EDUCATIONAL STAFF
Kindergarten and Elementary
All members of Greenleaves have a clear vocation for education and respectful accompaniment during childhood.
As a result of our constant effort to offer individualized education, where the needs of all children are taken into account, we have differentiated ourselves by having an educational team whose functions complement each other in order to offer quality education.
Academic director
Economist, expert in marketing and sales, educator specialized in educational neuroscience by IMI and Positive Discipline.
The director of attending to families, dealing with suppliers and financial entities, in addition to Marketing activities.
She also works together with the pedagogic director in designing and renewing the school’s educational project, as well as in selecting personnel.
Pedagogical director
Early childhood teacher and pedagogue specialized in neuropsychology. Montessori Guide 0-3, 3-6 and 6-9 by NAMC. Positive Discipline Educator.
In addition to being a Montessori Guide, she works together with the academic director in designing and renewing the school’s educational project, as well as in selecting personnel.
She is responsible for designing and supervising educational programming, providing pedagogic advice to the rest of the educational team and psycho-pedagogic monitoring of students.
She manages the parents’ school with the families of the school.
Administration
Early Childhood Teacher and English Teacher as a foreing language
She works together with the academic director and the pedagogical director in the educational organization of the center.
Montessori Guide
Early childhood teacher. IMI Montessori Guide 0-3 by IMI . Positive Discipline educator and Pikler pedagogy specialist.
Montessori Assistant
English Infant Teacher with C1 CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) and Montessori Infant assisstant 0-3. Positive discipline educator and Jolly phonics expert.
Montessori Guide
Montessori Guide 0-3. Positive discipline educator. Jolly phonics and Pikler pedagogy expert.
Montessori Assistant
Early Childhood Education teacher. Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL).
Montessori Guide
Educator and Early Childhood teacher. Montessori Guide 0-3 and 3-6 by International Montessori Canela. Pikler pedagogy expert. Child massage technician and Positive Discipline Educator for families and early childhood.
Montessori Guide
Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Spanish. Master of Bilingual Education. Expert in Montessori education 3-6 years old and Jolly phonics method.
Montessori Guide
Educational Psychologist, AMI Montessori Guide 3 – 6, Neuroeducator and Positive Discipline Educator by the Positive Discipline Association.
Montessori Guide
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater. English language instructor for non-native speakers and Montessori Education specialist from 3 to 6 years old
Montessori Guide
Elementary Teacher and Montessori Elementary Guide (6-12 years old). Non-violent education specialist.
Montessori Guide
Master’s degree in TEFL(Teaching English as a foreign language) and English language instructor for non-native speakers.
Early childhood Education and Elementary teacher.
Jolly phonics and Literacy trainer, expert on the field of synthetic phonics and literacy in the Bilingual Education.
Montessori Guide
Elementary Teacher and Montessori Elementary Guide (6-12 years old).Positive Discipline Educator by the Positive Discipline Association.
Cleaning and maintenance staff
Our school has personnel with the appropriate professional qualification to look after the cleanliness of surfaces and furniture, and also their maintenance.
Degree in Musical Pedagogy. Piano and music theory teacher.
Our school has personnel with the appropriate professional qualification to look after the cleanliness of surfaces and furniture, and also their maintenance.
Physical Education Teacher
Elementary Teacher specialized in Physical Education.
My professional career has always been linked to customer service, team leadership and business management.
My training begins with a university degree in economic science to specialize, through two master’s degrees, in business management and marketing. After a few years developing these functions in different positions, I decided to take a turn in my life and dedicate myself to what I had always liked, teaching.
I studied early childhood education and later I specialized in educational neuroscience, Montessori pedagogy and positive discipline, developing this knowledge professionally and personally.
My complete change occurs when I become the mother of Yago and Aroa. Today I direct GREENLEAVES, both in its management part, and in the academic part, and I feel tremendously grateful for being able to carry out one of the most important projects of my life.
Intrepid and creative, I consider myself a passionate person, responsible and with a clear vocation towards education. I started my career graduating as a bilingual early childhood education teacher and later, as a Pedagogue with a master’s degree in neuropsychology applied to the educational field.
