Leadership and Faculty


Administrative Staff

Julie Riedel, Interim Director                
Michele Chesson Admin. Asst. 

Faculty 

Tammy Adams, Asst.                           
Wendy Axelrad, Teacher         

Vickie Cass, Asst. 
Claudia Grimaldo, Asst.
Leah Hinman, Asst.
Susan Jamison, Teacher                                              
Jahna Lindgren, Asst.
Jackie Mason, Teacher                                                                                 
Jaime Neufeld, Teacher     
Jen Padberg, Asst.        
Susan Randolph, Teacher
Melissa Ricketts, Asst.                                
Julie Riedel, Teacher
Katie Robinson, Asst.           
Teri Wright, Teacher                 
                                                        

    

Board of Directors  

Darin Erickson, Member
Mark Groenveld, Member                                                                                                   
Jane Narramore, Member
Robin Slattum, Member
Susan Tolle, Member
Nina Wong, Member 
Julie Riedel, Interim Director, Non-voting member                                                                 
       
                                                                                               

Teacher and Assistant Teacher Qualifications

All Honey Tree teachers meet California state licensing requirements and are certified by the state of California in Early Childhood Education.  Our faculty includes teachers with Associate Teacher, Teacher or Master Teacher permits as well as teachers who have or are in the process of attaining Bachelor of Arts or Master degrees.  Teachers participate in collaboration and professional development activities and are members of NAEYC and CAEYC.

Teacher / Child Ratios
Honey Tree offers classes of fourteen children with two full-time teachers; a one to seven ratio. The Parent / Two-Year-Old class is limited to ten children and ten parents with two teachers.