LOL is not a co-op. We hire knowledgeable teachers who are passionate about their subjects, teach in a hands-on way, and love and respect our children. Our teacher credentials compare favorably with some of the most expensive private schools in the area: about 40% of our teachers have advanced degrees.
Additionally, LOL maintains a low student/teacher ratio. We recognize the importance of small class size in maintaining a quality learning environment, and keep an average of ten students per class.
Melissa Amrein
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Melissa Amrein loves teaching students of all ages, and especially loves teaching her subjects with a "real-life" application, showing students where the skill being taught is used in the real world. She most enjoys seeing a student who has struggled in the past finally be successful, and has found a wonderful environment to work with students at Leaves of Learning. She is currently studying brain function and fitness for students with special needs and older adults with declining brain function. Melissa has devoted her entire career to education, spending over 20 years in public education in Kentucky before returning home to Cincinnati and venturing out on her current journey - teaching classes at Leaves of Learning and operating a state-approved specialized learning program for students on the autism spectrum and with other learning disorders. She chose to leave public education because she could not make "one size fits all" work and knew there was a better way! Melissa began her career as a middle and high school math and language arts teacher, then moved on to become an elementary school counselor, middle school counselor, and high school counselor, and later a school building administrator, district personnel director, district instructional and curriculum supervisor, and assistant superintendent. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Northern Kentucky University, a Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling from Xavier University, and a post-Master's in Education Administration from Xavier. Melissa is certified as a teacher and administrator in Ohio and Kentucky. She also tutors in Barton reading, Orton-Gillingham, multi-sensory math and writing, and more. Melissa's other passion is dancing - she and her husband are former competitive dancers and currently teach ballroom dancing classes in the Cincinnati area. Melissa also is a Zumba Fitness instructor, and teaches several Zumba classes each week, including one for LOL students!
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Ann Beyersdorff
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Ann has been teaching for over twenty years, has participated in NKU's Teaching Math in The Middle School program, and is especially talented in teaching to various learning styles. She has been at LOL since its second year of operation and loves introducing the joys of math to students of all ages. Ann has a B.A. in French with minors in Secondary Education and Bible/Theology and a M. Ed from Xavier University with a concentration in math.
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Lisa Boys
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Lisa Boys is our resident artist extraordinaire-sharing her enthusiasm and love of art with students of all ages. Lisa has a B.A. in Fine Arts and a minor in Art History from University of Cincinnati DAPP. Lisa has three girls, all who have been home schooled in the past. She has been teaching at LOL since 1998, and enjoys gardening, decorating, stamping and creative painting.
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Terri Burch
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What Terri Burch (Russo) has enjoyed most in her fourteen years of teaching is the charged excitement that permeates a room as she and her students exchange enthusiasm for stories, information, concepts, and ideas—LEARNING! She has a master’s degree in gifted education from Wright State University and bachelor’s degrees in literature and elementary education from University of Cincinnati. For her seven years as the GATES teacher in the New Richmond School District, her focus was on differentiated instruction for all learners within the classroom. Then she spent 2 years as a Gifted Intervention Specialist in Milford. While most of her time teaching has been spent facilitating the needs of identified gifted children, she celebrates the special beauty, gifts, and talents that every child brings to the world and into a dynamic classroom. In 2005, Terri took time off of teaching to have a daughter, Merina McLane, who is absolutely amazing!
Terri enjoyed teaching 5th grade at the Schilling School for Gifted Children. Other teaching experiences include summer school instructor, Camp Invention director and teacher, and Super Saturday instructor. During her time as a stay at home mom, she was instrumental in creating Eco-babies, a naturalist group for young children and their parents. Currently she is designing summer enrichment programs and facilitating private and group instruction with children to nurture abilities and explore talents.
Terri is excited to be teaching at Leaves of Learning. The children and atmosphere at the school feel like coming home. Versatility, energy, and enthusiasm are three words that describe her teaching. Outside of the classroom, she gets her joy mainly from Merina, yoga, gardening, hiking, camping, singing, spending time with friends and family, and teaching herself how to play the guitar.
She can be reached at trflowers@fuse.net.
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Susan Campbell
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Susie worked for Landor Cincinnati,a design studio, for 15 years before staying home with her son. While at Landor, Susie worked in production and then became IT Manager, with responsibilities that included training designers on Adobe programs like Photoshop and Illustrator. Now, along with home schooling and teaching at Leaves, Susie also manages IT for her husband's photography studios, Teri Studios. She has home schooled her son since he was 10; this is his second year at Leaves. Susie has traveled to Mamelodi, South Africa three times to work with children there. Besides mission work, Susie also enjoys traveling, photography, stamping, basket weaving, all kinds of arts and crafts, and reading. According to Susie, "Our family LOVES Leaves!"
