Director
Ms. Denise Allen is the Director of Wee Wisdom Nursery School and Child Care Center. Ms. Allen has a Master’s Degree in Special Education and is licensed to teach Grades K through 12. Prior to assuming the Director’s role in 1988, Ms. Allen taught in public schools and at Ball State University. She was also a Special Education Administrator in the Indianapolis area, supervising teachers in grades K-12 and planning education programs for special need students in grades K-12. She is licensed to teach children grades K-12 and specializes in teaching exceptional students.
Ms. Allen teaches classes at Wee Wisdom in addition to serving as Director. Her responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- General planning and supervision of developmentally appropriate programs
- Head Teacher of our separate Pre-School
- Orientation of newly employed caregivers, teachers, and teaching assistants
- Supervision and evaluation of all caregivers, teachers, and teaching assistants
- Supervision and evaluation of all support staff
- Ensuring that caregivers, teachers, and teacher assistants receive ongoing training
- Regulating all personnel matters
- Purchasing equipment and supplies
- All Fiscal matters
- Supervision of building and property maintenance
Ms. Allen possess a wide range of experience that has enabled her to become familiar with many learning styles and effective methods for adapting to the individual needs of children.
At note from our director…
"I believe in providing students with an enriched, challenging curriculum. We have 4 and 5 year old students that learn to read because our teachers are trained to take them to their maximum level of achievement. At Wee Wisdom, the term "minimal competencies" is not in our vocabulary. If our student’s have mastered the pre-requisites for learning a certain skill, we take them to the next level. If our students are reading at a third grade level upon entering kindergarten, we know that we have allowed them to reach beyond what is considered average for their age.
Here at Wee Wisdom, we emphasize leadership. Leadership comes from achievement. Achievement comes from quality planning and implementation of challenging lessons. The primary focus of our pre-school program is preparing each child for a successful transition into kindergarten. Leadership roles are established very early in school, often as early as kindergarten. When our students walk into their kindergarten classrooms on the first day of school, we want them to be on top of the world… confident in themselves and in what they are able to accomplish!"
Owner and Director
MA in Education
“Dear Mrs. Allen,
We would like to thank you for all of your sincere kindness over the years. It is hard to believe that our two granddaughters (Brynn & Shelby) have gone to Wee Wisdom for seven years. We feel so fortunate and blessed that your day care was available when we were in need.
Wee Wisdom was highly recommended to us when we were looking for a day care. At the time, Shelby, the youngest had a terrible fall that spring, so we were very concerned about leaving her in an atmosphere that would not be able to monitor her activities and she become injured again. You were very attentive to our concerns and the staff was excellent in watching Shelby during this time. It was so nice to see that the children were divided into smaller groups based on their ages. We were worried that she would be mixed with older and rougher kids, but that was not the case.”
Dave & Kathy Slattery
Proud Grandparents of 2 Wee Wisdom Graduates!
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