The Arbor Team

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

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

Annie Frazer, Adolescent Program Coordinator, BA Oberlin College; MA in Education, Stanford University; Orientation to Adolescent Studies, 2005; AMI Elementary Diploma, International Center for Montessori Studies (Bergamo), 2011.

Mickey Phillips-Black, Director of Auxiliary Programs, BS University
of Akron, Elementary Teaching Certificate, Kennesaw State University,

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

Lead Primary Teachers

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

Myesha Green, Ph.d Emory University, BS Hampton University,
AMI Primary Diploma, Atlanta; AMI Elementary Diploma, Atlanta; M.Ed Loyola College.

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

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

Lead Elementary Teachers

Lora Boyd, BA Berry College; AMI Elementary Diploma, Atlanta

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

Nancy Fernandez, BA Agnes Scott College; NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies; AMI Elementary Diploma: M.Ed. Loyola College.

Kelli Gavant, BA, Mt. Holyoke College; MA, Journalism, Northwestern University; M.Ed, Loyola College; AMI Elementary Diploma

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

Cindy Ragozzine, BA, University of Georgia; MA Georgia State, Atlanta,
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

Kamilah Scales, BA, Spelman College; AMI Primary Certificate; M.Ed, Loyola College

Assistant Teachers

Candice Broyles, BA, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga

Nicole Doxie, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Emily Ghiz, BA Sweet Briar College, Amherst, VA

Rebecca Giddens, Brewton-Parker College, Mount Vernon, GA;
MA Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Jodi Dunn, BA Auburn University, Auburn, AL; AMI Elementary Diploma, Atlanta.

Marlene Murray, BA, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

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

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

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , BA, Georgia State University

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

Specialty Teachers

Reading Specialist
Nicole Redwine, Reading Specialist, BS Sweet Briar College; M.Ed. Loyola College; AMI Primary Diploma; AMI Elementary Diploma

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

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
Glenn Weinstein, Elementary and Middle School Music Teacher, ABJ, University of Georgia