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The
Staff of The Tidewater School is comprised of well educated, certified
and respected individuals in the field of child development and
education. Their credentials follow. Their most impressive credential
is not represented through a degree but through their passionate
belief in children and human developmental potential. Their years
of dedication and constant striving for further understanding
are indicative of their sincere motivation to be the BEST for
children.
Tidewater
is 22 years old. The staff has a cumulative total of 78 years
of teaching experience with children, of which 43 years have been
mastered at The Tidewater School. We are extremely proud of the
consistency and dedication of our Staff.
All
classroom teachers at The Tidewater School must have a bachelor's
degree with advanced training or a graduate degree in specialized
areas of instructions such as: Montessori credentials; child/developmental
psychology; speech and language development; Waldorf Curriculum;
Highscope Curriculum; Adlerian psychology; Occupational Therapy
Sensory Integration credentials. The Tidewater School requires
its teachers to attend yearly workshops, participate in on site
in-service programs and remain current with the research in child
development.
The
Tidewater School's Staff holds numerous memberships and/or credentials
with the following professional organizations:
American
Montessori International
American
Montessori Society
American
Speech Hearing Language
Association
National
Board of Certified Counselors
Maryland
Speech Hearing and Language
Association
North
American Society of Adlerian
Psychology
National
Association of Education for
The Young Child
North
American Montessori Teachers'
Association
Director:
Nancy S. Libertini
- BS:
Speech Language Pathology, Towson State College
- MS:
Speech Language Pathology, Towson State College
- MS:
Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College of Maryland
- Graduate
Early Childhood Equivalency, U. of MD; Trinity College
- Education
for Special Needs Infants and Toddlers, University of South
Connecticut and Yale Child Institute
- North American
Montessori Center, PK-K Certification
Elementary
Teacher: Karen Schork
- BS:
Special Education
and Business, Univ. of South Florida
- Post Baccalaureate
studies in Elementary Education
- Montessori
credentials: Primary and Elementary
- Graduate
Studies in Child Development and Montessori Education
Elementary
Teacher: Rhoda Switzer
- BA:
Philosophy, Smith College
- Waldorf
Trained Educator
- Invited
Speaker at "Bringing Waldorf Home" Mid-Atlantic Conference,
2008 and 2009.
Kindergarten
Teacher: Suzanne McAlexander
- BS:
Speech Pathology and Audiology (Concentration: Early Childhood)
University of Kansas
- Graduate
Study: Early Childhood at Trinity College
- North American
Montessori Center, PK-K Certification
Pre
Kindergarten Teacher and Assistant
Director
for Growth: Laura
Amin
- BA University
of Pittsburgh, Chinese and History
- MA University
of Durham, England, Asian Studies
- North American
Montessori Center, PK-K Certification
Each
class level has an assistant.
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