Our Teaching Team

Samantha Taylor (Miss Sam)
Teacher
Blue Group  (Alt Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Miss Sam has worked in the Early Childhood field since 1999 and has been a Teacher at Calliope Kindergarten since 2011.
Miss Sam is a wife and mother of two and has lived in the Gladstone Region her whole life.

Amelia Dahtler (Miss Amelia)
Educator
Blue Group (Alt Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Miss Amelia has a Diploma of Early Education and Care and has worked at Calliope Kindergarten since 2014. She has two children who both attended Calliope Kindergarten. Miss Amelia has lived in the region now for 20 years.

Danielle Pholi (Miss Dani) 
Trainee Educator
Blue Group (Alt Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Deidre Noy (Miss Dee) 
Teacher
Red Group (Monday, Tuesday and alt Wednesday)

Miss Dee holds a Bachelor of Teaching and has many years’ experience working in primary schools on class, as Head of Curriculum and as an Acting Deputy. In 2023 Miss Dee started studying Early Childhood and working at Calliope Kindy where she has found a new love of teaching.

Miss Dee has three children and three grandchildren.

Louisa Doig (Miss Louisa) 
Nominated Supervisor Educator
Red Group (Monday, Tuesday & alt Wednesday)

Miss Louisa has a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care and began working at Calliope Kindy in 2020. Miss Louisa moved to Australia with her husband and eldest son in 2012 from Scotland. Two of her three children have attended Calliope Kindergarten.

Sienna Coulter (Miss Sienna)
School Based Trainee Educator
Red Group (Tuesday)

Heidi JackMan (Miss Heidi)
Administrator

Miss Heidi joined our Calliope Kindergarten team as our Administrator/Bookkeeper in 2019.  She is passionate about our kindergarten and has two children who both attended the kindy.