Faculty and Staff
Germantown Campus | Rockville Campus | Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
Germantown Campus
Department Chair
Email: andrew.herst@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-3945
Office Location: Germantown Campus, HS 136
Email: sonia.pruneda-hernandez@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-762-0154
Office Location: Germantown Campus, HS Bldg.
Biography
Professor Sonia Pruneda-Hernandez is the Collegewide Chair of Early Childhood Education Programs at Montgomery College. Sonia earned her M.S. from Nova Southeastern University and her B.A. from the University of North Florida. She is a current doctoral candidate of early childhood education at Walden University. Sonia 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.
Professor 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. Professor Pruneda-Hernandez was also the recipient of the American Association of Community College Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty designation for 2018. Most recently, Professor Pruneda-Hernandez was awarded Association of Community College Trustee (ACCT) 2019 Northeast Region Faculty Member Award.
Administrative Aide
Coordinators
Email: barbara.marshall@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240 567-7761
Office Location: Germantown Campus, HS 231
Biography
Part-Time Faculty
Rockville Campus
Department Chairs
Email: tracey.smith-bryant@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 204-567-1396
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, MT 218H
Email: sonia.pruneda-hernandez@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-762-0154
Office Location: Rockville Campus, CS 126
Biography
Professor Sonia Pruneda-Hernandez is the Collegewide Chair of Early Childhood Education Programs at Montgomery College. Sonia earned her M.S. from Nova Southeastern University and her B.A. from the University of North Florida. She is a current doctoral candidate of early childhood education at Walden University. Sonia 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.
Professor 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. Professor Pruneda-Hernandez was also the recipient of the American Association of Community College Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty designation for 2018. Most recently, Professor Pruneda-Hernandez was awarded Association of Community College Trustee (ACCT) 2019 Northeast Region Faculty Member Award.
Collegewide Directors
Email: debra.poese@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7269
Office Location: Rockville Campus, CS 118
Biography
Professor Poese came to Montgomery College as a member of the Mathematics Department in 1985. She served five years as the chair of the Mathematics Department, and for eighteen months as acting Instructional Dean for Science, Engineering and Mathematics, before becoming the Director of the School of Education in June of 2007. Her time is currently divided between teaching mathematics and serving as the Director of Teacher Education Partnerships at MC. She was awarded Montgomery College Outstanding Faculty Service Awards in 2001 and again in 2016.
Email: zeporia.smith@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7192
Office Location: Rockville Campus, CS 127
Biography
Dr. Smith holds an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, specializing in Bilingual Special Education, from George Washington University and a B.A. in Spanish and Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University. She speaks English and Spanish fluently as well as basic French. She has traveled extensively and has lived in Europe and Central America. Her varied career path, from fifteen years working in the World Bank to teaching in a bilingual elementary school in the District of Columbia public school system, provides a full complement of experiences that serves for teacher preparation in the Montgomery College's A.A.T. program. She is the coordinator for the Education Department and the coordinator for the Field Experience Program on the Rockville campus. Her philosophy: Today's classroom requires culturally responsive teachers trained to provide culturally relevant instruction for a culturally and linguistically diverse population of learners who also may have exceptionalities. Teaching a student begins by first understanding the culture, the language, and the home life of that student and then the needs of our global society. Emphasis in her courses is placed on using cooperative learning strategies and specialized curriculum to meet the needs of all learners including English language learners and learners with special needs.
Administrative Aide
Coordinators
Email: glenda.hernandeztittle@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1317
Office Location: Rockville Campus, CS 124
Full-Time Faculty
Email: jeannie.ho@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7468
Office Location: Rockville Campus, MT 218B
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.
Part-Time Faculty
Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
Department Chair
Email: tracey.smith-bryant@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1396
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, North Pavilion 224
Biography
Email: sonia.pruneda-hernandez@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-762-0154
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, RC 203B
Biography
Professor Sonia Pruneda-Hernandez is the Collegewide Chair of Early Childhood Education Programs at Montgomery College. Sonia earned her M.S. from Nova Southeastern University and her B.A. from the University of North Florida. She is a current doctoral candidate of early childhood education at Walden University. Sonia 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.
Professor 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. Professor Pruneda-Hernandez was also the recipient of the American Association of Community College Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty designation for 2018. Most recently, Professor Pruneda-Hernandez was awarded Association of Community College Trustee (ACCT) 2019 Northeast Region Faculty Member Award.
Administrative Aide
Coordinators
Full Time Faculty
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.
Email: brandon.wallace@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5919
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, RC 201
Biography
Prof. Brandon C.S. Wallace serves on two national assessments, specifically as an English/ language arts (ELA) and Accessibility, Accommodations and Fairness (AAF) committee appointee for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Standing Reading Committee appointee for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Brandon is a curricula writer, national public speaker, presenter, and author, whose
most recent piece entitled "For Special Educators Who Have Considered Giving Up When
the Rainbow is Enough: A Retrospective and Prospective Essay on Being a Black Male
in Specialized Education,” is one of over 50 compelling stories of triumph from Men
of Colr in the newly released Gumbo for the Soul: Males of Color in the newly released
Gumbo for the Soul: Males of Color Share Their Stories, Meditations, Affirmations,
and Inspirations (edited by Brian L. Wright, Nathaniel Bryan, Christopher J.P. Sewell,
Lucian Yates, III., Michael Robinson, and Kianga Thomas.
Mr. Wallace has received many awards for his teaching, most notably the Diane Tobin
Award for Excellence in Teaching from John Hopkins University’s School of Education
and the Award for Professionalism from Montgomery College.
Educational Background
MAT, Johns Hopkins UniversityBA, Bowie State University
