Sinai Preschool is staffed by the highest caliber of educators.  The administrative team includes a Director and an Administrative Assistant.  The Director is an experienced master educator.  Most classrooms are staffed by 2-3 teachers to achieve exceptional student teacher ratios of at least 1:8 and often 1:5 or less.  Each child is assigned to a classroom by age, and each assistant teacher works with a class at a particular age level.  The teaching staff provides ongoing personal contact, meaningful learning activities, supervision, and immediate care as needed to protect children’s well being.

Staff Bios 2011-2012

Jordyn Beckwith completed her Master’s Degree at DePaul University in Early Childhood Education.  This is Jordyns’ fourth year at Sinai Preschool. Jordyn is working in Classroom 2 with both our 3 year old class in the morning and 4 year olds in the afternoon.

Heidi Cooper has a Masters of Social Work degree from Columbia University as well as a Masters in Early Childhood from Hunter College. She has had a variety of early childhood professional experience in New York including both administrative and teaching in early childhood settings. This is Heidi’s second year with Sinai
Preschool. She shares Classroom 2 with Jordyn in both the morning and afternoon classes and Naomi in the morning.

Naomi Kaplan is currently working on a Master’s Degree in Special Education at National Louis University. She holds a M.A.T. in Elementary Education and a B.S. in Business Administration. Naomi is new this year to Sinai and is assisting in our morning 3 year old program with both Heidi and Jordyn.

Jennie Walz received her Master’s Degree from Erikson Institute in Child Development and her undergrad degree from Purdue in Child Development. This is Jennie’s sixth year at Sinai Preschool. Jennie works in the 2 day and 3 day 2 year old program in Classroom 1.  Jennie is also responsible for working with our newest preschoolers in our Parent/Tot program on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Lauren Mydlowski holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from Western Michigan University and this is her second year at Sinai Preschool. She joins Jennie in Classroom 1 in our morning classes for the 2 year olds as a
lead teacher.

Maggie Shapiro newly joins us this year in our morning classes in Classroom 1.  Maggie is currently enrolled in the Master of Social Work program at Loyola University. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from University of Michigan and has worked in a variety of settings including students with special needs and a community service project in El Salvador.