The Staff  

Samantha Otte BSC, NCME

Samantha has been a Montessori Teacher since 1994. She originally trained in Johannesburg, South Africa where she first qualified and taught for four years. After living and teaching in London, England for five years she arrived in San Diego and taught in Poway for four years. During this time she retrained at NCME, now AMS in San Diego. As well as fulfilling the Administrator requirements for running a school she also holds a children's yoga diploma. A dream was realized when she opened Windmill Montessori school in September of 2004.

Assistant

Jan Edwards has been  our creative assistant since 2007. She brings a love of gardening to our children who help plant herbs and tend to the garden. Jan has a rich background in arts and crafts, having made and sold her own stained glass works in South Africa from where she hails. With her guidance our chilren create wonderful works of art, dishes of food and an outside area they are all very proud of.