OUR TEAM
Your Gateway to Learning
We are so grateful to have four certified Montessori instructors for our students.
All of our teachers are committed to optimizing your child's full learning potential.
Your Gateway to Learning
OUR TEAM
All of our Montessori teachers are committed to optimizing your child's full learning potential.
OUR FACULTY
ROSEMARIE SCHWARZENBERGER
Director & Teacher
Rosemarie received her Montessori certificate through Caspari Montessori Institute in Boise. She graduated from Boise State University with a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction, Applied Linguistics, and Bilingual Education and a Bachelors in Spanish and is an Idaho-certified bilingual teacher, K-12, in both English and Spanish. Rosemarie has been involved in education her whole life, and is also the founder and instructor of Languages Unlimited, where she teaches Spanish and English throughout the Treasure Valley and online.
JAN SHEPPARD
Teacher
Jan received her NCME Montessori certification in 1984. She owned a Montessori school in Oregon for eight years before moving to Idaho. She continued her education in 2005 and received a degree from North American Montessori Center for Preschool and Kindergarten. She has been one of the lead teachers at Cloverdale for over twenty years.
CARRIE HOSHAW
Teacher
Carrie has a degree in Child Development from the University of Idaho. She started working for Cloverdale as a substitute twenty years ago and received her AMS certification in 2006. She has been one of the lead teachers for over fifteen years and is currently one of our upstairs teachers working primarily in the language arts/math classroom.
AMY SESKES
Teacher
Amy moved to Boise from Virginia 15 years ago. She has a degree in English from Radford University. She completed her Montessori training in 2005 at Northern Virginia Montessori Institute. Amy has been with Cloverdale Montessori for over ten years and is currently one of our downstairs teachers.
MARIE & TIM SCHWARZENBERGER
Owners
Marie and Tim assumed ownership of Cloverdale Montessori School in September of 2022. Marie has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Human Development & Family Studies and a graduate degree from Loyola University in Social Work with a Concentration in Children & Families. She has formal experience teaching preschool and has also been a home educator for over 15 years. Tim has a degree in Finance from Idaho State University and handles much of the behind-the-scenes operations and finance. He is passionate about education and volunteers as a youth hockey coach. Their daughters, Catherine and Mae, are currently enrolled in the school.
