SPNDS: Teachers & Staff
SPNDS
Teachers & Staff
SPNDS has been accredited by the National Association for Young Children (NAEYC) for 22 years. Our staff meets the rigorous requirements for developmentally appropriate early childhood education, and participates in continuing education experiences to enhance curriculum. Several of our teachers began their relationship with SPNDS as parents, and recognizing the collegial, congenial atmosphere, have become members of the staff.

SPNDS has been accredited by the National Association for Young Children (NAEYC) for 22 years. Our staff meets the rigorous requirements for developmentally appropriate early childhood education, and participates in continuing education experiences to enhance curriculum. Several of our teachers began their relationship with SPNDS as parents, and recognizing the collegial, congenial atmosphere, have become members of the staff.

Deb Hansen

Deb Hansen

Deb is the Director of the Nursery Day School. She began her journey with SPNDS in 2022.
Sheri Carney

Sheri Carney

Sheri is the Head Teacher for our Morning Kindergarten Complement class. Sheri started her connection to SPNDS as a parent and has been a staff member since 2008.
Sarah Caruso

Sarah Caruso

Sarah is an assistant in one of the Pre-k classes and this year she also teaching Spanish language enrichment to our Lunch Bunch students a couple of days a week. She began her experience at SPNDS as a parent and has been a staff member since 2021.
Megan Coltman

Megan Coltman

Megan is an Assistant with the Play Pals program in the morning and in one of the afternoon kindergarten classes. Megan also was a SPNDS parent and has been a staff member since 2000.
Cathy Conahan

Cathy Conahan

Cathy is our volunteer librarian. She has had a long-standing relationship with the school. She was a parent and a grandparent of children at SPNDS. She served as director in the late 1990s and has served the school as interim director twice.
Cathy Darrell

Cathy Darrell

Cathy is the Woodshop teacher. She has been with SPNDS since 1999.
Kristin DiBona

Kristin DiBona

Kristin is one of the Afternoon Kindergarten Assistant Teachers and is also administrative assistant to the director. She has been a staff member at SPNDS since 2021.
Karen Flynn

Karen Flynn

Karen is the Play Pals Head Teacher and is a teacher for the Early Birds, Lunch Bunch and Stay & Play programs. Karen has started at SPNDS in 2022 after working in the field for many years.
Angela Kraemer

Angela Kraemer

Angela is the Head Teacher of the four-year-old class and has been at SPNDS since 2019.
Sara Mains

Sara Mains

Sarah is our Science Teacher and a part-time building sub. She started as a parent at the school and has been a staff member since 2018.
Reisa Mukamal

Reisa Mukamal

Reisa is an Assistant Teacher for our Morning Kindergarten Complement class. Reisa started as a parent of children at SPNDS and has been a staff member at SPNDS since 2012.
Jeanne Murtha

Jeanne Murtha

Jeanne has rejoined the SPNDS staff as an assistant in our Play Pals program. She started working at SPNDS in 2022.
Jen Parsons

Jen Parsons

Jen is the Head Teacher of our Threes class and is the program coordinator of Lunch Bunch. She has been a staff member since 2021 and is also a SPNDS parent.
Maureen Rutkowski

Maureen Rutkowski

Maureen is the Head Teacher for one of our oldest preschool classes and is also the Head Teacher for our Afternoon Kindergarten Complement program. Maureen’s children attended SPNDS, and she has been a teacher with SPNDS since 2005.
Amy Taimanglo

Amy Taimanglo

Amy is the Head Teacher of our Oldest Threes / Youngest Fours class and is now also the lead teacher in one of our PM kindergarten complement classes. Amy has been with SPNDS since 2021. Amy has also been an SPNDS parent.
Paul Voshell

Paul Voshell

Paul is the Assistant Teacher for one of our Pre-K classes. Paul has been with SPNDS since 2011. Paul also started his connection with the school as a parent.
Lauren Wallgren

Lauren Wallgren

Lauren is an Assistant Teacher in one of our Pre-K classes and has been on staff since 2019. Lauren has had a long-standing relationship with the school as she began her career at the school and worked at SPNDS as an assistant teacher for four years before starting her family.
Megan Yates

Megan Yates

Megan is the Art Teacher for our morning Pre-K classes and our Kindergarten Complement classes. Megan joined the staff in 2019. Megan also began her connection with the school as a parent.
Brenda Norris

Brenda Norris

Brenda Norris is our music teacher. She comes to us twice a week to share musical experiences with our Preschoolers and kindergarten complement students. She started at SPNDS in 2022.
Lise Reno

Lise Reno

Lise is a part-time Assistant in one of our Kindergarten Complement Classrooms. She started at SPNDS in 2022.
Shujing Ding

Shujing Ding

Shujing Ding is a Chinese enrichment teacher. She is also a parent of a student at SPNDS and started at SPNDS in 2022.
Kirsten Connell

Kirsten Connell

Kirsten is a school-wide floater and works with all our morning programs and lunch bunch when she is available. She started at SPNDS in 2022.
Ben Mutz

Ben Mutz

Ben is a part time classroom assistant in our afternoon lunch bunch program. Ben started working at SPNDS in the fall of 2024.
Donna Shakespeare

Donna Shakespeare

Donna has returned after a leave of absence and is an Assistant Teacher for one of our Pre-K classes. Donna joined the SPNDS staff in 2006.
Joan Warburton Phibbs

Joan Warburton-Phibbs

Joan is our creative movement / dance teacher. She joins us once a week to provide our SPNDS family with opportunities to joyfully move our bodies through space and develops skills and appreciation for various dance elements of flow, time, space, and shape. She joined our team in the fall of 2024 and is also a SPNDS Grandparent.
Katie Pinder

Katie Pinder

Katie is a part time teacher in our Lunch Bunch Program. She is also an SPNDS parent and joined our staff in the fall of 2024.
Linda Donaldson

Linda Donaldson

Linda is a part time classroom assistant in our afternoon lunch bunch program. She started working at SPNDS in the fall of 2024.
Suzanna Seltzer

Suzanna Seltzer

Suzanna is a part time building sub. She joined our staff in the fall of 2024, is an SPNDS parent and has the distinction of being an alumna of the program herself.

› Contact Information

Deb Hansen
SPNDS Director
727 Harvard Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Phone: 610-543-2861
SPNDS@swarthmorepres.org

› Contact SPNDS

Deb Hansen
SPNDS Director
727 Harvard Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Phone: 610-543-2861
SPNDS@swarthmorepres.org

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