Meet the Staff of AMMA
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Dr.
Patricia Lennon
- Director of Education
Dr. Lennon started her
career as a public school teacher and worked her way up to school
psychologist, director of special services, principal and
superintendent of schools. She received her Montessori training at
St. Christopher's Academy in 1999 and 2000. In June, 2006 she
retired from public school education to follow her dream of starting
a Montessori School. She holds a masters degree in educational
psychology, a professional diploma in school psychology and a
doctorate in educational administration and supervision. She brings
a wealth of knowledge and experience to her current position of
Educational Director of AMMA. She lives in Montvale and has raised
two of her own children.
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Mr. Michael
Paisner - Director of Operations and Finance
Michael Paisner
has worked in engineering, sales/marketing and business
operations his entire career. He has degrees in Chemistry,
Industrial Technology and Law from Northeastern University
and Suffolk University Law School in Boston. Since
moving to Old Tappan NJ eleven years ago, he and his wife
Beverly, an RN, have been dedicated volunteers and officers
on the Old Tappan First Aid Corps. Mike is a certified
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid Instructor
who has trained and will continue to train the entire AMMA
staff.
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Fay Formosa -
Teacher
Fay has a Business
Degree and initially worked for Bloomingdale's in the buying office.
When Fay's third child entered nursery school at the YWCA she
volunteered in the "Mommy and Me" class and eventually led the class
as the Head Teacher. From there she became Head Teacher in the
Toddler's class and went back to school for her Child Development
credentials. After that Fay went on to teach Pre-K for ten years.
She is presently working on a degree in American Sign Language and
is pursuing her credentials in Montessori Education at CMTE. Fay and
her family live in Washington Township.
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Waseekah Rizwan -
Teacher
Waseekah received her
AMI (Association of Montessori International) credentials from
Havlocks Gardens Montessori School in Sri Lanka where she
taught Montessori to six-year-olds for three years. She has
also pursued her AMS (American Montessori Society) credentials where
she completed her classroom instruction at the West Side Montessori
School in New York City. Waseekah and her family including her three
children live in Mahwah where she has home schooled her young
children in Montessori.
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Sumana Roy -
Teacher
Sumana
holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Comparative Literature.
She received her Montessori certification from infancy to six years
of age from the London Montessori School and has taught Montessori
for three years. Sumana has had experience in Special Education
classes also including children with Autism, Pervasive Developmental
Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit
Hyperactive Disorder. Sumana lives with her family in Waldwick
including her daughter who is a Montessori child.
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Christina Rottinger -
Teacher
Christina earned a BA at Monmouth University and she has her American Montessori Society (AMS) certification in Early Childhood Education (ages 3-6) from the Center for Montessori Training (CMTE) in New York. She has had experience in the Montessori classroom since 2003 as an Intern, Assistant Teacher and Co-Teacher. She has been with AMMA since April of 2010. Christina is the mother of twins born in 2007 and she resides with her family in Montvale, NJ.
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This founding team is
ready to offer the children of
northern New Jersey a
world class
Montessori learning
experience.
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