Early Childhood Education
Collegewide Senior Director/Chair
Email: sonia.pruneda-hernandez@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4168
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SV 406M
Biography
Dr. Sonia Pruneda-Hernandez is the Collegewide Senior Director/Chair of Early Childhood Education Programs at Montgomery College. Dr. Pruneda-Hernandez earned her EdD from Walden University, an M.S. from Nova Southeastern University and her B.A. from the University of North Florida. Dr. Pruneda-Hernandez started her career in early childhood education with the Navy Child Care Programs in Jacksonville, Florida and continued in the ECE field directing and training in Child Care Centers for the Department of Defense - Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy and then government centers in Rockville, MD. She has worked extensively throughout her career assisting child care centers through the NAEYC Accreditation process.
Dr. Pruneda-Hernandez has been teaching early childhood education classes at Montgomery College since 2006. She was awarded the MC Faculty Outstanding Service Award in 2015 and the NISOD of Excellence Award in 2016. Dr. Pruneda-Hernandez was also the recipient of the American Association of Community College Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty designation for 2018 and was awarded the Association of Community College Trustee (ACCT) 2019 Northeast Region Faculty Member Award.
Administrative Aide
Collegewide Coordinator
Email: marsha.mclean@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1595
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, RC 203C
Biography
Dr. Carter McLean earned her Doctorate of Education from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in Higher Education Administration with a focus on Community College Leadership, she holds a Masters of Teaching from Hampton University, and a Bachelors in Child Development from the University of North Carolina (Charlotte).
Dr. Carter McLean’s professional career in higher education spans more than 15 years. Her career in higher education began at Hampton University as an Adjunct Instructor. Following that experience, Dr. Carter McLean proceeded to hold two adjunct positions in the Virginia Community College System. Subsequently, in the fall of 1999-2000 academic year, Dr. Carter McLean began her first full-time higher education position as an Instructor at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College; the third largest community college in the Virginia Community College System.
During her tenure at Reynolds, Dr. Carter McLean progressed through the ranks to become an Associate Professor and Chair of Human Services and Paraprofessionals in Education curriculum programs. As Chair, Dr. Carter McLean participated in several outreach community efforts: (a) Greater Richmond Early Childhood Partnership; (b) Pre-Teacher Practicum Committee; (c) Single Parents Network, and (d) Community Early Reading Program. Dr. Carter McLean also led efforts to offer the College’s Early Childhood Education curriculum online, thereby creating the first Online Learning Curriculum in the VCCS for the Early Childhood Development, Human Services, and Paraprofessionals in Education programs.
Dr. Carter McLean has won several state and federal grants totaling $20 million. Also, Dr. Carter McLean has published articles in the area of assessment practices, early childhood coaching, and early literacy. Dr. Carter McLean is currently working on her first book.
Dr. Carter McLean has joined the Montgomery College faculty as Professor and Coordinator of the Early Childhood Education program for the Takoma Park/Silver Springs campus.
Scholarship/Fund Coordinators
Email: maria.artola@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2344
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SV 406H
Biography
Professor Maris Artola is a faculty member of the Montgomery College Early Childhood Education Program. Mrs. Artola served as Co-Advisor of the MC Early Childhood Club and currently continues to support the Early Childhood Education Student Success Hub in an advising capacity. Professor Artola is the coordinator of the MSDE Montgomery College Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund (CCCPDF). She conducts observations as part of the national accreditation process for the National Association for Family Child Care. Professor Artola has worked extensively as a trainer and presenter for early childhood education conferences throughout the state of Maryland. Professor Artola holds a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education/Special Education and a master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies - Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Settings. She has more than 20 years’ experience working as a family childcare educator.
Email: meylin.mejiacardenas@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-4062
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SV 406K
Full-Time Faculty
Phone: 240-567-7468
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SV 406J
Biography
Dr. Jeannie Ho and her husband raised two young children while she worked in child care and preschool settings as a teacher and center director. After more than 8 years of directly working with children and families, she began her career at Montgomery College, where teaching and learning has been her passion since 1998. Her love for children and her enjoyment of interacting with adult learners are demonstrated inside and outside her college classes, in her work in the Sunday school setting, and in leading parent workshops. She enjoys family travel, listening to music, and jogging with her family pet.
Email: barbara.marshall@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7761
Office Location: Germantown Campus, HS 231
Biography
Dede Marshall worked in the Early Childhood Education field for 20 years prior to teaching at Montgomery College. She has taught children, from infancy through five in addition to directing child development centers and creating new programs and centers. She began teaching at Montgomery College in 2010 and loves teaching college students who will become teachers themselves. When she is not working, you can find Professor Marshall in the garden, biking, or hiking with her two Border Collies.Part - Time Faculty
Office Location: Rockville Campus, SV 406
Biography
Lynnette Weaver serves as the Program Director for the Montgomery College Center for
Early as Early Childhood Education Lab School and as Adjunct faculty at Montgomery
College. She started at Montgomery College in 2011 as a lead teacher working in mixed-age
classrooms. Since 2016, Ms. Weaver has taught credit and non-credit courses for Montgomery
College in both the School of Education and Workforce Development and Continuing Education.
Courses taught include Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Child Growth and Development,
STEM in Early Childhood Education and Curriculum Planning in Early Childhood.
Lynnette Weaver holds a Master of Education degree in Early Childhood from Towson
University. Prior to Montgomery College, she worked for the National Association for
the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) where she mentored programs and assessed early
childhood environments for quality. She enjoys spending time with family, Netflix
and travel.