Washington Square
Emily Rabe
Director
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Elementary Education
Experience: 5 years with children from infants to second grade
Director Certified by Department of Early Education and Care
First Aid/CPR certified
Interests: hiking, baking, family and friends
Coolidge Corner South
Chelsea Fisher
Director
Education: M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, B.S. in Spanish Literature
Experience: 10+ years with children from infants to elementary age
Director Certified by Department of Early Education and Care
First Aid/CPR certified
Interests: dancing, music and outdoor exercise
Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese
Coolidge Corner North
Chelsea Stanovich
Director
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
Experience: 10+ years with children of all ages
Director Certified by Department of Early Education and Care
First Aid/CPR Certified
Interests: Family and friends, country music, traveling
Languages: English
Our Teaching Requirements
At Sunshine Academy, each teacher in every classroom is a fully qualified and certified teacher. All teachers must hold a Bachelors degree or a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education or an equivalent field or be working towards a degree in order to be considered.
High Staff-to-Child Ratio
We do not hire teacher aides or assistants in any classroom at our school. We also make it a practice to over-staff each classroom with three teachers, instead of the more common two teachers per classroom that is required by the state. You are assured that the three teachers in your child’s classroom are all fully qualified teachers.
All teacher candidates go through a formal interview process where they are invited to show their teaching portfolios and evidence of curriculum development. Those that pass the interview process are invited back for at least one working interview in one or more classrooms under direct supervision of the school Director. After checking at least three references, a candidate is made an offer to join the faculty.
Certification
All teachers are required to have a full background check from CORI/DCF, including a national fingerprint search, as well as provide evidence of a physical examination and proper vaccinations.
Sunshine Academy requires that all teachers hold a current CPR and First Aid certification and that it is renewed each year.
Benefits
Sunshine Academy offers very generous benefits to our professional teaching faculty including health insurance, vacations, retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment and more.
