CASA STAFF

Joy Winters Head of School @Casa 1987 - 89 & since 2012

Joy Winters
Head of School
@Casa 1987 - 89 & since 2012

Kristen Nalle, AMI Director of Education @Casa since 2007

Kristen Nalle, M.Ed, AMI
Director of Education
@Casa since 2007

Martha P. Winters, AMI Director of Education Emeritus @Casa since 1983

Martha P. Winters, AMI
Director of Education Emeritus
@Casa since 1983 - retired 2021

Tara Blankenship Office Administrator @Casa since 2003

Tara Blankenship
Office Administrator
@
Casa since 2003

All of our Montessori classrooms are led by a fully trained AMI Guide with one assistant. We have been blessed over the years to have caring, nurturing guides and assistants, who exemplify Maria Montessori’s ideals. Casa’s staff is dedicated to meeting the needs of the children given to its care and to assisting the families in our community.

Kristen Nalle, M.Ed, AMI
Bluebird Classroom Guide
@Casa since 2007

Pamela Jackson Bluebird Classroom Assistant @Casa since 2020 and Casa Alum Parent

Alex Cummins, AMI Hummingbird Classroom Guide @Casa since 2017

Alex Cummins, AMI
Hummingbird Classroom Guide
@Casa since 2017

Jacolyn Short
Hummingbird Classroom Assistant
@Casa since 2022

Maddy ReisGerzog, AMI Cardinal Classroom Guide @Casa 2015-2016 & returned 2020

Christin Harris, AMI
Cardinal Classroom Guide
@Casa since 2023

Anna Smith
Cardinal Classroom Assistant
@Casa since 2023, MINT Primary Trainee

Wendi Hill Master Gardener @Casa since 2012

Wendi Hill
Master Gardener
@Casa since 2012

Caroline Queen, AMI
ExtendaCare Co-Leader
@Casa alum and Guide since 2018

Pamela Jackson Community Support @Casa since 2020

Chloe Ikard
ExtendaCare Co-Leader
@Casa since 2023, MINT Primary Trainee

 

Licensing & Pedagogical Standards

Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)

The Association Montessori Internationale was founded in 1929 by Maria Montessori to preserve Montessori educational standards and promote the rights of the child internationally. Each of our classrooms are led by an AMI-trained guide for the appropriate age-level, has a complete set of approved Montessori materials and has a mixed 3-year age span in each class following AMI Standards. Additionally, to insure the quality of the Montessori program we offer to our community, we invite an independent AMI Consultant to visit our campus every three years. This Consultant visit provides us with the wonderful opportunity to see our classrooms with fresh eyes and allows us to draw upon the wealth of knowledge that these seasoned Montessorians love to share.

Child Care Licensing, Department of Family and Protective Services/Texas Health and Human Services

Casa Montessori is fully licensed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and is inspected annually on a no-notice visit. Casa Montessori has maintained the highest licensing level since its founding.