Preschool Staff

Joanne Baugh and Barb Dover are the original owners of Giggly Wiggly Preschool. They have been teaching together for 16 years and live in Sammamish, Washington.

	Joanne Baugh Graduated with a nursing degree and worked in Pediatrics for several years. She also worked for Lake Washington School District as a Special Education teaching assistant for 3 years. Joanne has developed an art program for classroom use and assisted in developing an individualized teacher curriculum. She is very involved in the arts and brings the creative arts experience to Giggly Wiggly.
	Barb Dover Barb graduated with a B.A. from the University of Washington. She later received her first Graduate degree from WUJS Institute in Arad, Israel. More recently, she obtained her Master of Education from City University in June 2006. She owned and operated a private marketing business in Washington and Oregon and had a staff of 23, before staying home to be with her 3 children. During this time she was very active in their education, and was a volunteer at Margaret Mead Elementary as both a Science teacher and Computer Specialist as well as PTSA V.P. of Ways and Means.

Awards

Barb and Joanne were nominated for the Sammi Award Excellence in Education 2003