Faculty

  Program Director:
Joan Keagy


Education:
M.S. from University of North Texas
M.Ed. from Texas Women’s University

Experience:
Founder of Spring Valley School
Academic Language Therapist – Scottish Rite Hospital




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  Assistant Director:
Dr. Marjorie Walker


Education:
Ph.D., History, Washington University
M.A., Asian Studies, Washington University

Experience:
Assistant Professor, International Security Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Samford University
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Alabama Birmingham

     


  Lower School:
Miriam Atkinson, B.A., M.Ed.


Education:
B.A., Trinity University
M.Ed., Tulane University

Experience:
Taught in schools in Europe, New England, and Vestavia School System
     


  Lower School:
Kendra Cowden, B.A.


Education:
B.A., Texas Christian University
Southern Methodist University

Experience:
Shelton School (private school for learning disabled students), Dallas, Texas

     


  English and Geometry:
Chris Devers, B.A.


Education:
B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Language Arts

Experience:
Taught in Hoover High School
     


  English and Social Studies:
Melanie Dykes, B.A., M.Ed.


Education:
B.A. UA in History
M.Ed. in Secondary Education from University of Montevallo

Experience:
Highly Qualified - No Child Left Behind
     


 
Brittney Jones


Education:
B.S., Birmingham Southern College, Biology and Psychology

Experience:
Taught at Creative Montessori School in Homewood, AL
     


  Music and Spanish:
Peggy Brooks, B.A.


Education:
B.A. Spanish and Music, University of Alabama
Education Certification, History Minor, Auburn University
M.S. School Counseling, Troy State University

Experience:
Spanish and Social Studies Teacher, George Washington Jr. High, Mt. Meigs, AL
Adjunct Spanish Teacher, Auburn University Continuing Education, Montgomery
Spanish, Choral Music Teacher, Houton Hills, Jr. High, Montgomery Band Director; Mountain Brook Jr. High Elementary School Band Director, Mountain Brook Schools
     


  Middle School:
Patti Lyons , B.S.


Education:
B.S. in Learning Disabilities, 30 hours toward M.S. in Special Education

Experience:
Ms. Lyons has taught in the Hoover School system and at Curry Ingram Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Lyons teaches Middle School at Spring Valley.
     


  Administrative Assistant:
Lucy Welsh

     


  Business Manager:
Samantha St. John


Education:
B.A. University of Colorado
24 hours towards an M Ed at Georgia State University









     




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