Tutors
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Di Fenwick is one of the founding members of the Aperfield Montesssori Trust and was one of our first AST tutors at the Christchurch College of Education. Di was a teacher at the old Courtyard Montessori preschool in the early 1990's before she and her family moved to Beijing, China. There Di trained as an English as a Second Language teacher and spent five years teaching at the International School in Beijing. Returning to New Zealand in 2001 Di has continued to work in the ESOL area. She has renewed her interests in Montessori by becoming an Aperfield Trust Board member again and a Correspondence Course tutor. |
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Sola Freeman is mother of six-year-old twin boys Fiann and Cared, three year old daughter Nea and 5 month old daughter Cashel. She has a BA (majors - History and Education), Montessori Diploma (LMC), NZ Diploma of Teaching (Primary), and has taught mainly in Montessori early childhood centres, most recently as Principal. She is a past-president of the Montessori Association of New Zealand and was a member of the Early Childhood Strategic Plan Working Group. Sola is currently working on her thesis for a Masters in Education, also working as a tutor for the Institute for Early Childhood Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. Sola is Board Chair of Wa Ora Montessori School where Fiann, Cared and Nea attend. |
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Deborah Gath Registered Teacher Registered Nurse (Psychopaedic) Diploma of Teaching Early Childhood Education Certificate of Childcare Aperfield Montessori Diploma ECE Batchelor of Teaching & Learning (Christchurch College of Education) Lecturer Aperfield Montessori Diploma (Christchurch) Trustee of the Aperfield Trust |
| Teresa Huggins B.A. AUT Auckland Montessori Teaching certificate London Head teacher of Montessori preschool Wellington Distance tutor |
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Elaine Low trained as a Primary Teacher over 20 years ago. She completed her Early Childhood Training and operated a centre in Akaroa for 5 years - the 'Ngaio Akaroa Preschool'. When numbers dropped she closed the centre and opened Airdmhor Montessori in Christchurch. Over this year, she completed her early Childhood Diploma and the M.W.E.I Montessori Primary Diploma. Elaine completed the papers for her Batchelor of Teaching and Learning degree. She is a trustee of the Aperfield Trust, which administers the Montessori Advanced Studies for Teachers papers at Christchurch College of Education. |
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Lois McConnell Montessori Diploma London Registered nurse Distance tutor for Aperfield Montessori Trust for over 10 years Workshop directress for Aperfield Montessori Trust Owner director of Wellington preschools |
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Cam Mountsier-Cole was first introduced to Montessori Education while studying at university in DesMoines, Iowa USA in 1979. She loved the geography area and decided from that moment on to train as a Montessori Teacher. She attended the Montessori Education Centre Association- Seton in Chicago, Illinois and received her diploma in 1982. She has been teaching since then. In 1991 Cam came to New Zealand to teach in Palmerston North and then 10 years ago she and her husband opened their own school in Miramar, Wellington. Cam has 2 children who attend the Montessori Primary Unit at Berhampore School. |
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Shubha Narayan Degree in Psychology, English and Journalism Diploma (AMI) Montessori 3-6 Diploma Montessori 6-9 Bachelor of Teaching & Learning ECE Lecturer Aperfield Montessori Diploma (Christchurch) Member of MANZ Council of NZ Co-Head of Nova Montessori School |
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Beverley Rose B.Sc. Christchurch LTCL Trinity College London Diploma of Montessori Nursery London AST tutor Aperfield Montessori Trust course, Christchurch College of Education Distance tutor for Aperfield Montessori Trust Examiner of practical and written exams Head teacher preschool Christchurch |
| Joanne Wilsher Diploma of E.C.E. College of Education, Dunedin Diploma of Montessori 0-6 years London Distance tutor for Aperfield Montessori Trust for over 10 years Workshop directress for Aperfield Montessori Trust Directress/owner preschool Dunedin |