Director of the Palm Harbor School
Jody Gonzalez has been in the field of Early Child Education since 1990. Jody started her education with a pre-school teaching certification at Dartmouth High School in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Along with being certified she also completed an internship at Pace Head Start in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After working in Boston with children with behavioral difficulties, she moved to Florida and began working as a lead teacher in the Christian community school system. After her time in the Christian schooling community, Jody moved over to two other private schools in the area where she worked as the acting director and then as curriculum specialist. At St. Petersburg Pediatrics Day School, Jody took on the role as director of the Lakewood school as well as being the head designer and coordinator of our program.
- Fisher College, Boston, Massachusetts; Child Development
- Child Development Associates Degree
- Level Two active Director Credential
- Pre-school/Infant first aide CPR certified
- Blood Born Pathogens certification
- Behavior Management Certification
- All Pinellas County Licensing Board required trainings for Infant-VPK
- VPK endorsed Director
- Active member of NAEYC
- Shaken Baby SIDS training
- Brain Research certification