bangalore University, AMI Primary Diploma, Atlanta, 1999

Mickey Phillips-Black, Director of Auxiliary Programs, BS University of Akron, Elementary Teaching Certificate, Kennesaw State University, AMI Infant and Toddler Training, San Diego, CA, 2002

Alison Sherrill, Elementary Coordinator, BS University of Georgia; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1996

Jacqui Miller, Adolescent Program Coordinator, BA, University of Pennsylvania; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1993

Lead Primary Teachers

Deedee Murphy, BA St. Andrew's Presbyterian College; AMI Primary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1978

Marian Cooper, BS Early Childhood Education; AMI Primary Diploma, Atlanta, 1999

Myesha Green, Ph.d Emory University, BS Hampton University, AMI Primary Diploma, Atlanta, 2007

Shiela Pereira-Scruggs, DeKalb College; Georgia State University; AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta, 1985

Lead Elementary Teachers

Becca Carlton-Fernandez, BA New College of the University of South Florida, AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta, AMI Elementary Diploma and M.Ed Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

Betty Litsey, BS State University of New York; Diploma, Institute of Children's Literature; AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta; AMI Elementary Diploma, International Center for Montessori Studies, Bergamo, Italy

Nancy Fernandez, BA Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA; NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies, Hiram, OH

Ginger Kleiber, BA Smith College, Northampton, MA; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, MD.; MEd., Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

Kate Ramsey, BA, MEd, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute

Cindy Ragozzine, BA, University of Georgia; MA Georgia State, Atlalnta, GA; AMI Elementary Diploma Washington Montessori Institute

Lead Middle School Teachers

Nate Ewert-Krocker, BA Kenyon College, Ohio.NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies, Hiram, OH

Barbara Fox, BA University of South Florida, AMI Primary Diploma, AMI Teacher Training Center, Atlanta, GA

Jacqui Miller, BA, University of Pennsylvania; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1993

Steve Thorpe, MEd Loyola College, Maryland; AMI Elementary Diploma, Milwaukee, 1999, BA University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

Assistant Teachers

Julie Aiken, BA University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta

Lora Boyd, BA Berry College, Rome, GA

Carly DiLeo, BS Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Nicole Doxie, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Emily Ghiz, BA Sweet Briar College, Amherst, VA

Jennifer Lindskoog,  Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

Marlene Murray, BA, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Kathleen O’Connell, BA Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI; MECA-Seton Teacher Training Program

Becky Roberts, BS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; MBA Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Victoria Rosenberg, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA

Asya Yordanova, CDA Atlanta, 2004, MEd University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Specialty Teachers

Reading

Jane Lamkin, Language Specialist, BA University of Georgia, Athens, GA; MEd Georgia State, Atlanta, GA

Spanish

Maria Sanz, Primary and Lower Elementary Spanish Teacher, BA CEIPA University, Medellin, Columbia; MEd Gran Columbia University, Bogota, Columbia.

Susana Walker, Upper Elementary Spanish and Middle School Teacher, BFA University of Tennessee 1994, MS University of Tennessee, TN

Art
Patty O'Keefe-Hutton, Elementary and Middle School Art Teacher, BFA, BAE Eastern Michigan University, MI

Music
Brenda Strickland, Elementary and Middle School Music Teacher, BME, MME, Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Training, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO