The Team at FMS

Our staff all work hard to support our mission to provide affordable, high-quality Montessori preschool education in Richmond’s Greater Fulton and East End.

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Felecia Jefferson, Lead Teacher Children’s House 1

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Felecia is a certified Montessori teacher with a focus on toddlers. She taught at a Montessori school for 33 years, where she led several basketball and softball sports camps. She taught Montessori physical education, including the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge, for three years. In 2018, she joined the FMS team as a lead teacher. The Montessori Five Areas (Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics and Culture) are her favorite parts of the learning environment. She enjoys observing and guiding the children through the lessons and watching them repeat what they have learned. Her hobbies include: creating new food prep ideas, drawing, playing basketball, bike riding, and gardening.

Windy Crumpler

Administrative Assistant

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Employment Opportunities

Looking for an opportunity to love where you work and work where your job makes a difference in the community? Where your everyday work builds sustainability for Richmond's East End and Fulton families and invests into the future success of neighborhood children?

We are looking for assistant teachers in our toddler classroom and Children’s houses.

What we look for in employees:

Our ideal candidate will easily fit into our kind and hardworking team; is punctual and reliable; will show respect and kindness towards children and others; has a love for learning and has a willingness to learn new ways of interacting with children; is comfortable with assisting children in various stages of toilet-training and with careful and thorough hand washing; can stay attentive and alert at all times; uses open communication and follows direction while also asking questions as needed; is willing to defer to leadership as needed regarding parent communication; and is able observe and take notes as needed.

ALL FMS employees must have very specific training. Want to get ahead and be prepared? Check out the following training links for free opportunities:

1. Mandated Reporter in VA (free, certificate upon completion)
Questions about this training? Call Child Protective Services Unit, DSS (804) 726-7555
2. Virginia Preservice Training for Child Care (free, 10 hours, online registration, certificate upon completion)
3. Virginia Health and Safety Update (free, 3 hours, required annually and after you complete the Preservice Training, certificate upon completion)

We would love to hear from you!

Email your resume and cover letter to info@fultonmontessori.com.

 

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors provides fiscal and operational oversight. They are actively involved in supporting the success of FMS. Our board members include current parents, local community members, and other professionals. Their guidance and experience supports our non-profit through fundraising, grant-writing, capacity building, policy making, volunteer organization, board recruitment and onboarding, and special events.

Salome Fernando, Admin teacher support

Cindy Moussavou, President

Carl Otto, Vice President

Dorathy Lay, Director/COVID-19 Committee

Susan Jester, Treasurer

Elise Vess, Secretary

Emaline Lyell, Parent Liaison

Fulton Montessori School is searching for Board Members with a skill set- Are you looking to join a working board and develop your talents for a worthy cause?

Board Members needed with experience and skills, specifically:

  1. Fundraising - join our growing school and help build our fundraising and donor support.

  2. Grant-writing - as a 501 c3 FMS relies on grants and funding to support our sliding scale tuition Montessori program. With many established contacts already in place for local foundations, your work would continue to move our school towards optimal operations. Staff could use benefits, our new 1620 Williamsburg Rd needs outside play equipment and our students would love regular enrichment activities.

  3. Volunteer Coordination - build our volunteer repertoire and get us coordinated for regular annual events as well as networking in the community for specific skill matching.

    Are you interested in helping our school to build sustainability as a Montessori preschool and don’t necessarily have skills as listed above? We are conducting ongoing interviews and would love to hear from you!

Contact info@fultonmontessori.com with your letter of interest and resume to connect with us!