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Dan Carlson
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Dan Carlson graduated in 1998 from the University of Cincinnati with a BFA in Fine Art specializing in Oil Painting. It was during his junior and senior college years that Dan began to develop a keen interest in colonial American history, taking a series of graduate level courses which cemented his passion for the subject. From 1998-2000 he worked as a freelance illustrator with work appearing in Mcgraw-Hill Educational Supplements and the children's magazine 'Cricket'. In 2001, Dan began working through the federally funded 21st Century Learning grant in the Norwood school district. It was here that he began to experiment with combining history, literature, and various sorts of games as an after school program for elementary and junior high school students. Dan joined Leaves of Learning as a full-time teacher in 2006. His classes combine board games, roleplaying games, creative writing, model soldiers and often Lego toys. He is an avid dog lover, coffee drinker, lego collector, and taco eater. He lives in Loveland with his wife Kim and his almost-teenaged son, Griffin.
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Anna Chassagne
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Official Biography Coming Soon:
Anna jumped in to help us out in the middle of the year when we tragically lost our French teacher. Her dedication and teaching ability are outstanding! She is a native French speaker, University teacher and she has written her own French language book. The students love her!
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Anna Davis
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Anna Lee Davis is a licensed school counselor in the state of Ohio for K-12, and has a Masters of Arts in School Counseling from Xavier University. Anna has worked in an inner-city Cincinnati elementary and middle charter school and a suburban public middle and high school. She gained experience in mental health counseling as well as college counseling, academic advising, intervention assistance, multifactor evaluations, classroom teaching and support groups for parents and students alike. Anna trained at the University of Cincinnati Counseling Center, excelling at intake interviews and diagnosis and partaking in several teams, including Body Awareness Week, Diversity Week, University Alcohol and Drug Intervention and Safe Zone Training. She has also coached middle school and high school girls cross country and track.
Anna is excited to work with homeschooling students and families at Leaves of Learning. She will bring guidance in the college application process as well as academic planning, social and emotional counseling and other school wide interventions and support services.
Anna has an open office door and is always willing to listen and help. She is a caring, nurturing educator who is enthusiastic to be a part of the Leaves of Learning community.
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 9:30 – 3:30
Fridays, 9:30 – 11AM and 1-2 PM
Also, by scheduled appointment:
adavis@leavesoflearning.org
513-697-9021
Anna is trained as a professional school counselor. Her classes will provide support to help students maximize their potential both personally/socially as well as academically. She is a warm thoughtful person who easily engages with students. Anna has her Masters of School Counseling from Xavier University.
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Lindsay Dewald
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Lindsay earned her bachelors degree from Columbia College Chicago, working in after school programs throughout her 4 years. After graduating, Lindsay moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in marketing, and soon realized her passion was working with children. After a brief stint in the marketing world, she taught at an enrichment center for kids ages 2-12 reinforcing the career change. Knowing that teaching was what Lindsay wanted to do, she then moved to New York City with her husband where she earned her Montessori Teaching Certificate and taught preschool and kindergarten for the next two years at The Montessori School of Manhattan. Lindsay is passionate about education, the Montessori philosophy and children in general. She created and writes the blog "Coffee In The Classroom" (www.coffeeintheclassroom.com) which illustrates her love for all things from education to coffee to children's design! Finally settling in her hometown of Cincinnati, Lindsay is so excited to be a part of the Leaves of Learning preschool program. When Lindsay is not at LOL she spends her time creating and teaching children's classes at a local children's clothing boutique. Other passions include her husband Nick, chocolate lab puppy Clyde, and traveling.
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Julie Doughty
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Julie Doughty graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. with honors in Early Childhood Education. After graduation she moved with her husband to Blacksburg, Virginia, where she took classes from a professional potter and participated in an annual art show and sale in Baltimore for several years. Although Julie started teaching at Leaves of Learning in 2008, she has been homeschooling since 1999 and involved with the program as a parent since 2001. Julie loves working with clay with her students and watching their projects evolve as they gain new skills.
