The Arbor Team

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

Head of School	Jan Deason
Business Manager	Marti Wooff
Elementary Coordinator	Alison Sherrill
Primary Coordinator	Anu Chandra
Adolescent Coordinator	Annie Frazer
Director of Auxiliary Programs	Mickey Phillips-Black
Director of Communications/ Public Relations	Leslie Richardson
Director of Development/ Parent Involvement	Martha 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

Annie Frazer, Adolescent Program Coordinator

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, 2007; M.Ed Loyola College, Baltimore, MD.

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

 

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, Atlanta, GA; NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies, Hiram, OH; AMI Elementary Diploma, Columbia; MD, M.Ed. Loyola, 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

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

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

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

 

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

 

Assistant Teachers

 

Lora Boyd, BA Berry College, Rome, 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

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

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

 

Specialty Teachers

 

Reading
Kamilah Scales, Language Specialist

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