Teacher Bios
Chalmers, Marguerite
- Played four years on the Varsity High School Tennis Team (second singles senior year)
- Received a partial scholarship to play for Western Carolina University (denied it to run Track and Field for Florida State University)
- Summer work while in high school, was teaching tennis, for Parks & Recreation, Long Island, NY
- Certified Exercise Instructor YMCA ten years
- Personal Trainer 8 years RN BSN (Specialized in Cardiopulmonary Rehab, Adult Fitness, Nutrition, Stress Management)
Deimeke, Sharise
Although I have a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, I have spent many years enjoying the theatrical experience. For most of my young life I enjoyed dance, musical theater, and drama. I am excited to pass along my love for the arts to the Homeschool community.
Ferraro, Pamela
My husband went to a Ligonier Ministry conference in the early 90’s. I stayed home with our baby. When he came home and told me about the conference, one of the things he mentioned was that during worship, there was a woman that moved her hands like a ballet to the words. I was so touched by his description of the event that I went to the local library, checked out a signing dictionary and started teaching myself to sign. My only purpose was for worship songs. I quickly discovered that this led me to study the words I was singing to God and to broaden my focus to scripture, everyday life vocabulary and teaching our baby girl sign language. This is way before “baby sign.” I also found that it helped me to remember things through visual & tactical learning. One church we attended offered classes and I took the “Joy of Signing” class, which ended in selecting a song and signing it for the class. Later, I took a class from the signing ministry “Rock the Silence.” I also have taken ASL I and ASL II from BCC under Sharon Good. I have attended a “silent retreat” sponsored by the Southern Baptist convention and also taken an Interpreter’s session led by Carter Beardon, a renowned Deaf Minister.
I have been sharing my love of sign since I started learning. I have held classes for all ages in a variety of venues. Helped encourage a seniors program in Eglin AFB at Bob Hope Village for my mom. Nearly every year I have the privilege to sign for them. My mother has a signing group and the Bob Hope Village has procured a wonderful person, Anna, to help the seniors learn to communicate in sign. I developed and facilitate “Silent Bingo” through the Port St. John Children’s Library. Its purpose is to open awareness while having fun of sign language, its benefits and Deaf Culture. I also offer periodic classes at the library that help the students to use their skills and help volunteer in the community. At our church, Coastal Community Church, we started a signing the message. Our goal is to provide the Deaf with the blessing of options to come and hear the gospel through our church. We have found that the signing has blessed the Hearing and opened up opportunities for them to learn sign language and develop relationships with the Deaf. Our church youth group band even includes a signer, our daughter, as part of their ministry.
Grant, Abbie
- Education: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Career Experience: Startup Test Engineer, TVA, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
- Engineer, Lockheed Martin, Kennedy Space Center
- Teaching Experience:
- Central Brevard Christian Co-op
- Pre-algebra (1 year) Algebra 1 (3 years)
- Algebra 2 (1 year)
- SAT Math Prep (1 semester)
- Tutor (3 years)
- Central Brevard Christian Co-op
- Homeschool Experience: 2002-present
Headley, Deirdre
Deirdre has a JCD in Art, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology (with a minor in Art), and will graduate with her Masters of Arts in Teaching this October, 2010. She has also studied under Mona Brooks in order to teach Mona's "Monart Method" of teaching, which has proven to be quite an effective teaching strategy for art. She has been teaching art in Christian Schools and Home School settings for almost 20 years.
Klotzbach, Danielle
Degree – Elementary Education with specialization in Early Childhood and Science. Taught grades K – 4th grade at a Christian school. Currently, I am a homeschool mother of three. Taught Younger Kids class at Tuesday School last year.
Marsh, Tisa
Tisa Marsh (formerly Teresa Vieth) has taught music classes at Tuesday School for two years immensely enjoying the students and families as well as the dramas and presentations. She currently serves as Minister of Worship at The Pentecostals of Titusville as well as teaching private voice and piano lessons. She is a certified teacher with the State of Florida for Music K-12. She also taught early childhood music for nine years. She is wife and mother to her best friend, Darrell, and two wonderful children, Bethany and Carson.
McFarland, Helen
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Classical Greek
Graduate of Allegheny School of Nursing
Teaching experience:
5 years Medical/Surgical Nursing
2 years 7th/8th grade Latin in K-12 Christian school in NJ
15 years 5th grade --all subjects except music and PE
15 years 5th/6th grade Latin in NJ
10 years as teacher and facilitator in home school co-op groups in FL
Merwin, Kim
Kim has been in home-education for eleven years, teaching her four children ages 16 to 5 years old. She attended Southeastern University for two years and has been married for twenty years to her husband Tim. This will be her first year participating in Tuesday School and her first time teaching "Adventures in Literature" using the "Teaching the Classics/Socratic Method," but she can't wait to get started!
Moros, Kricket
Mrs. Moros has been playing the violin since age two. Having studied the Suzuki method of violin, she has been trained in the Classical style of music . She understands the benefits of early ear training, which will encourage other areas of education as well.
Morrison, Matthew
I am teaching guitar lessons. I have taken lessons for 5+ years and play on our church and youth worship teams. Lessons can be at your home, depending on your location. $10 for 30 minutes weekly or bi-weekly.
Murdick, Kellene
My name is Kellene Murdick. I am a homeschool mom, American Heart Association CPR instructor and RN. I have been teaching CPR and working as a nurse for 14 years. I have taught many classes in the homeschool community as well as the professional community and would be honored to teach your children these life saving skills.
Novak, Ken
My name is Ken Novak. I am a father of 3 children homeschooled by my wife. I will be teaching the Foundations in Personal Finance class. While I am old enough to know better, it appears that I am still young and foolish enough to volunteer to do stuff like this.
In my life, I have made and delivered pizzas, bartended, flipped burgers and even sold cookware door to door (not very successfully, I might add). While attending college, I was an enlisted crew chief in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. After graduation, I was commissioned an officer in the US Air Force and went on to be a missile launch officer and then help launch GPS satellites. Feeling unfulfilled in the Air Force, I switched to the Air Force Reserves and pursued a career in aviation. The first airline I worked for, Express ONE, shut down when I had been there 4 years. The second airline, COMAIR, appeared to be in a downward spiral when I left. My current airline, Allegiant Air, seems to be doing really well and I am currently a captain based out of Sanford and Orlando.
As you can see, my life experience has not been in finances but I appear to have a vital qualification for this job – I have the time and the willingness to do it. It is my hope that by the completion of this course, your children will have many more tools in their financial toolbox and not end up living paycheck to paycheck and in debt like so many of us.
Parise, Carmen
Spanish has been part of my life since 4th grade. I grew-up in Southern California taking Spanish every year, and twice in a 4 year college. As a teacher, I want to teach the joys of learning a foreign language, as well as, share the excitement of speaking it with others. To enable a knowledgeable effort 'to hear' accents, intentions and feelings in speech. Wherein the hearer, will detect the effort and respond in a like-wise respectful and helpful way… they slow down and remove the hard accent. Teaching this way opens up an attitude of excitement for both sides. Communicating is never prideful and it's important for kids to learn by doing. Then it becomes not about being shy, but sharing the excitement of discovery and knowing you can. I am 3/4 Polish - no Spanish. My name must be prophetic because I love Spanish (and I love to teach). James and I (married 25 yrs.) have lived on the Space Coast 19 years and have 3 kids; 15, 12 and 9. They have only been home schooled. Loving God is our first love, and I live to seek His creative moves each day.


