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Staff

     Long-time Camp Verde resident Janet Taylor is the lead directress. She has her Elementary Education degree from Grand Canyon College. Her teaching experiences in Camp Verde include teaching elementary education, special education, computer education, and Yavapai College classes. Interest in Montessori Education began when her daughter Mary started attending, at the age of two, The Montessori Schoolhouse, in Cottonwood.  The Montessori Education Center of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, provided her AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) training, including a Masters Degree in Education from Loyola College in Maryland. She has been teaching at the school since 1996.
     Suzanne Martin has lived in the Verde Valley since 1996 and became interested in the Montessori Method when she enrolled her two children in local Montessori schools. In fact, her son, Dayne, was one of Janet Taylor’s first students when she opened her school in 1996. Since then, Suzanne has worked at several Montessori schools, serving in a variety of positions both in and out of the classroom, including teaching at the 6 – 9 year old level. Susanne has an International Montessori teaching diploma from the North American Montessori Center and joined the staff at the Montessori Children’s House in 2005.
     Leticia Ancira was born in Chicago, IL and grew up in Los Angeles, Ca.  She holds an associate degree in business management from Cerritos College.  In 2005 she relocated to Arizona and has really enjoyed the small town environment of Camp Verde.   In 2006, she graduated from the Montessori Education Center of Arizona with the Association Montessori Internationale certification and accepted a teaching position with the Yavapai Apache Nation that same year.  Leticia is bilingual in Spanish. She speaks and writes Spanish fluently.  Her son, Alex, attended the three year program the school offers.  She values the sense of worth and capabilities that the Montessori Method teaches children. 
     Eva Ancira was born in Tucson, AZ. She has lived in the Verde Valley since 1996. In 1998, she was hired at Miss J’s Montessori School. Her two children, Gustavo and Anahi, attended Montessori school where Ms. Janet Taylor was their teacher for 3 years. She is fluent in both Spanish and English. She loves working with children.
     Merika Bach was born in Maine and grew up exploring New England’s coastal towns.  She received an Associates Degree in English and Psychology from, what was then an all women’s college, Endicott.  She made a bold move in 1989 and ventured out West!  She received a Bachelors Degree in English from ASU.  In 1994 she started a family, it was then that she realized she had always wanted to be a teacher.  She enrolled her daughter in Montessori and earned a Masters Degree in Education from NAU.  In 1999 she moved to the Verde Valley and was fortunate to find Miss J’s Montessori School for her daughter.  Miss J’s evolved into The Montessori Children’s House and relocated on the Yavapai-Apache reservation.  She accepted a position at The Montessori Children’s House in 2002.  She loves the classroom environment, the staff and especially the children!
     Judith (Jyoti) Gorlick has been involved at the Montessori Children’s House since 2002, beginning as a mother of a young Montessori student, Kestrel. During the early years, she was a volunteer who actively participated in circle time; provided family pets for observation by the children; worked in the outdoor environment as well as started the backyard garden; and listened to the young readers. She then worked part-time for the school as a substitute teacher for 4 years and has since been employed as a teacher’s assistant, working alongside Ms. Janet Taylor. Judith received her B.Sc. (Agr) from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, as well as her diploma as a Certified Clinical Herbalist from the New Mexico Institute of herbal Medicine in Albuquerque, NM. She attended an Assistant’s training conference with the White Dove Montessori Services in Phoenix. In addition to Kestrel, she has a married son, Jai. She loves working with children and sees firsthand the benefits of a Montessori education in a child’s early years.
     Alicia Schaeffer was born in Brentwood California. She moved to Arizona in 1984 where she worked with the Fire Department as an EMT, and Fire Rescue. After starting her family in 1995, she started to work with her children using the Montessori philosophy. She believes hands-on is the best way to learn. Now she enjoys teaching at the Montessori Children’s House in the Outdoor Environment. Her Education and Certifications are: Business Management, ADHS Certificate Manager training, Certified Reverse Mortgage Specialist, Care Giver and Managerial Certificate, Certified in CPR and First Aid.

 

  

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