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517-519 Moe Road
Clifton Park, NY 12065
(518) 371-1535
www.rootsandwingsmontessori.com
Email: rwm2008@yahoo.com
Open since 2008!
New infant and toddler classrooms open March 11th!
Our Staff
Our Lead Teachers
Geetha Shreyarthi
Priyamvada Mishra
Casie Johnson
Melissa Drum
Brittany Gibney
Primary
Primary
Primary
Toddler
Toddler
Geetha has a B.A. from the University of Madras, India. While living in Jamaica she was a substitute teacher at the Montessori Center in Kingston. She received her AMS credentials from the Montessori Teacher Training Institute in Miami, Florida. After teaching in Jamaica for three years she moved to the United States in 1991 and was the Head Teacher at a Montessori school in Albany.
Priya has a PhD. from the University of Bhopal in India. Priya began her career as an assistant at Roots and Wings in 2008 and received her Head Teacher certification from Northeast Montessori Institute in 2014. She has been teaching the Primary class since then.
Casie received her Montessori certification from NAMC. She started out as an Assistant in Priya's classroom in 2017 and was also an Assistant in Geetha's. She has an AS in Accounting.
Melissa started as an Assistant in 2014. She has her BA from SUNY Albany and her Montessori Toddler certification from NAMC.
Brittany joined RWM in 2020 and fell in love with the toddler classroom. She has her Toddler Montessori certification from NAMC.
Our Assistant Teachers
Hannah Spooner
Hannah joined RWM in 2017. She Co-Teaches in the Toddler room with Brittany. She has an AS in Early Childhood Education and her Assistant Montessori Certificate (NMI). Hannah is currently working on getting her Infant/Toddler Head Teacher certification through CMTE/NC.
Janhavi Desai
Sonja Deffer
Tara Doria
Ruby Singh
Janhavi joined RWM in 2018. She has her Master's in Accounting and her Montessori Certificate (NAMC).
Sonja joined RWM in 2021. She has 10+ years of previous child care experience, as well as her CDA credential.
Tara joined in 2022. She has education experience including child care.
Ruby joined Roots and Wings in 2023. She has been an amazing asset to our Montessori community.
Rajshri Dave
Rajshri has previous experience working in Montessori classrooms, and has received her Montessori certification from CMTC, Kolkata.
Chloe Feinstein
Chloe has joined us in 2024, she is excited to be a part of the program!
Lauren James
Lauren has her AS degree from SUNY Adirondack and has experience working with young children.
Dorothy Clemente
Dorothy has her Master's Degree in Communication Disorders from the College of St. Rose and her New York State Teaching Certification in Speech and Hearing Handicapped. Dottie has also worked as a teacher assistant.
Aubrey O'Rourke
Aubrey joined RWM in the fall of 2023. She has experience working with preschool and toddler age children.
Jing Jing Li
Jing Jing has her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and some college experience in education.
Office/Classroom Assistant
Maura Tarantino
Maura has her AS degree in Early Childhood Administration and her Children's Program Administrator Credential. She has been an Assistant Teacher, Head Teacher and Co-Director of a local Preschool. Her children attend a local Montessori.