Our Staff
We believe OGA teachers and staff should be both exceptional people and professionals. When interviewing candidates, we ask ourselves whether or not we’d like them to be teaching our own children (as it’s quite possible they may be doing so). It is also very important that your child be inspired by faculty which is committed to connecting with both them and you. We look for highly qualified individuals who are caring, loving, nurturing, and likeable.
Oak Grove Academy teachers hail from all over the globe (the Americas, Asia, Africa and Western Europe), and well over half of our staff have Masters or Bachelor’s Degrees. All are CPR and First Aid Certified, and earn twenty units of continuing education credit in Early Childhood Development, each and every year (doubling the state requirement of ten).
The average tenure of our lead teachers is well over seven years, and in total, the average tenure at Oak Grove Academy is five and a half years. Some teachers have been with us for twenty years!
The Oak Grove Academy Advisory Board
A diverse and balanced group of educational and organizational experts, our Advisory Board is at the vanguard of Early Childhood Education. The Oak Grove Academy board is comprised of the following professionals:
YK~ Curriculum Coordinator
Thirty-five years of experience in Early Childhood and middle school Education and curriculum design
Master’s Degree, Multi-Methods of Education – Marygrove College
Master’s Degree, Elementary Education – Eastern Michigan University
Bachelor’s Degree, Elementary Education – Eastern Michigan University
LGB~ Administrative Director and Curriculum Development
Twelve years of educational administrative experience as both a high school principal and vice-principal, and currently immersed in her passion for speech language therapy
Master’s Degree, Communication Disorders – Utah State University
Bachelor’s Degree, Communication Disorders – Utah State University
Bachelor’s Degree, Educational Leadership and Administration – Plymouth State University
LL~ Teacher Advisor /Instructor and Curriculum Development
Twenty two years of educational experience and three time nominee, Teacher of the Year
Master’s Degree, Education Management – Kennesaw State University
Master’s Degree, Curriculum Design and Instruction – Lincoln Memorial University
Bachelor’s Degree, Special Education – Furman University
RL~ Director of Education
Twelve years of educational experience
Bachelor’s Degree, History – Eastern Michigan University
Bachelor’s Degree, Spanish – Eastern Michigan University
SJ~ Early Childhood Psychology Contributor
Forty years of experience as a child psychologist with an academic and practice concentration in Preschool, autism, the hearing impaired and gifted
Master’s Degree, Psychology – Alfred University
Bachelor’s Degree, Education Specialist in School Psychology – Alfred University
Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology – Alfred University
DL~ Chief Financial Officer
Thirteen years of higher educational experience
Master’s Degree, International Relations – La Universidad de Oviedo (Spain)
Bachelor’s Degree, Economics – The University of Georgia
Bachelor’s Degree, English Literature – The University of Georgia
CL~ Director of Planning
Fifteen years of higher education facility management
Bachelor’s Degree, Communications (Summa Cum Laude) – Oglethorpe University
JD~ Director of Visual Art and Technology
Fifteen years of higher educational experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Fine Arts – Yale University
