Faculty and Staff

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

Head of School	Jan Deason
Business Administrator	Dianne Sherrill
Elementary Coordinator	Alison Sherrill
Primary Coordinator	Anu Chandra
Director of Auxiliary Programs	Mickey Phillips-Black
Director of Communications	Leslie Richardson
Director of Development/Parent Involvement	Martha Addison
Administrative Assistants	Cheryl Rogers and 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, AMI Infant and Toddler Training, 2002

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

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

Betty Litsey, BS State University of New York; Diploma, Institute of Children's Literature; AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta, 1970; AMI Elementary Diploma, International Center for Montessori Studies, Bergamo, Italy, 1976

Nancy Fernandez, BA Agnes Scott College, 2005, NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies, Hiram, OH, 2005

Kate Ramsey, BA, MEd, Middlebury College; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute 1996

Cindy Ragozzine, BA, University of Georgia; MA Georgia State; AMI Elementary Diploma Washington Montessori Institute, 1988

Lead Middle School Teachers

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

Annie Frazer, BA, Oberlin College 2000, M.Ed. Stanford University 2003

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

Steve Thorpe, MA Montessori Education, Loyola; AMI Elementary Diploma, Milwaukee, 1999, BA University of Dayton

Assistant Teachers

Julie Aiken

Annette Avery
Carly DiLeo, BS Georgia State University, 2008

Emily Ghiz

Nicole Doxie, Georgia State University

Lora Hall, BA Berry College, 2006

Marlene Murray, Georgia State University

Heather Muse, Amherst College

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

Becky Roberts, BS, University of Florida; MBA Georgia State University

Asya Yordanova, CDA Atlanta, 2004, MEd University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1996

Specialty Teachers

Spanish

Elisabeth Harris, BA American University Paris, MA University of Maryland, MAT Georgia State

Susana Walker, BFA University of Tennessee 1994, MS University of Tennessee, 1999.

Art

Patty O'Keefe-Hutton, BFA, BAE Eastern Michigan University

Music:

Brenda Strickland, BME, MME, Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Training, University of Missouri, Kansas City