Administration:

Renee Crane :
HEAD OF SCHOOL

B.S. Elementary Education - Georgia Southern University

Montessori Certification (2 1/2 to 6 years) - Pan American Certification

AMS Administrators Certification - Houston Montessori

Prior experience includes nineteen years in education as a teacher and administrator

Affiliated with AIMS since 2006

Sara Schmalfeld:

OFFICE MANAGER

B.S. Elementary Education- Florida State University

Affiliated with AIMS since 2005

Anne Martin:

BOOKKEEPER

Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language/International Trade- Auburn University

Prior experience includes: Office Manager/Personal Assistant Kenneth R. Walter, CPA & Greenhouse Financial, LLC Office Manager, Chamber of Commerce, Assistant Secretary/Foreign Language Department Auburn University, Florida HRS, AFDC Case Worker, Collections/Accounts Receivable Ocean Line

Faculty:

Debbie Black:
TODDLER II ASSISTANT
A.A. Florida Community College of Jacksonville
Certified Dental Radiographer
Prior experience includes dental assistant and substitute teacher.
Affiliated with AIMS since 2007

Teri Daggett :
PHYSICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST
B.S. Health, Leisure & Sports Studies- University of Iowa

Previous experience includes yoga instructor & children's camp intern
Affiliated with AIMS since 2006

Gayle Davis:

HEAD DIRECTRESS OF TODDLER PROGRAM AND DIRECTRESS OF TODDLER I PROGRAM

Toddler Program-CMTE, College of New Rochelle, NY

Graduate 3-6 Assistant's Program-CMTE, Raleigh, NC Prior experience includes 3 years in Primary Program

Affiliated with AIMS since 1988

Mandy Downs:

DIRECTRESS OF TODDLER II PROGRAM
B.S. Eastern Michigan University
Infant/Toddler Program- Center for Montessori Teacher Education, NC
Florida Teach First Coast Program
Affiliated with AIMS since 2006

Susan Edwards:
ASSISTANT DIRECTRESS OF LOWER ELEMENTARY
B.S. Recreation - University of Florida
Prior experience includes 3 years as teacher’s aide and 4 years as pre-school teacher
Affiliated with AIMS since 1992

Rebecca Emery:

DIRECTRESS OF PRIMARY 3-6 PROGRAM,
SOUTHEAST CLASSROOM

A.S. Business Administration Colley-Sawyer College

AMS Early Childhood, Northeast Montessori Institute

Attending Endicott College

Prior experience includes Co Teacher for Primary and Lower Elementary Programs at Rainbow Montessori School
Affiliated with AIMS since 2003

Maria Ferreira:

ASSISTANT DIRECTRESS OF TODDLER I PROGRAM
Degree from Universidad Veracruzana- Veracruz, Mexico
Prior experience includes Spanish teacher and an recreational agent for the Ritz Kids program.

Kelly Fields:

DIRECTRESS OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM (ASP)
Prior experience includes three years as a child care worker, one year as a lead teacher in a toddler classroom and lead teacher of the Elementary Summer program at AIMS
Affiliated with AIMS since 2007

Katie Hayes:

UPPER ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT
B.A. Literature - Lees McRae College, North Carolina
prior experience includes Outward Bound instructor, library assistant and nanny.
Affiliated with AIMS since 2006

Lisa Hooper:
HEAD DIRECTRESS OF ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS AND DIRECTRESS OF LOWER ELEMENTARY PROGRAM,

B.S Psychology from Nova Southeastern University

Attended College of Charleston

AMS training 6-9 Program-CMTE, Raleigh, NC

Prior experience includes 2 years as pre-school teacher
Affiliated with AIMS since 1997

Glenna Kappel:

SPANISH SPECIALIST
B.A. North Central College
Educational Certificates in Foreign Language Elementary Education, English 6-12 and Exceptional Student Education K-12
Experience includes 15 years of teaching Spanish in public and private schools.

Affiliated with AIMS since 2005

Andrea Lasserre:

ART SPECIALIST
Attended Georgia State College for Studio Art and Art History
Prior experience includes private art instructor, gallery director, event planner and art teacher/program coordinator.
Affiliated with AIMs since 2005

Tissa Lewis:

HEAD DIRECTRESS OF PRIMARY PROGRAM AND DIRECTRESS OF PRIMARY 3-6 PROGRAM, WEST CLASSROOM

B.A. Earl Childhood Education- Chaminade University of Honolulu

AMS Credential- Montessori Training Program, Chaminade University of Honolulu

Prior experience includes field consultant for Center for Montessori Teacher Education, NY, facilitated Montessori Assistants Training, 25 years of Montessori teaching experience, 5 years as a Pre-K teacher

Affiliated with AIMS since 2005

Jill Minasi:

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR

Masters of Education in Counseling and Psychology from James Madison University

Affiliated with AIMS since 2002

Christine Platel:
DIRECTRESS OF ASP ELEMENTARY PROGRAM
B.A. Psychology & Creativity Concentration - Norwich University, Vermont Personal & Business Coaching Graduate - Coach U
Prior experience includes life/relationship coach, alternative/complementary wellness therapies practitioner, expressive arts facilitator, workshop presenter, writer/editor, speaker
Affiliated with AIMS since 2007

Abigail Poirier:

ELEMENTARY MUSIC SPECIALIST

Previous experience includes 15 years music experience and 5 years teaching experience; Piano & Violin instructor at KinderStudios

Affiliated with AIMS since 2006

Leslie Rahberg:
ASSISTANT DIRECTRESS OF PRIMARY 3-6 PROGRAM, WEST CLASSROOM & ASP ASSISTANT
Attended Valencia Community College
Prior experience includes 5 years in AIMS primary classroom, 7 years teaching at Amelia Island Cooperative Pre-School and 10 years additional teaching in private schools
Affiliated with AIMS since 1993

Hope Stark:

DIRECTRESS OF ELEMENTARY PROGRAM
B. A. Sociology- Hollins College, Hollins, VA
M.A. Early Childhood Education- Nova University, Jacksonville, FL
Elementary Program- Florida Institute of Montessori Studies
Prior experience includes twenty years in education, including three years at AIMS in the elementary and primary programs
Affiliated with AIMS since 2007

Cheryl Toce:

ASSISTANT DIRECTRESS OF PRIMARY 3-6 PROGRAM, SOUTHEAST CLASSROOM

Previous experience includes teaching preschool in church & 11 years as a nanny
Affiliated with AIMS since 2006

Laura Turner:

SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANT
Attended Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
Prior experience includes nursery assistant and nanny
Affiliated with AIMS since 2007

Charlene Weisenborn:
DIRECTRESS OF ELEMENTARY 9-12 PROGRAM

Elementary I & II certification, Montessori Educators International

Attended Lycoming University, Williamsport, PA

Currently completing a B.A. in Humanities from Thomas Edison State College
Affiliated with AIMS since 1995

Debbie Yarborough:

LOWER ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT
Certificate in Travel & Tourism- Southeast Texas Technical Institute
Prior experience includes fourteen years with Delta airlines, substitute teacher and former Toddler II Assistant

Affiliated with AIMS since 2006