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Our Team.

The people who support your child's teachers, and what each one does.

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Our Team

Team Work

Children spend their days with their teachers, but those teachers are not alone. Behind them sits a group of education experts and support teams. Their work is practical: build the curriculum, train the staff, and keep each classroom experience worth a child's attention. Every part of that group feeds into the room where your child spends the day.

Dr. Johnna Weller, Chief Education & Impact Officer

Dr. Weller leads Learning Care's educational vision and mission. She oversees teaching and curriculum, and the environments and experiences children and families find in each classroom. Her background covers more than 30 years as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, reading specialist, literacy coach, supervisor of curriculum and instruction, and Assistant Superintendent. She holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, a B.S. in Education, and a M.Ed. in Reading.

Dr. Sara Obarow, Senior Director, Education

Dr. Obarow leads quality assurance for the education programs. That means she owns the processes that measure whether those programs are working, including Education Quality Indicators and external accreditation. Her experience in early childhood education spans more than 25 years. She has worked as a teacher, school principal, K-12 administrator, coordinator of federal programs, and college professor. She checks the programs against their purpose, not just their promise.

Renee Thompson, Director, Education

Renee Thompson leads the vision and design of the educational programming. She holds a B.S. in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from Towson University, and worked as a public and private school teacher and center director. Since 2011 she has led curriculum design teams. Her work covers standards-based curricula for infants through elementary school students, with teacher training built into the materials themselves.

What this looks like in practice

Teachers plan the day around what children notice and ask about. A room might hold a tray of pinecones, a tub of water, a shelf of books. Teachers watch, then add a tool or a question. Parents can expect notes on what their child did, not just that they were fine.

The benefit shows up at home. When the curriculum holds together, the teachers often talk about the same goals with families and keep records that make progress visible. Children get consistency between rooms and ages. The team behind the teachers, the experts and support people, exist to make that continuity real. When you ask about your child's day, the answer often points back to that shared work.

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