Philomath Montessori Staff and Board of Directors
Pauline
Tanaka -- Director and Co-teacher
- Education
- 1983 Association Montessori Internationale Diploma -- Montessori Education
Center of Oregon, Portland, Oregon
1981 Language arts and social studies endorsement (secondary) -- Oregon
State University
1974 B.Ed., Special Education -- University of Hawaii
- Professional Experience
- 1999 - present Director and Co-Teacher of Philomath Montessori School
-- Philomath, Oregon
1984 - 1999 Director and Teacher of Philomath Montessori School -- Philomath,
Oregon
1978 - 1983 Substitute Teacher at Alsea School District - Alsea, Oregon
February 1975 - 1977 Special Education Teacher at Ilima Intermediate
School -- Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Doni Manning-Cyrus -- Co-teacher
- Education
- 1988 Association Montessori Internationale Diploma -- Montessori Education
Center of Oregon, Portland, Oregon
1985 - 1987 Clark College, Vancouver, Washington
- Experience
- 1999 - present Co-Teacher at Philomath Montessori School, Philomath,
Oregon
1988 - 1999 Teacher at Corvallis Montessori School, Corvallis, Oregon
Leslie
Cohen -- Office and Classroom Assistant
- Education
- 1981 B.S. Education, Special Education, Lamar University, Beaumont,
Texas
1976 - 1978 Education major, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona
1972 - 1973 Education major, Stockton College, Pamona, New Jersey
- Experience
- 2000 - present Office and Classroom Assistant at Philomath Montessori
School, Philomath, Oregon
1999 - 2000 SubstituteTeacher - Classified at Corvallis School District,
Corvallis, Oregon
1997 - 1998 SubstituteTeacher - Classified at Corvallis School District,
Corvallis, Oregon
1992 - 1999 Child Care Provider
1985 - 1986 Assistant Special Education Resource Room Teacher, Grades
6 - 8at Cache La Poudre Junior High, Fort Collins, Colorado
1984 Elementary Teacher, Grades 1 - 2 at Caribbean American school,
Petionville, Haiti
1982 - 1984 Special Education Resource Room Teacher, Grades 5 - 8 at
Newport Schools, Newport, Maine
1981 - 1982 Special Education Resource Room Teacher, Grades 3 - 5 at
Silsbee Elementary School, Silsbee, Texas
1980 Substitute Teacher, School bus driver at Silsbee School district,
Texas
1979 - 1980 Preschool Teacher, Candy Royal Day Care Center at Lufkin,
Texas
Board
of Directors
- Board of Directors
- Betty Malone, President
Sha Sifford
Pauline Tanaka
Ed Durrenberger, Treasurer
Joan Extrom, Secretary
Meredith Howell
Lorri Hendon
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