Faculty & Staff – Centre Square Montessori Schoolhouse Blue Bell

In brief, the teacher’s principle duty in the school may be described as follows: She should explain the use of the material. She is the main connecting link between the material, that is the objects, and the child.

This is a simple, modest duty, and yet it is much more delicate than that found in the older schools, where the material simply helps the children to understand the mind of the teacher, who must pass on her own ideas to a child, who must in turn receive them.”

– Discovery of the Child: Clio Press, 1988

Head of School

Patricia McNicholas

Owner/Director
Montessori Teacher
B.S. Education, West Chester University
M.Ed of Education Arcadia University
AMI Montessori Institute of Philadelphia – Ravenhill

Staff

Jackilyn Wehner

Teacher; Elementary School Grade 1-4
B.S. in Education
6-12 Montessori Certification

Pamela Moran

Teacher; Elementary School Grades 1-4
NAMC Montessori Certification
Private Academic Certification K-8
B.S. Gwynedd Mercy University
Graduate Courses Penn State University, West Chester University, Immaculata

Rosemary Dillon

Teacher; Elementary School Grades 1-4
ESL Certification Immaculata University
M.Ed. Elementary Education Chestnut Hill College
B.A. in English / Writing Pennsylvania State University
Associates Degree College of New Rochelle
Lower Elementary Montessori Teaching Certification NAMC

Mary Shivy

Teacher; Kindergarten
B.S. Early Education
Certified Nursery Kindergarten Teacher, PA Private / Academic Schools
Montessori Teaching Certificate

Erica Eidelson

Teacher; Kindergarten
B.A. Psychology
M.S. Elementary Education
Working on Montessori Training 3-6
Wilson Certification

Barbara Pettit

Teacher; Nursery and Prekindergarten
Montessori Primary Teacher Certification Chestnut Hill College
B.S. Early Childhood Education
M.Ed. Special Education Arcadia University
Trained Wilson Foundation

Caroline Jacobs

Teacher; Nursery and Prekindergarten
B.A. Psychology
Early Childhood Montessori Certification from Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies
State Board of Private Academic Schools Certification