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Meet our staff!
Jill J. Ferrer - Jill has been a teacher for over thirty years. Her first nineteen years were as a Music Teacher from preschool age through, what was known as, Jr. High School. She loves working with children and has always had a passion for planting JOY within them for whatever she is teaching. She would choreograph, direct and write scripts for many performances that were done on large stages. When she moved to Ocala, she took on a job, at a Montessori school, in the year 1997, as a part-time Music teacher and then was asked to take the Early Childhood Montessori training. She began teaching in the 2-3 year old classroom and then moved up as the years went by. She was then asked to go and take the Montessori Elementary training. She taught in the elementary classroom for five years and was Assistant Director at the same time. She then became Co-Director at the Montessori school and then Director. She worked at that Montessori school for 10 years. Currently, she is the Founder, along with being the Director of the Montessori House of Ocala, Inc.
Alesandra Zimmerman - Alesandra is our 1-2 year old Lead Teacher. She has worked in Montessori since 2008. She is working on her CDA and has already completed her introductory courses in Childhood Development. Alesandra is from Colombia and teaches our Spanish classes on a daily basis. Ales has been with the Montessori House since we opened in 2008.
Shannon A. Ferrer - Shannon is our 2-3 year old Lead Teacher. She has worked in a Montessori school since 2002. She began at a young age and grew into a mature teacher. In September of 2004, she went for her Montessori training. Shannon has been teaching at Montessori House since we opened in 2008.
On the Left, Jamie L. Ferrer
On the Right, Janny Gonzalez- Jamie and Janny are both Certified Montessori Teachers. Together they are a very dynamic team. They co-teach the 3-6 year old classroom. Jamie and Janny both have children of their own. Jamie has three girls and Janny has three boys. Jamie has been with Montessori House since we opened and Janny joined our staff August 2011.
Krystle Mendoza - Krystle is our Administrative Assistant. She has worked in one of our county offices and she is very organized. She is a wonderful asset to our staff in helping to make sure that things are done correctly. She is always on top of what needs to be completed and she is a great right-hand to Jill. She has assisted Jill in running the front office since Montessori House opened in 2008.
Kayla Shepherd - Kayla is the Assistant Teacher to Jamie and Janny. She also assists in covering throughout the school as needed. She works with the infants in the late afternoon. Kayla is a tremendous help at all times.
Erika Lazaro - Erika became a part of the Montessori House staff in 2010. She began as a public school teacher and then fell in love with the Montessori Method of teaching. She assisted under Jamie, in order to train up in the Montessori way of teaching. She has become certified as an Elementary Montessori teacher and in August of 2011 she became our Elementary Head Teacher.
