We are proud of our teachers!

 

Here at C.S.I. we are very proud of our staff. As in many nursery schools, not all of our teachers have a degree in early childhood, but they all have degrees from four year universities. All non-certified teachers have substituted for at least one year in our school and come to us with lots of experience in working with young children. Many nursery schools have assistants with no degrees and their only experience is babysitting. We pride ourselves on the fact that here at C.S.I., all of our assistants also have degrees and come with many years of experience. We believe that the most important requirement of a nursery school teacher is to be loving, creative, challenging and of course to keep your child safe. Each teacher takes pride in creating an inviting classroom where your child can learn and grow. All of our teachers go through intensive workshops on first aid, choking and CPR, recognizing learning difficulties and professionalism. We participate in our own teacher training program and the Board of Jewish Education Early Childhood Department workshops.

 

Roni has been the Educational Director of C.S.I. for the past 20 years. She earned her degree in Elementary Education from the University of Texas and has a Masters degree in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a Masters degree in Administration from Columbia University. She also has a license as a certified Principal of Solomon Schecter. Prior to coming to C.S.I. she was the assistant educational director at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. In 1993, Roni opened the existing C.S.I nursery school .Her sons Eitan, Ari and Lior all graduated from CSI Nursery School.

Irit Bomer Antman
This will be Irit's third year teaching at CSI. She teaches the 3 Day 2's with Debbie Moritz. She was a regular substitute teacher in our nursery school and worked with the 2's in our summer camp program. In Argentina, she worked for 6 years at ORT Technical High School. Irit has two children, Julieta, who graduated from our CSI Nursery School Program and Sabina, who will be in our 4's program this year.

Maris Aschen
Maris, who has a B.S. in Psychology from SUNY Albany and a M.S. in Industrial Labor Relations from Cornell, has taught our 4 Alef Class with Aimee Axelrod for the past seven years. Prior to joining CSI, Maris taught at the Rosenthal JCC for four years. Maris, a mother of three children, is known for using her years of experience as a party planner to bring creativity and excitement to her class.
 

Aimee teaches our 4 Alef class with Maris Aschen. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College. This is Aimee's 10th year teaching preschool. She continues to expand her skills with the completion and enrollment in many courses in the early childhood field and child psychology as well as attendance of college workshops in child development. Prior to teaching, she was a 1^st grade classroom aide and substituted in nursery and elementary school. She has been a teacher at CSI for eight years, works in our Kids Karousel program, and has attended many B.J.E. conferences. Aimee has two children, Mathew & Sydney. Mathew was our USY president. Aimee was our younger youth group leader and has taught first grade in our Religious School. This is Aimee's second year of being our Nurserey School Summer Camp Director.

  

Toni is the coordinator for our youngest students - the 2's. This will be Toni's 12^th year teaching at CSI in the 2's. She has a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Chemistry and a Masters in Information Management. She also has a certificate in Early Childhood Education. She is certified in first aid and CPR. Toni has attended the B.J.E. conferences and has worked in the Kid=s Karousel program. She has three children, Victor, Melissa & Emily.

  

Tami teaches 3 Bet with Susan Hartman. Tami has a certificate in Physical Therapy that she received while still living in Israel. She worked in this field for six years. Her concentration was assessment in neurodevelopment of premature babies and their development after birth. She has been teaching in the Religious School for 19 years working with the younger children. She first became involved with our nursery school while substitute teaching. Tami has been teaching the older 3's for the past nine years. She has attended the B.J.E. Early Childhood Conferences for the past couple of years. She has taken a course in First-A id and CPR. Her two children - Roni and Avital, are graduates of our Religious School.

  

Elizabeth has been teaching at CSI for 6 years. She co-taught the 3 Bet class with Tami Drucker for 3 years. This will be her third year teaching 4Bet with Lori Kavy. She taught 8 years of elementary school (K-5) in the Bronx. She also taught reading, math, physical education, and science. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received a Masters in Education from the National-Louis University. Elizabeth also taught an after -school, extra-curricular Mad Science program at Todd Elementary School. She has two children, Rachel and Daniel who attend the Religious School. Elizabeth is very active in the Religious School PTA as well as the Congregational Sisterhood.

