Samantha Taylor (Miss Sam)
Teacher & Nominated Supervisor
Blue Group (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)
Green Group (Thursday & Friday)
Miss Sam has worked in the Early Childhood field since 1999 and has been a Director and 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)
Teacher Assistant
Blue Group (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)
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.
Katy Waterson (Miss Katy)
Teacher
Yellow Group (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Miss Katy holds a Masters of Early Childhood Education and first worked at Calliope Kindergarten in 2016 before leaving to have her daughter. Our service was fortunate to have Katy return in 2022.
Rebecca Taylor (Miss Bec)
Teacher
Red Group (Monday, Tuesday)
Teaching Assistant
Green Group (Thursday & Friday)
Miss Bec holds a Diploma of Early Education and Care and has worked at Calliope Kindergarten since October 2014. Miss Bec is a wife, has three children and three grandchildren. All three of Miss Bec’s children attended Calliope Kindergarten and her eldest grandchild is attending in 2022.
Tracey Rule (Miss Tracey)
Teaching Assistant
Yellow Group (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Miss Tracey has a Diploma of Early Education and Care and has worked at Calliope Kindergarten since 2017. Miss Tracey has six children who all attended Calliope Kindergarten.
Chelsea Coyne (Miss Chelsea)
Teaching Assistant
Red Group (Monday & Tuesday)
Miss Chelsea began volunteering at Calliope Kindergarten in 2019. In 2020 she became our service’s first ever trainee and now holds a Certificate III in Children’s Services.
Miss Chelsea is also studying towards a diploma of early childhood education and care.
Louisa Doig (Miss Louisa)
Teaching Assistant
Blue Group (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)
Miss Louisa has a Certificate III in Children’s Services 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.
Jessica Hammond (Miss Jess)
Teaching Assistant
Yellow Group (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Miss Jess joined our Calliope Kindergarten team in 2022 after enrolling in her Certificate III in Children’s Services. Miss Jess has three boys with her younger two both having attended Calliope Kindergarten.
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