{"id":20,"date":"2025-06-12T13:10:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:50:08","slug":"our-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Our Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/488a6b73-2ea3-4a9b-b518-246197fd74ba-928x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/488a6b73-2ea3-4a9b-b518-246197fd74ba-928x1024.jpg 928w, https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/488a6b73-2ea3-4a9b-b518-246197fd74ba-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/488a6b73-2ea3-4a9b-b518-246197fd74ba-768x847.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/488a6b73-2ea3-4a9b-b518-246197fd74ba.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana McDonald (right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHi my name is Dana. I have been involved with Montessori education since I was three years old. I enjoy working with children and seeing them learn. I have a special interest in working with children with additional learning needs and adapting the materials for them. In my spare time I enjoy studying, geocaching, and eating ice cream.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana is a Montessori 0-3 and 3-6 trained teacher. She studied her Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood at Victoria University of Wellington while also completing her Montessori 0-3 and 3-6 diplomas from the North American Montessori Centre. Dana has been working with children aged 2-6 in a Montessori environment since 2018. She has completed additional study in Inclusive Education, Educational Leadership and holds two Master of Education degrees, with one focused on Montessori education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sue Miao (left)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Hi my name is Sue. I have been teaching in Montessori classrooms since 2022. I love being part of the children&#8217;s learning journey, supporting them to grow and develop through hands-on, purposeful activities. I joined the team at South Wellington Montessori in 2024 and have enjoyed growing my knowledge of the Montessori method. In my spare time I enjoy travelling, going to the gym and spending time at home relaxing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sue Miao holds a Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education). Sue is currently undertaking her 3-6 Montessori training through the North American Montessori Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana McDonald (right) \u201cHi my name is Dana. I have been involved with Montessori education since I was three years old. I enjoy working with children and seeing them learn. I have a special interest in working with children with additional learning needs and adapting the materials for them. In my spare time I enjoy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/131"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montessorieco.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}