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Becky Flanagan
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Rebecca Flanagan is a sign language interpreter who has worked in both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Her experience as an interpreter ranges from working with deaf children in mainstream classes in a traditional school setting to interpreting for Deaf university, graduate and doctorial students in a variety of studies. Rebecca also has interpreted outside the educational community, working with business professionals, government agencies and arts programs. In addition, she interpreted for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore at the White House. Since teaming up with Signing Safari in Loveland, she has been teaching hearing babies, toddlers and preschoolers sign language to support their spoken language development. Most recently, she developed a curriculum for hearing students using sign language as a study tool. Rebecca is the mother of three children. She has been using sign language to increase language access and to reduce frustration for all parties since her children were infants. Rebecca holds a B.A. in Deaf Studies from California State University, Northridge and has studied linguistics at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
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Leslie Hamilton
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This is Leslie's seventh year at LOL; her teaching style and philosophy mesh perfectly with our program! She's taught swimming for 12 years at the YMCA and Spanish at Colerain Middle School. Leslie grew up in San Antonio, where she was constantly exposed to Spanish, and frequently travels to Mexico. Geography and history are both loves of Leslie, who's thrilled at being able to teach these classes for us next year. Leslie is working on a Middle Childhood Education/History major at U.C.
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Tiffany Hanford
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Tiffany is a mechanical engineer from Purdue University. She worked as a process engineer at Procter & Gamble and as a manufacturing engineer at Cummins (diesel engines) before joining Leaves. She is teaching engineering the way she wishes she had been taught, learning concepts through hands on experiments first instead of deriving equations. In addition to understanding science and engineering concepts, she believes it is important for the students to develop skills in teamwork, writing and communication, recording and interpreting data, and drawing conclusions.
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Carolyn Heck
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Carolyn Heck is thrilled to be a part of the Leaves of Learning staff! Prior to joining LOL, Carolyn worked in a private Montessori preschool and kindergarten for four years, and also in the public schools teaching 1st grade. She received her Early Childhood teaching license from Miami University, and her Montessori license from The Greater Cincinnati Center for Montessori Education. She has a passion for travel and incorporates her various experiences from around the world into her classroom as much as possible. Carolyn has enjoyed teaching in a variety of settings, including teaching in Madrid, as well as being a leader on a education based initiative in Honduras through the non-profit Shoulder to Shoulder. While at home, Carolyn is an avid reader, painter, and baker. She enjoys baking decorative cookies and cupcakes for events around the Cincinnati area. Carolyn is greatly looking forward to teaching in both the preschool classroom as well as the in the elementary Reading and Writing classes!
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Evan Holzman
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Evan began making films at the age of our students. He also worked as a photographer, actor, editor, lighting tech, sound tech and just about any job on a film or theater stage.
The video class documents most of the events at L.O.L. and does creative projects that are as varied as day and night. The students will see work created by professional filmmakers, artists and documentary filmmakers.
The improvisation class is based on the actor as an impulse creator and controller. Evan studied acting with a number of different teachers and continues to learn, direct and act.
Home schooling is a way for life for his family. Two daughters attended Leaves and one is now in University. His daughter and son graduated from college and are working in their fields of study.
Productions made by the Leaves of Learning students have received many nominations for Blue Chip video awards. Evan is the producer of WoodsSongs Coffeehouse, a local music show that appears on most of the cable access systems in the Cincinnati area. He also produces Epilepsy Today and Spectrum Puzzle: The Autism Community, medical / community informational programs for the public. His productions have won or been nominated for many Blue Chip awards. The videos produced by Leaves' students also appear regularly on these stations. Evan has a B.S. in Accounting from Ohio University.
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Douglas Horner
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Soon to come...
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Lonna Kingsbury
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Lonna Kingsbury believes the simple act of giving voice to everyone continually impacts our future one voice at a time - verbally or non-verbally.
And we can only but imagine how nurturing this one simple act will impact the future of our children.
Her series of Countering the Silence classes offered in Drama / Theater / Writing / Historical Happenings and Magical Marvels as well as Individual Inventions to name a few, offer safe venue to nurture such voices.
This belief in individual expression has been her life’s work way back before her old college days at the University of Cincinnati where she holds the distinction of being published in Clifton Magazine along with Northern Kentucky’s Night Writers. Then as she furthered her verbiage-based education at The Cincinnati College of Court Reporting, she was literally taught to hang onto every word.
No wonder throughout her tenure as an official with the State of Kentucky she never lost her love of theater - what bigger theater than that of a courtroom?
But then how does a verbiage-lover turn into a Science of Magic / Inventive Individual?
