2024 New Bedford Rd. Spring Lake, NJ 07762
Phone# 732-449-4073
Fax# 732-449-0751

STAFF

  Carrie Kotch, Director and owner is a graduate of Rider University. Carrie spent five years teaching preschool before becoming the Director at Tiny Treasures.
   Outside of school, Carrie enjoys going to the beach, skiing, camping and spending time with her husband, daughter and son.

 

Janice Muller Assistant Director has been with Tiny Treasures since 1998. First in the classroom and now in th office assisting the director with the everyday tasks it takes to run Tiny Treasures. Janice loves her job and the children and can't imagine working anywhere else.

 

   Cathy Ferraro earned her degree in education while attending Kean University. After teaching many different age levels, she finds preschool to be the most rewarding. She has five years of experience teaching preschool. After staying home for 12 years as a full time mom with her two children, she was very excited to get back to teaching pre-K. She enjoys spending time with her family, skiing, playing volleyball, going to the beach, and bike riding.

 

  Joyce Halajian
Has been teaching pre K at Tiny Treasures for 16 years. She received B. A. degree from Georgian Court College, where she majored in Elementary Education.
Before coming to Tiny Treasures, Joyce taught in the Brick Township schools and the Ranney school in Tinton Falls.

Maria Bolderman
Maria earned her BA degree in education at William Patterson College. She has been a Kindergarten teacher for 12 years, and has also worked with children from infant to 12 years in summer camps. Maria was a stay at home mom for 6 years, and has taught Pre-K here at Tiny Treasures for the last 2 years. She enjoys spending time with her husband and seven year old daughter, going to the beach, and being with friends. Maria's favorite vacation spots are the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Disney.

 

Gretchen Reinhardt
Gretchen attended Brookdale Community College and Monmouth University and majored in Special Education and minored in Early Education. She previously taught Pre-K and is now our head 3 year old teacher. Gretchen is a proud mother of 4 and enjoys spending time with her family and loves working with pre-school age children. Her goal is for each child she teaches to blossom and cherish their year in her class!

 

Heather Newman
Heather graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a bachelors degree in Liberal Art. She soon started working at Everything Grows Preschool in New York working as a head teacher in the toddler room. She was there for 2 years when she and her husband moved to New Jersey. She then started at Tiny Treasures working with the children at summer camp. In September she started teaching in the 2 year old room and enjoys the childrens happy faces everyday. Outside of work she loves going to the beach with friends and family and playing at the park with her puppy.

Teacher Assistants

Miss Allison, Miss Grace, Miss Sylvia,
Miss Mary Jo