Certified as a Montessori Guide in the infant education stage 0-3 and 3-6 and elementary education 6-9, I was lucky to be able to share my vocation in different Montessori schools with wonderful people who were committed to a different and quality education.
Currently, I am immersed in a process of continuous learning and professional development, combining my activity as a Guide to the Children’s House (3-6), with the pedagogical direction of Greenleaves.
My passion for teaching has always motivated me as I consider education to be one of the most important pillars for the present and the future of our Little ones.
I started my profesional career training as Infant Teacher (0-3 years), working as educator for more tan 8 years. It was a very gratifying experience and as I learned more each day, I began to grow professionally as director in various nursery schools supporting my experience and knowledge and learning and managing education groups.
The great importance of a foreing language in our education from an early age allowed me to amplify my training and obtain my teaching diploma as English Teacher as a foreing language.
Currently, I am lucky to be part of the administration department of this great team, following my profesional career with the same excitment and consistency as the first day.
Since I was a child, I have been passionate about the world of education, especially the first stage of childhood, which I consider so important for children to learn to move around the world freely and autonomously.
I define myself as a responsible person, hard-worker with students and families, based on the respect and freedom of children in an environment prepared to accompany and observe, helping them to build themselves as people, ensuring that they are happy and feel free.
I am an outgoing, flexible, patient and creative person, eager to learn day by day, I am in constant training to be able to provide children with the best of me, new knowledge and new ways of teaching from tenderness and calm .
In addition, I am a mother of Paula, thanks to being a guide and a mother, I can appreciate the important values that children need both at school and at home.
For me, belonging to Greenlevaes Montessori is a learning opportunity, both professionally and personally. Growing up with an innovative and future-oriented educational project keeps me alive and wanting to belong to a better education, for me and for those who follow me.
Educational Psychologist, AMI Montessori Guide 3 – 6, Neuroeducator and Positive Discipline Educator by the Positive Discipline Association.
I condier my self as a passionate about Montessori philosophy and methodology, teacher by vocation and defender of respectful accompaniment and care of children based on neuroscientific evidence.
Eager to continue learning so that I can offer the children and families which I work a quality support.
Children’s educator and IMI Montessori Guide 0-3.
As an educator, my fundamental role is to observe and provide emotional support to children, respecting their learning rhythms and individual interests and always, taking into account their sensitive periods.
I follow different pedagogies such as Montessori and Pikler. I am trained in Positive Discipline in Early Childhood and have taken courses on quality baby care and motor skills and free play.
I feel very fortunate to be able to accompany children during their first years of life and to see them grow up happy and unhurriedly.
I’m an Early Childhood Education teacher since I’ve got my degree in Alcalá de Henares University in 2014. Since that moment I started working with kids and my name became “Vigi” because it seemed easier to pronounce for the little ones. And it really captivates me!
As I love children and nature I decided to choose the specific mention of Knowledge of the Environment and complement it with Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT). I support kids to have the chance to discover the world around them and develop their own different abilities and skills. Also I believe animals are powerful when children interact with them as they promote physical, social and cognitive improvements.
After living in Ireland for a whole year I discovered this lovely language that it’s called ENGLISH, so I decided to be part of it turning into an English teacher and finally study TESOL Certificate Part I.
For all this reasons, I consider myself the most lucky person for being able to dedicate myself to my great passion: Join children in their childhood and watch them discover, learn and be happy.
Educator and Teacher of Early Childhood Education, Montessori Guide 0-3 and 3-6 by International Montessori Canela, expert in Pikler pedagogy. Child massage technician and Positive Discipline Educator Certified by the Positive Discipline Association.
Dedicated to early childhood education by vocation, I firmly believe in accompaniment based on respect, autonomy, affection and freedom of movement. I consider myself an active person, always wanting to learn, that’s why I like to be in continuous training, to be able to offer the school children the best environment and the best possible accompaniment.
My name is Gabrielle Pillert and I am from Honolulu, Hawai’i in the USA.
