Little Pandas Playschool Staff Contact Information

Pauline has a degree in elementary education and has operated Little Pandas Playschool since 1995. She has worked as a child care mentor with the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education at Portland State University. She voluteered for two years as facilitator for the NE chapter of Provider's Resource Organization. Other experiences working with children include substitute teaching in grades K-8, directing and teaching Sunday school programs, and coaching baton twirling to preschool through college age athletes. She is a parent to three internationally adopted children from Korea and China. Pauline is a member of the Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children. Continuing education is a high priority for Pauline as she believes it directly benefits the children enrolled in Little Pandas Playschool.
Mischellean was raised in Anchorage and then attended the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Her previous experience includes working in both Montessori and family child care programs. Mischellean is the certified provider at Panda Babies. She attends many workshops in early childhood development. Mischellean is also studying about the RIE method of caring for infants. She is a mother of two children.
Nicole recently moved to Portland from San Diego where she was a substitute teacher for grades K-6. Nicole's previous experience includes working as a second grade after school teacher at Sun Community Schools. She is currently working in the preschool where she easily interacts with the children and they are very drawn to her. She is great with the children and very empathetic to their needs. Nicole graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in psychology and elementary education.
Kayla grew up in Oregon and is attending Portland Community College where she is pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education. Kayla currently works in our preschool home where she does a great job and loves helping kids with their projects.
Nicole was raised Portland and while in high school took child development classes and participated in practicum experiences. Before joining the staff at Little Pandas Playschool she worked at Kindercare for just over two years. While Nicole was at Kindercare she worked with preschoolers and then took the lead teacher position of a toddler class. She enjoys working with children and hopes to have her own in the future. Nicole works in our preschool home as a lead teacher.
Liane is from Oregon and is our two year old teacher. She has a BA in neuroscience from Scripps College. In May 2008 she completed an internship at Catlin Gabel School and earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lewis and Clark College. Her training includes High/Scope preschool curriculum and Reggio-Emilia. She is very passionate about working with children and hopes someday to open her own school.
Kerry is married to Pauline and shares parenting their three children. In addition to meeting the state's requirements to provide substitute child care he has attended foster parent trainings. He also maintains the facility and builds furniture and equipment for the children's use.
Amber is 17 and helps as an assistant as needed in both the playschool and the baby home. She is currently working to obtain a Child Development Associate certificate. Amber is an accomplished pianist and teaches the 3-5 year old "Music for Little Mozarts" class. She gives private piano lessons to beginning elementary school students and is planning to pursue a career in music education. Amber also enjoys studying Aikido. She is the daughter of Pauline and Kerry.
Carolyn is our substitute teacher and helps out when needed. She has retired from the State of Alaska where she worked as a counselor at McLaughlin Youth Center. After retiring she moved to Hawaii and worked for the Honolulu District Attorney's office as a victim's advocate. She moved to Camas to be closer to family. She is Kerry's mother and has raised 4 children.

Staff Ratios

Little Pandas Playschool is certified to care for 16 children at any given time, and Panda Babies is certified for 9. Some children are enrolled full time and others part time. This means that the enrollment varies from day to day and the ratios change accordingly. Employees are scheduled to work based on the ratios required by the Child Care Division. Many days we exceed the staff requirements in order to provide the best care possible for your child. You will find that there is always someone available when an extra hand is needed or to play with and comfort a child. The staff to child ratios set by the Child Care Division are as follows:

Our Contact Information

Little Pandas Playschool, Inc.

pauline@lppchildcare.com
NE 80th. between Sandy & Prescott
Portland, OR 97218
971-506-8911

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