Staff
Chuck Stockwell
President
Chuck Stockwell is the co-founder of two Michigan Public School Academies and was the co-founder and CEO of one of Michigan’s first independent ESPs. He is now the President of CS Partners, an educational consulting and management company working with seven public charter schools. He has twelve years experience working in Michigan Public Charter Schools. Chuck Stockwell was a 2003 winner of Michigan Association of Public Schools Leadership award. In addition to his work in charter schools he has twenty five years experience in traditional public education as a teacher, ISD program developer and consultant, central office administrator, community college trustee, and elementary school principal. He has experience in facilities development and construction as well as school strategic planning including marketing and mission/vision development. He is the founder and Chief Administrative Officer for Charyl Stockwell Academy, a school that is an innovation leader in K-12 education.
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Betsy Krupansky
Program Developer
Betsy Krupansky has been the Director for the Student Enrichment Program (SEP) at Charyl Stockwell Academy for five years. Betsy has expanded the SEP program from its early stages and has successfully developed an enrichment program under the SEP umbrella including: Charyl’s Playhouse (preschool), Student Connection (before & after school), Teen Scene (Middle School club), Short-Watch (Extension to carpool), Athletics and After School Enrichments. Betsy has her Child Development credential and has many years of experience in child development and business as well as continued education in business, child care administration, early childhood and the Montessori Method. Betsy and the Montessori team will continuously prepare the environment of Garden Gate to welcome parents and children into a center that will become their family´s home away from home.
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Holly Simmerson
Curriculum Director
Holly Simmerson has been the Curriculum Director/Preschool- Kindergarten Teacher at Garden Gate Montessori since 2007. Holly has a Montessori Teaching Certificate, is certified in Early Childhood Development, and 15 years experience. She is proud to have won Child Care provider of the year in 2001 in Maryland and has many years of experience with children age’s infant through school age. Favorite Quote: “Be yourself everyone else is already taken”. Hobbies: Reading, softball, camping, fishing, gardening, writing, pets, antiques, science and nature.
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Ellen Cramer
Program Director
Ellen Cramer began at Garden Gate Montessori as the Office Coordinator in August 2008 and became the Program Director in April 2009. She has 25 + years experience working in Early Childhood Settings as a Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Teacher, as well as a Program Director. She has her Child Development Associates, Certification and ongoing education in the area of child care administration, best practices for Early Childhood, and Montessori methods. She is very dedicated to the growth and nurturing of young children´s minds and emotional well being. She believes that over the years the children have taught her more than she has taught them. She believes that buidling relationships and communicating with families is the heart of a successful program.
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