Meet Our Staff

Miss Amanda has work with children for the last 8 years and enjoys every minute of it. She has worked for 5 years in the Seaman district as a para. She worked three years in a Kindergarten room and 2 years as an all school para. She loves connecting with the kids and teaching. She has been with CLLC almost 3 years. She started has afternoon teacher and did actives with the children. Amanda just recently moved as a lead teacher in November. Miss Amanda has been married for 12 years and has two boys of her own which is an 11-year-old and 2 ½ year old which goes to CLLC.  She spends most of her weekends watching her oldest play sports. Miss Amanda loves taking pictures for fun and with her kids. She also likes to get on the same level with the kids and play games with them or do art. She also loves doing stuff for them on certain holidays. Amanda always treats her class like they are one of her own children.

Miss Vicki has been a part of CLLC for the past 7 years and brings with her a vast assortment of experience. She has received her certification in Child Development and an Associates in Early Childhood Education. Miss Vicki has been working with children for 33 years as a day care and preschool teacher and is currently an early childhood special education paraeducator at a local public school. She is also involved as a Sunday school teacher in her church. Although she steps in anytime she can as a substitute teacher at CLLC, her main role in the center is as the janitor. As a janitor, Miss Vicki is very interactive with the children. It is important for Miss Vicki to show the children that every job is important, and it takes people of all kinds and doing all jobs to make the world go round. In her interactions with the children, they learn that their actions and behaviors affect other people. Visitors to CLLC are often times reminded, by the children, to use only one paper towel after washing their hands. Helping Miss Vicki is often a reward for the children. Miss Vicki feels like this helps the children learn life skills, as well as encouraging them to take pride in keeping the center clean and running well. Miss Vicki feels proud of the work she does at CLLC when at the end of the day her helpers thank her for letting them help her, and she knows that the help they provided made them feel good about themselves.

Miss Debbe is Miss Brenda’s right hand woman, helping keep the office organized and running smoothly. She has a Bachelor’s degree in elementary and early childhood education. She spent 21 years of her career as a Kindergarten Teacher and has a good knowledge base for what schools are looking for in the incoming Kindergarten class. She has also been instrumental in developing a preschool program as an Early Childhood Education Coordinator and has functioned as a director, so she has a good understanding of what it takes to run a center. Through all her experience mentioned above as well as her experience as a lead teacher and paraeducator, Miss Debbe brings a mountain of expertise and knowledge.