Lonna attributes the nurturing of both sides of her brain to that same tenure as court reporter and then continuing her education as technical writer, documentation specialist and freelance "trouble-shooter" throughout her corporate sector service.
She has always loved teaching “children” of all ages - from serving as mentor and leader in the court and corporate sectors for "the new kids on the block" to her yearly return to Sands Montessori for some ten years now to the guidance of UC’s Medical Students where she serves as Standardized Patient Instructor and Medical Admissions Rater.
Her most recent summer camps offered at John XXIII, Leaves of Learning and EnterTRAINment Junction now join her other successful ventures with The Cincinnati Zoo, The Cincinnati Museum Center, The Children’s Home and many others.
Lonna is also kept busy by being asked to serve as adjudicator and presenter for many educational entities such as The Blue Chip Awards, The Mason Idol Competition, the yearly Congressional High School Art Competition, The Educational Theater Association, The Golden Pen Awards and is looking forward to her first Reading Across America inclusion.
She is an author of children’s books, volumes of poetry, plays and just about any type of verbiage you can imagine.
She can only imagine what a wonderful year this will be at Leaves of Learning.
Coming soon
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Sarah Kleiner
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Sarah Kleiner, AIA, is a registered architect in Ohio and a LEED Certified Professional. She has a professional architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati and has over 10 years’ experience in the field, focused mainly on residential and commercial projects, master planning and sustainability. She has taught similar classes at Summit Country Day School summer camp and several other elementary level enrichment courses.
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Julie Klettke
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Julie has over 13 years experience teaching in both public and private schools. She has an Associate Degree in Nursing and spent 4 years working in healthcare before taking time to stay home with her children. Julie received a BA in Biology and a BS in Elementary Education from UC. She has completed 12 hours of graduate work in gifted education at XU. While teaching in a public school, Julie attended a series of seminars for “Assessment For Learning” (Rick Stiggins) with a team of teachers from her building. The approaches used in “Assessment For Learning” exemplify her methods of teaching. She encourages children to take part in their learning by sharing ideas and insights, using creative methods to solve problems, and reflecting on their progress and feelings about their work. Julie uses hands on activities and critical thinking problem sets to encourage children to learn in different ways.
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Jim Lawson
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After a career in public administration, Jim Lawson now records and produces music in his own recording studio, and will teach guitar at LOL beginning in the fall of 2006. Jim has played guitar for more than 35 years, and is proficient in many styles of music. A multi-instrumentalist, Jim has participated in many studio sessions, both locally and nationally, and can currently be found performing with well-known musicians at many local venues. He and his wife, who also performs locally, live in Anderson Township with their two children, one of whom attends LOL.
For more information, contact Jim at fcstudios@fuse.net, or 513-231-0615.
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Louise LeCompte
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Louise LeCompte is a registered architect in Ohio with approximately 20 years’ experience in the architectural field, primarily in corporate planning, tenant development and residential modeling. She graduated from Miami University and Rice University with a Master of Architecture degree and has taught similar classes with the Super Saturday program, Summit Country Day School summer camp and several other elementary level enrichment courses. She has also team-taught 1st and 2nd year design studios at Miami University Department of Architecture.
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Diana Mattson
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This is Diana's eleventh year of spreading her enthusiasm for science to her LOL students. Her creative projects and experiments are well known throughout the program. Diana earned her degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University and worked in the Plastics Industry for eight years. She discovered the joy of sharing her enthusiasm for science with children when she started teaching an after-school science outreach program. Diana lives in Loveland and has three children.
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Kim Miller
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Kim, who has been fencing for 14 years, has been teaching beginner and
intermediate level fencing at the Cincinnati Fencing Club for ten years. He
is excited about the opportunity to introduce fencing to LOL students!
Kim has a B.S. in Biology from the State
University of New York, Binghamton and spent 32 years doing
pharmaceutical research for therapies of cardiovascular disease. Kim
retired from P&G Pharmaceuticals in 2006.
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Melanie Moore
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Melanie Moore graduated from Miami University. She has a BA in Education with a
concentration in math. She taught junior high math, history and literature for thirteen
years. All of her teaching experience was done in inner-city schools in St. Louis, North
Hollywood and Cincinnati. She has also developed curriculum for high school students
focusing on social issues. The last four years she took a break from teaching to develop
her own independent business. She created, opened, ran and sold a local cafe. She is
looking forward to getting back in the classroom which has been her true passion. Other
passions include reading, knitting and watching classic black and white films. She lives
in Amberly with her husband, two daughters and their dog, Lucy.
