Our loving and caring
teachers have Early Childhood Education backgrounds and degrees, as well
as experience with young children. We also have a continuing education
program for our teachers, so that they stay current with developments in
our field and provide a source of inspiration and fellowship with other
educators.
| Susanne Donaldson, Director |
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Susanne has a BA in Anthropology
and an AA in Early Childhood Education. She has been working with
children for over 9 years. Before joining SPCDC in 2002, Susanne
was the program supervisor and preschool teacher at a center in
Greenlake. She enjoys spending time with her husband and kids, traveling,
making jewelry and cooking.
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| Trudy Lindloff, Pre-K Teacher (4-5 year olds) |
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Trudy has been working with
children for over 25 years. She has an AA in Child Development and
has been working at SPCDC for 15 years. Her hobbies include
sewing, cooking, traveling and collecting angels. Trudy enjoys
taking her class on fieldtrips. They have gone to the Burke
Museum, Pacific Science Center, Great Harvest Baking Company, and
many other places.
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| Diana Edgar, Young Pre-K Teacher (3 year olds) |
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Diana has an AA degree in Early
Childhood Education and has been teaching at SPCDC since 1973. The
first eleven years she worked with the toddlers. Her hobbies
include carpentry, gardening, bird watching, chocolate and
reading. She values the mountains, the silence of a forest,
nature, the poems of Robert Frost, classical music and the sense
of humor and logic of anyone under the age of six. Diana is also
in charge of the garden and helps the kids plant and harvest
vegetables every year.
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| Kristen (Kiki) Brittain, Toddler Teacher (18 month - 2 year olds) |
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Kristen has been in the childcare
field for 7 years. Prior to coming to SPCDC, she worked as a nanny
and in other childcare centers. She feels extremely rewarded
watching children grow and become individuals. She enjoys camping,
movies, ceramics and anything that has to do with her Mastiff puppies
Atlas and Stella.
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| Kiyomi (Kiyo) Higuchi, Assitant Toddler Teacher |
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Kiyomi has spent copious amounts
of time caring for children with a variety of ages and backgrounds
since she was eleven. Kiyomi is currently enrolled at Seattle
Central Community College and is nearly finished with her AA
degree. She loves laughing, painting, drawing, reading and
running. Tag is one of Kiyomi's favorite games, second only to
hide-and-seek.
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