Carbon Valley Academy Preschool Staff

Faculty Grade/Position	Name (click name to view biography)	Contact Information	Teacher's Page
Executive Director	Tony Carey	careyt@cvamail.com
Preschool Director	Jodi Jansen	jansenj@cvamail.com	Teacher's Page
Lead Teacher	Cathy Stein	steinc@cvamail.com	Teacher's Page
Lead Teacher	Hallie Springer	springerh@cvamail.com	Teacher's Page
Lead Teacher	Ms. Slepicka	skslepicka@yahoo.com
Preschool Aide	Corrie Silbernagel	silbernagelc@cvamail.com
Preschool Aide	Gina Lockhart	lockhartg@cvamail.com

Mr. Tony Tony Carey—Executive Director

"Mr. Tony" was a founding Board member and is our school's current Executive Director. Originally from England, Mr. Tony was transferred to the United States in 1978 by Swiss multinational AGIE s.a. He brings more than 30 years of business and managerial experience to our school.

The Careys are long term residents of Frederick where Mr. Tony also serves as Mayor Pro Tem. Along with 7th grader Nick, the Carey family likes to travel, and are long time Rockies fans.

Mrs. Jansen Jodi Jansen—Preschool Director

Mrs. Jansen has been with Carbon Valley Academy Preschool since its inception. She brings with her a passion for working with young children as well as 17 years of experience teaching preschoolers.

Mrs. Jansen studied business at the University of Northern Colorado and worked in the banking industry for 10 years. She left banking to operate her own licensed, in-home preschool while returning to school to obtain her Large Center Director certification. She has taught preschool children at the Louisville Recreation Center, YMCA Preschool, Creative Years and currently on Sundays at Rocky Mountain Christian Church.

Mrs. Jansen is a Colorado native who grew up in Louisville and married her high school sweetheart. They have 3 children and call Frederick home.

Mrs. Stein Cathy Stein—Lead Teacher

Mrs. Stein is an easy going person who loves being with family and friends. She loves the outdoors, music, reading, sewing projects & making quilts whenever she may have free time. She is active with her church and loves it and the freedoms her country give her. Mrs. Stein has two children of her own at home and has been happily married for almost 32 years.

Mrs. Stein has always loved children and has worked with them most of her adult life. She started her own childcare business, in her home, 24 years ago and continued that for 15 years before moving to Denver. When she moved to Denver in 1999, Mrs. Stein began working for Knowledge Learning Corporation (which was KinderCare) for 8 years until she began teaching at CVA Preschool, for the St. Vrain School District in 2007.

Along with her years of hands-on experience teaching children, Mrs. Stein has had continuing education courses including recent classes in Early Childhood Education, at Front Range Community College.
Mrs. Stein loves to see the world through the eyes of a child and it gives her much joy to watch little children learn and grow. They continue to make her feel younger than she is and she looks forward to teaching your children here at the Carbon Valley Academy Preschool!

Mrs. Springer Hallie Springer—Lead Teacher

Mrs. Springer has been married to her husband, Chuck, for 21 years. They have six children, three boys (ages 18, 16, 11) and three beautiful little girls (9, 8 and 6). They have lived in the Firestone area for nine years and love the small town.

Mrs. Springer began her preschool teaching when her youngest son was preschool age. She opened a small in-home preschool and ran all aspects of that school for four years. She ended up taking an unplanned break when they decided their family wasn’t quite complete and adopted three little girls. When the girls were all in school and she was ready, Mrs. Springer went looking for a job close to home. CVA Preschool is the perfect fit for her and her family. She could not ask for anything more!

Ms. Slepicka—Lead Teacher

Ms. Slepicka is the newest member to our team at CVA Preschool. She was born and raised here in Colorado and moved to the Frederick area about 10 years ago. She has spent her entire career working with children and pursing her degree in Early Childhood Education as well as Emergency Medicine. Ms. Slepicka has two amazing daughters ages 16 and 12. Together they love to camp, fish, water ski and just spend time together as a family. She is excited about the opportunity to work for CVA and it's youngest students.

Mrs. Silbernagel Corrie Silbernagel—Preschool Aide

Mrs. Silbernagel moved to Colorado in 1996 from Canada. In Canada, she was an Office Manager for an office supply company and an Administrative Assistant for the Red Deer Regional HospitalCentre where she met her husband. Mrs. Silbernagel and her husband, Brian, have 3 children, Michael 9, Matthew 7 and Rachel 6.

Prior to being a stay at home mom “Domestic Goddess” for the past 9 years, she spent 3 years being a nanny for 2 small children. Mrs. Silbernagel spent countless hours volunteering in her children’s preschool classroom until she was hired as a Preschool Teacher’s Assistant. She is currently enrolled in several Early Childhood classes at Front Range.

Mrs. Silbernagel enjoys scrapbooking, volunteering, camping and spending time with her family. Her desire to see children learn and excel are her top priorities. Mrs. Silbernagel brings a well organized and caring attitude with her and is a welcome asset to CVA Preschool.

Mrs. Lockhart Gina Lockhart—Preschool Aide

Mrs. Lockhart has lived here in Colorado her whole life. She has been happily married to her husband, Scott, for 17 years and they have a wonderful son named Trevor. The Lockharts moved to Frederick 5 years ago and fell in love with the town and the wonderful people.

Mrs. Lockhart worked for Bank of the West for 20 years and held many different positions with them. When Trevor started at Carbon Valley Academy, she began volunteering as much as possible. She enjoyed working with the children and especially enjoyed working with the preschoolers. Three years later, Mrs. Lockhart and her husband decided it was a good time to make the leap of faith and she left her career at the bank. Mrs. Lockhart feels very fortunate to be able to help out with Carbon Valley Preschool. She believes in what she does and is dedicated to the children. She loves working with them! There is nothing more satisfying to her than helping a child and seeing them laugh, learn, and grow.

When not working, Mrs. Lockhart enjoys spending time with her large extended family. She loves camping, reading and working in the garden.

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