Teresita Leimer, M.Ed.

At the age of sixteen I came across a magazine article about the Montessori method and knew immediately that it was the career for me. The summer after graduating from college, I entered a training program for the Children’s House and have never looked back!

In the intervening 33 years, I have covered a lot of territory in Montessori education. I’ve been trained and have taught at all three age levels: 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, in private schools across the country. In the public Montessori sector, I helped establish and run a training center that graduated dozens of teachers across the country over a four-year period. I’ve taught lower elementary in public urban settings on both coasts and have now made my way back to a private school in Fallbrook, where I am administrator as well as elementary teacher.

Montessori education is my life. I strive every day to engender in children a thoughtful, inquisitive, and joyful interaction with our world and the people in it. I am pleased to be a member of the Board of Santa Fe Montessori School to share my insights and learn from your experiences as well.