Back-To-School Welcome from Instructional Coach, Kirsten Sanders

It’s good to be home! My teaching career began on the east side of Des Moines, and I was fortunate enough to spend a professional development day at Cowles in the spring of 2000. I fell in love with the Montessori Method of education! I spent countless hours reading up on Dr. Montessori and volunteering in my son’s Montessori preschool classrooms as we moved to Ohio and then Pennsylvania.

When we moved to California, I became a Middle School teacher at California Montessori Project, my son’s new elementary school. I later moved to an Upper Elementary position and completed my Lower and Upper Elementary Language and Math training at Montessori Training Center, an AMS accredited school in Shingle Springs, CA.

My education includes a Bachelor of Arts from Simpson College, credentialing through The University of Iowa, and a Master of Science in Effective Teaching, Learning and Leadership from Drake University.

We live in Ankeny, and are so happy to be a part of the Cowles community! I am very excited to have the opportunity as Instructional Coach to support the students, families and staff at Cowles!