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Elana Oconnor
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Elana is a Cincinnati native and lives in West Chester with her husband and twin sons. She has been teaching for 25 years and has loved every moment of it! She currently teaches Adult Education evening classes at the University of Cincinnati as well as Industry Training for Fortune 500 companies such as Fifth Third Bank. She has also taught in the Princeton School District in the Instructional Television Department.
Elana holds Bachelors and Masters of Arts degrees from the University of Cincinnati in Speech and Communication Arts.
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Diana Osborn
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Diana is the founder of Leaves of Learning and has been the director since the beginning of the program. She loves working with children of all ages and has a passion and commitment to individualize education. She feels that while an education certainly provides skills and opportunities for a child's future, it is also an important part of the journey, and as such, should be enjoyed. She believes that education should meet children where they are and take them where they want to go, through caring guidance, enthusiasm and support. Her favorite moments at LOL are when students discover their talents and passions for learning. She has three children in college -all former L.O.L. students. Diana has taught Hands-on Science classes for NSF and L.O.L. She was a chemist for DuBois Chemical and a pharmaceutical representative for Whitehall Robbins. She holds a BS in Chemistry.
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Charity Paddock
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Charity Paddock enjoys teaching! Her professional background includes a Bachelor's degree in English Education from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana and a Master's in English Education from Miami University. Her Master's thesis focused on "The Pedagogy of Poetry," a survey of language arts teachers' views on teaching poetry. As both a student and teacher, Charity's first focus has always been on knowing more about reading and writing.
She taught 7th and 8th grade Language Arts at Milford Junior High for three years, where she was also the founding coach of Power of the Pen, a creative writing team that competes with other writers all around Ohio. She also taught freshmen English for three years at Turpin High School summer school before staying home with her four children for ten years. During the time she was at home with her children, she was a writing judge for the Ohio Writing Project, Miami University and the writing portion of the SAT exam.
Charity loves the creativity and curiosity in learning language arts. She also believes in lifelong learning outside of the classroom; she took a group of 30 Milford students to London and Paris for ten days through EF Educational Tours in 1999. In June of 2010, Charity took a group of LOL students on a trip to Italy and Switzerland.
Charity lives in Loveland with her husband, son, three daughters and two cats. She enjoys volunteering in Loveland with the Community Care Network through her church, Loveland Northstar Vineyard. She also teaches gardening on Wednesdays at Granny's Garden School on the campus of Loveland Elementary and Primary schools. As the secretary of the Loveland Gardening Club, she writes the Club newsletter each month.
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Laura Samuels
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Laura has been teaching for over twenty years in a variety of venues, with a wide age range of students, and many different subjects. Her youngest students were seven and her oldest was ninety-four. She has an undergraduate degree from Indiana University in Religious Studies. She has a master’s degree from Brandeis University in Jewish Education and Communal Service. She has an Ed.D. from The University of Cincinnati in Educational Foundations with a concentration in educational anthropology. Laura’s teaching experiences range from teaching graduate students about cultural differences, qualitative research methodology, and curriculum development, to teaching second graders Hebrew reading and writing. She was the Principal of a supplementary Jewish high school for seven years in one school and four years in another school. She taught in junior high schools for seven years. She was an adviser and researcher for a national program of educational change. She has worked with principals for many years facilitating study sessions about the philosophy of education and leadership. She was the recipient of a Wexner Graduate Fellowship from 1989 – 1993. She has been homeschooling her two children, both of whom graduated from LOL. She loves working in a caring educational environment like LOL where each child’s uniqueness is truly valued and allowed to grow.
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Christie Sawyer
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Christie is the Assistant Director. Her positive attitude, commitment and caring attitude make her stand out as an effective teacher and administrator. She has been working at Leaves of Learning since 2003. She taught in Cabrini Green housing projects in Chicago, IL, for five years before moving to Cincinnati. She has a Masters Degree from Xavier University in Educational Administration and her Bachelors in Elementary Education from Ohio University. She believes that experiencing the excitement and joy that a child expresses when he/she learns something new is one of the greatest benefits in the business of education. Christie loves to read, run, bike, travel and experience new and exciting things. She is looking forward to watching your children grow in their knowledge and enthusiasm during the upcoming year.
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Susie Schickel
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Susan Schickel has been a professional musician and music instructor for over 30 years. She holds a degree in voice and music education from the University of Dayton.
Her teaching experiences include both classroom and private students, grades k-12. She is currently the music/choir director at St. Veronica Church. She has been active in musical theater as both a performer and director, playing such roles as Lucy in YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL and Princess Winifred in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS.