I attended Villanova University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Spanish.
I came to Madrid and began working as an English teacher and finished my Masters of Bilingual Education at the Universidad de Alcalá.
I always found passion in working with children and enjoy the union of a multicultural and diverse learning environment. I value children’s need to be explorative in the ways they learn and creative through their own expressions and interpretations. I think children benefit greatly from a bilingual educational experience and gain more insight into who they are, the cultures they are surrounded by, and how to be a positive force in our changing global world.
I consider myself a passionate about the Montessory philosophy and its methodelogy. I’m a vocational teacher who advocates a respectful education from neuroscientific evidence.
I’m eager to continue learning and able to offer to children and families a quality educational support.
I studied theater and performing arts in Chicago before relocating to Spain. Although I worked with children in summer camps and private homes in the US, living abroad really opened up opportunities for me to explore teaching as a profession and personal passion.
Here in Madrid I have had the pleasure of working in both traditional and alternative educational environments.
As the founder of a bilingual puppetry and textile workshop, I believe the arts are an important learning tool and love using drama, creative arts and music in the ELL classroom.
These experiences have opened my eyes to the power of hands-on, experiential learning that respects the inner rhythm of each child.
I was born in Madrid and I studied Elementary education degree at the Complutense University of Madrid. Later, I specialized as a Montessori Elementary Guide (6-12 years old) at the University of Barcelona.
With the experience of having worked in London, the United States and various cities in Spain, I understood that education should be given with respectful accompaniment and using non-violent communication.
I consider myself a proactive person and with a desire to live. In addition, I am passionate about gastronomy and I love practicing any sport outdoors, especially in the mountains.
My name is Adriana Julia Preve. I’m an English infant and elementary teacher with a master’s degree in English as a foreign language.
I’ve been working in bilingual schools since 2003. During these years of teaching experiences, I could live amazing education lessons in Argentina, USA and Spain.
I have always a positive attitude. I am cheerful and energetic. I love teaching and I enjoy sharing time with children.
In 2007 I finished the statistic and educational degrees in th UCM, after that, I worked as a teacher in few schools based on a thaditional method.
Then, I went to Ireland for three years, improving my english level and while I was working in different Montessori nurseries, I discovered another way to treat kids.
When I came back to Spain, I trained as a Montessori guide and certificated in positive discipline. I have worked as Montessori guide in both lower Elementary and upper Elementary classrooms, with children from 6 to 12 years old, following each of them to try to cover their needs holistically.
It is important not to forget that learning arises when there it trust, mutual respect and understanding. With the right support, they are often more capable that they thought.
I define myself as an outgoing person, spontaneous, happy and eager to help everyone in need.
I am an active person, I like to do my job well and I do it with enthusiasm and dedication.
I have always loved working with children, they fill you with joy and make your day easier.
I would also like to highlight my passion for animals, it is a pleasure to be in the care of the school bunnies, both in their cleanliness, as well as feeding and teaching the children how to take care of them.
I am happy to belong to the Greenleaves Montessori team since it has helped me grow professionally and enrich myself with a project full of qualities and virtues.
Specializes in early music education through courses instructed byexperts such as Elena Huidobro, Sofía Lopez Ibor, Violeta Hamsey, Marisa Pérez and many more.
Courses from Instituto Orff, the Music Learning Theory and from Universidad de Alcalá.
Knowledge of Montessori Education through different courses and seminars by AMI.
More tan 20 years of experience of musical education in different area from Music shools, High Schools in the Community of Madrid, preschools, schools and teaching educators and musicians of music in childhood.
From a young age, I had influence related to education thanks to my close environment and as time passed I realized that I wanted to dedícate myself to it.
I am certified in Elementary Education with a specialization in Physical Education, and through various experiences with students, I am sure this is what I want to be doing and what gives me passion.
I like to travel, I am a family person and I love sports.
I face every class as an opportunity to continue learning, I’m very proactive and I firmely believe in the idea of learning through games in which there is an objective to accomplish so that, a part from playing, we are learning and internalizing aspects related to physical education in a playful and creative way