Education:
B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Southern Maine

Experience:
2008 - Present: Assistant Director, World Academy
2006 - Present: NEASC Accreditation Coordinator, World Academy
2004 - Present: Advisory Board Member, World Academy
1997 - 2004: After School Program Teacher and Summer Camp Counselor
1986 - 2008: Kindergarten Teacher, Sesame World Kindergarten

Personal:
Martha and her husband, Ron, moved to the Nashua area in 1980 where they raised their three children.  Their daughter Stephanie is now a professor at the University of Connecticut.  Son, Christopher is a senior manager for Fidelity and  our youngest, son Kyle, is a senior financial analyst for Up-To-Date in Waltham, Ma.  Ron and Martha have five grandchildren.  Besides spending time with family and friends, she enjoys sewing and gardening.

My Philosophy:
A child’s success is our success.  I believe a teacher’s success is measured by the growth of each child in the classroom.  I see the teacher as a facilitator in the educational process with the goal of each student reaching his/her full potential, showing sensitivity to individual needs and learning styles.  Teachers, in partnership with parents, are responsible for developing the child’s natural curiosity and fostering the child’s enthusiasm through new and developmentally appropriate experiences for lifelong learning in a respectful, safe, and nurturing environment. Along with intellectual growth, I feel emotional growth is equally important to the education process. Again, together with parents, teachers play a role in the development of a child’s self regulation as well as intellectual progress.  Learning self help skills, self regulations and social skills with support and enhance the intellectual success of the child.  In conclusion, children need to be challenged and enriched.  While in school, children need to learn about rules, fairness, communication and cooperation while working and playing together as a part of a community.  I believe the school is a community that creates lifelong learners, cooperative individuals and critical thinkers with teachers as the guides and parents as partners.