A Full Member school of the American Montessori Society, our school features fully equipped, spacious classrooms and a large shaded playground, including a childrens’ vegetable garden and butterfly garden.

We offer a flexible range of year round programs for children from 6 weeks old through 9 years, as well as afterschool care for ages 6-12 years old, with enrollment accepted throughout the year.

We are expertly staffed with AMS certified teachers, Montessori interns, and trained assistants. Many of our staff are mothers themselves, and as such really know how to care for the children they are responsible for. Together we work to create stimulating learning environments fully equipped with Montessori materials and activities to engage and prepare our students.

Meet Our Team


Jane Chen
Director

Executive director of Clear Lake Montessori School. Jane holds a Master’s degree in Management Information System (MIS) from Texas A & M University and American Montessori Society (AMS) Early Childhood Credential from the Houston Montessori Center. She was an Instructor at UT MD Anderson Cancer center and had devoted herself to Early cancer risk prediction through big data analysis for 13 years. She has strong data analysis and problem-solving skills. In 2016, she started running the Clear Lake Montessori School full-time. She has the frontline work experience as a Montessori teacher and the operation and management experience of Montessori school.


Madhu Deb
Manager of Logistics Department

Madhuchhanda who most commonly known as Madhu, holds her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from India. She has also done two years of Diploma in Computer Application from India. After working for 7 years with telecom industry in India, she came to Houston in 2006 along with her husband. She was a stay at home mom before joining Clear Lake Montessori family in 2016. She is a fun loving person who enjoys cooking, traveling and spending time with family and friends.


Tam Nguyen
Immersion Mandarin Program Lead Teacher (Early Childhood)

Tam Nguyen has a PhD in Chinese language and literature. She has many years of experience teaching Chinese in the United States. She is highly trained, dedicated Montessori teacher with more than 6 years of Montessori and non-Montessori classroom experience. Tam Nguyen holds an Early Childhood credential from the American Montessori Society (AMS). She took her training at the Gulf Coast Montessori Teacher Education Center.


Farah Naz
Early Childhood Lead Teacher

Ms Farah is working as a Early childhood lead teacher in Clearlake Montessori since 2020. She holds her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Pakistan. She finished child-development Associates in 2006 from Orlando Tech Florida. She has 17 years of teaching experience in both AMS and AMI affiliated montessori schools. She finished her International montessori diploma in 2015. She believes that working with children is like to celebrate success every day.


Niczeit Gonzale
Toddler 2 Lead Teacher


Glenda Jans
Toddler 1 Lead Teacher

Glenda holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Bilingual Education from the University of Houston-Clear Lake as well as infant and toddler credentials from the American Montessori Society (AMS). She took her training at the Houston Montessori Center (HMC)
“Since I remember, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. During my college years, I took a job in a Montessori school, with toddlers. At this time I was not sure what Montessori was, I remember getting to that classroom and seeing toddlers work so independently and in such a deep concentration, that I thought, “This is amazing.” From then on, I got so interested in learning more about Montessori, and I started researching online and reading Montessori books to get more familiar with the method. Everything I read was so inspiring and then, I knew that Montessori was the path I wanted to pursue. Soon after graduating from the University of Houston-Clear Lake I took the Montessori training at the Houston Montessori Center. I have been in the Montessori environment for over 10 years. Montessori, for me, has become not only an educational approach, but also a lifestyle. I am delighted to join Clear Lake Montessori School as one of their infants and toddler teachers.”

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