  

Janet Franco
Janet is our movement specialist. She has taught at CSI Nursery School for many years and also teaches at various nursery schools in the area. She has two children, both of whom have graduated from our Religious School.

Pam Gittleman
With a B.A. in English and an MBA in Marketing, Pam left the world of advertising management behind and has been teaching music to pre-school children for the past 11 years. During that time period, she has been the music specialist at various places including Breezemont Day Camp and the Pleasantville Y. She begins her fifth year at CSI this Fall, complimenting Sheera's program with her own theme based secular music program. Pam has two daughters, Hallie and Jill. 

Susan Hartman

This is Susan's 6th year here at CSI. This will be her second year as a teacher in 3Bet. For the past four years, she was an assistant for the 3's. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Emory University. Prior to working at CSI, she worked in the tour industry running photographic safaris to Africa as well as all worldwide destinations. She and her husband, Hank have 3 daughters, Jenna Elana and Kayla   For the past eight years, Susan, has also taught the Gimel (5^th grade) and Dalet (6^th grade) classes in our Religious School and has worked at our summer camp.

 

Faith has been teaching our 3 Alef class for 13 years. She has a Bachelor of Social Work and a Masters degree in Early Childhood Special Education. Before coming to C.S.I., Faith was at Brookside School for four years and Robin's Nest Day Care at Phelps Memorial Hospital for five years. She has taken courses in first aid and CPR Faith is the director of Kid's Karousel, an enrichment program and has taught in the Religious School for the past thirteen years.

  

This is Lori's 10th year teaching 4 Bet at CSI. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and a Masters in Early Childhood Education. Prioe to joing our CSI staff, she was a permanent substitute in the Ossining Public Schools. Most of her time was spent working on reading and writing readiness. She also worked in the C.S.I. day camp.  All of Lori's children, Sharon, Suzanne, Richard and Marc have all been through our school. All of them have worked in our day camp. Richard taught in our high school program and was our youth advisor for our youth groups. Lori is also the grandmother of a little girl, Alexa, who attended the 2's program this summer and is anxiously awaiting the birth of her second grandchild.

 

Michelle has taught our 3 Alef class for the last 11 years. She comes to us with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Art and knowledge and experience in speech and language development. Her other areas of study include courses in identifying the L.D. child and working with AD/HD children. For the past 8 years, Michelle has chaired the committee for special needs awareness and is a member of the Compact committee and Enabling committees in her school district. She has worked in our summer camp program, Kids Karousel and is currently working as a group leader and division leader at Breezemont Day Camp. 

Debbie Moritz

Debbie Moritz has been at CSI for 4 years. She has served as a substitute teacher during the year, and at summer camp, assisted in the 3's in addition to working Kid's Karousel.  Before coming to CSI, Debbie taught in the 2's, 3's and 4's at Briarcliff Nursery School as well as working at their summer camp for several years. Debbie is committed to nurturing the growth and development of young children. This year, she will be teaching in the 5 day 2's.
 

Robyn is our art specialist. She has worked in the nursery school for the past 13 years. She holds a bachelors in fine arts and enjoys introducing our younger children to the world of fine art and famous artists. She has 4 children who all attended the nursery school and her husband is our very own Cantor Shiovitz.

 

Libby teaches our Wednesday morning playgroup. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communications from SUNY Albany. Previously, she co-taught our 2's and also co-taught the 4 year olds and 2 year olds at Briarcliff Nursery School, and in their summer camp. Libby has also worked as a teacher=s aide with the first graders at Park School in Ossining. This is Libby's 7th year here at CSI where she teaches the younger children in our Religious School and works in our Kids Karousel program. Libby has attended BJE Early Childhood Conferences and has lots of experience with her own two children who have graduated from the religious school. Darcy has worked at CSI during the year and at our summer camp. Jesse, also worked at our summer camp and he attends the CSI Hebrew High School. Libby is beginning her Masters in Jewish education from the Jewish Theological Seminary this fall.

 
Beverly Wizwer