Wendi joins Mindful Montessori with more than three decades of experience supporting children and families through public education, Montessori classrooms, individualized tutoring, enrichment programs, and parent education. She holds four professional teaching certifications spanning traditional and Montessori education.

Wendi’s passion for working with children began at age ten, when she started babysitting for close family friends. From an early age, she knew that teaching would be her life’s work. While in high school, she successfully advocated to become one of the first students permitted to intern in a local elementary school—an experience that confirmed her desire to become an educator.

After receiving a New Jersey State Teaching Scholarship, Wendi attended Hofstra University, where she earned dual bachelor’s degrees in Elementary Education and Speech Arts, graduating cum laude in both majors. She subsequently earned two New Jersey teaching certifications and spent four years teaching in public schools.

Although Wendi valued her early classroom experience, she longed for an educational approach that allowed teachers to follow each child’s individual interests, abilities, and developmental needs. Her search led her to Montessori education, where she discovered the child-led, individualized philosophy she had always hoped to bring into her classroom.

Wendi spent thirteen years teaching at The Spring School, where she worked with both preschool and lower-elementary students. During that time, she earned American Montessori Society certifications for children ages 6–9 and ages 3–6 through the Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY. She also supervised teachers-in-training, developed curriculum, established after-school clubs, and helped support the school’s continued growth.

After stepping away from full-time classroom teaching to raise her family, Wendi remained deeply involved in Montessori education. For more than twenty years, she has worked independently as a Montessori tutor, after-school enrichment teacher, curriculum developer, and online parent educator. She has guided families in bringing Montessori principles into their homes, taught parents how to recognize and respond to their children’s developmental needs, and created individualized learning experiences for both Montessori and traditional students.

Wendi is known for thinking outside the box, empathizing with children and families, individualizing curriculum, and building meaningful partnerships with parents. She is happiest when she is observing her students, planning creative lessons, and developing new ways to help each child grow in confidence, independence, and curiosity. Now that her two children are grown, she is delighted to return to a full-time Montessori classroom and become part of the Mindful Montessori family.

Outside the classroom, Wendi enjoys spending time with her family—especially during their spirited conversations about current events, history, and philosophy. She also loves traveling and experiencing other cultures. When it is time to relax, she enjoys word games, puzzles, and award-winning movies and television programs.

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Education, Certifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, Hofstra University — cum laude

• Bachelor of Arts in Speech Arts, Hofstra University — cum laude

• New Jersey Certification in Elementary Education, Kindergarten–Grade 8

• New Jersey Certification in Speech Arts and Dramatics, Nursery–Grade 12

• American Montessori Society Elementary I Certification, ages 6–9

• Montessori Elementary I Training, Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY

• American Montessori Society Early Childhood Certification, ages 3–6

• Montessori Early Childhood Training, Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY

• Thirteen years of Montessori teaching experience at The Spring School

• More than twenty years of independent Montessori tutoring, enrichment, curriculum development, and parent education