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Jennifer Showalter
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Jenny graduated from Miami University in 2000 with a BA in Mathematics and Statistics and a BS in Secondary Mathematics Education. She taught everything from Algebra to Calculus at Middletown High School for 4 years before becoming a stay-at-home-mom. She has since been teaching part time at Miami University Middletown. This is her second year at Leaves. She lives in a historic Franklin home with her husband and two children.
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Kim Taylor
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Kim has been a
performing songwriter for 8 years. Her songs have been used in shows such
as One Tree Hill, Smallville, Flashpoint, Brothers and Sisters, Army Wives
and many others.
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Elizabeth Tillis-Gilland
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Elizabeth loves the hands-on philosophy LOL embraces, the passion with which children are encouraged to learn, and the opportunities for success LOL provides. She is excited to meet her students and delve into learning with them! Elizabeth has a B.A. in International Affairs and a M.Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of Cincinnati and is a certified teacher. She taught sixth grade at Freedom Elementary in the Lakota school district for 5 years. She has also tutored children in math, reading, and writing. Elizabeth believes strongly in creating a nurturing learning environment in which children are supported in their individual learning styles. As the workshop facilitator for the Bullies and Victims program, she worked with students, parents, and educators throughout the Greater Cincinnati area to teach strategies to eliminate bullying. Additionally she has been a teacher at Camp Invention. Her son, Evan, attends Leaves of Learning and is an enthusiastic learner with many, many interests! She enjoys reading, cross-stitch, playing board and card games with her son and husband and attending cultural events.
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R.J. Trusty
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R.J. has been studying Martial Arts for over 15 years, 12 of those years have been under Grandmaster Randolph Smith Senior. He currently
studies Tae Kwon Do Moo Duk Kwon, Kobajitsu, Hapkido, Tai Chi Chuan, and Yoga. In the past R.J. has also studied Kung Fu, & Sho Rhin Ryu for a
brief time. His purpose for studying Martial Arts is for personal
growth & the joy of being able to share what he has learned with others.
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Christine Turpin
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Christine Turpin has a BSE in Aerospace Engineering and a BA in English Literature from the University of Florida, as well as an MFA in graphic design and an MS in Journalism and Mass Communication as a Social Science from Iowa State University. She has been teaching in different capacities for the last 25 years from teaching high school physics in the Peace Corps to training astronauts at NASA, from grammar workshops for journalism students to bookmaking classes for children or adults. She believes any subject benefits from an interdisciplinary approach: creativity can be enhanced by the carefulness of science, the ideas of science can fuel the imagination, and good communication skills – verbal or visual – always come in handy. Christine grew up as an Army brat – born in Germany, high school in Korea, homes from New York to Alabama – went off to the South Pacific out of college, and since then she’s lived in the Southwest, the Midwest and the wild West (Montana). Experiencing the different cultures of the world and our own country has instilled an appreciation for the power and influence of culture on our lives. She continues to take graduate classes in anthropology and enjoys integrating a cultural perspective on all topics. Christine currently teaches part time at the University of Cincinnati (DAAP) and home schools her two sons.
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Robyn Williams
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Robyn Williams, BPE
Robyn has been teaching at Leaves since 2005 and has loved every minute of it! She moved to Cincinnati in 1998, with her two sons and husband, who transferred here with Procter and Gamble. Prior to her move here, she owned her own business, Proactive Fitness, where she designed personal fitness programs, ran a variety of workshops as well as taught a variety of children’s fitness classes. She has over 25 years in the fitness industry and currently teaches spinning classes at the YMCA. Robyn received her Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education and after 7 years working in the Recreation field, went back to school for her Business Diploma, majoring in Marketing. Being a “mature” student was a new, but very valuable experience! Her teaching background includes: teaching physical education for a gifted school, substitute teaching at Loveland Elementary, coaching the Loveland High School diving team, leading programs at a family summer camp and creating leisure/ cultural programs. She is an avid outdoor enthusiast, an athlete who pursues the sport of triathlons; an active volunteer in a variety of community roles and when she does sit down, her quiet time involves a good book!!
“I can honestly say that my teaching experience here at Leaves has been truly rewarding. The children, teachers and staff are all very talented, highly creative, imaginative, energetic and innovative. “
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Mark Woods
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Mark has extensive experience directing plays and mucicals. He recently directed the Loveland Stage Company prodcution of "The King & I". He is known for his creativity and kindness.
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