Our Staff

Madeleine Almoayed

Madeleine Almoayed is the founder and principal of Madeleine’s Preschool since 1983.

She holds a Montessori Diploma from The London Montessori Centre and brings more than four decades of experience in early education.

Madeleine Almoayed , Principal

Madeleine’s Pre School

Our Staff

Jalila ALalawi

Administrative

Jalila AlAlawi holds a Diploma in Finance and accounting from BIBF. She has over 20 years work experience, 10 of those years are in the education sector.

Maryam Naser

Assistant Principal

Maryam Naser is an accredited Montessori Method educator, holding a Montessori Diploma from the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). She also holds an MBA in Human Resources and a BS. in Management Information Systems. Maryam has 12 years work experience, 6 of those years are in the education sector.

Nadia Mashaie

Assistant Principal

Nadia is a Montessori English Guide/directress from Bahrain. She received her Montessori Diploma from Bahrain Montessori Centre, which is affiliated with MCI, in London. She has 15 years experience in teaching, and is fully bilingual in Arabic and English.

Laura McLaughlin

English Teacher

Laura McLaughlin is a qualified English Montessori teacher who is holding a Montessori Diploma from Bahrain Montessori Centre (Affiliated with Montessori Centre International - London). Laura has 28 years teaching experience, 23 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool as an English Montessori teacher.

Bayan Almajed

Teaching Assistant

Bayan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from University of Bahrain. She has been a part of MPS team for over 2 years.

Mona Mulla

Arabic Teacher

Mona Mulla is a qualified Arabic Montessori teacher who is holding a Diploma in early childhood education from Bahrain University and a Montessori Certificate for early childhood from Bahrain Montessori Centre (Affiliated with Montessori Centre International). Mona has 22 years teaching experience, 12 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool as an Arabic Montessori teacher.

Mariam Jassim

Teaching Assistant

Mariam holds a Diploma in childhood education from University of Bahrain.She has 11 years of experience working in the classroom at Madeleine’s Preschool.

Deger Kira

English Teacher

Deger Kira is a qualified English Montessori teacher who is holding a Montessori Diploma from Bahrain Montessori Centre (Affiliated with Montessori Centre International - London). Deger has 19 years teaching experience, 14 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool as an English Montessori teacher.

Mariam Awami

Teaching Assistant

Mariam holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and a TEFL certificate. She has 5 years of experience with children, and has been a part of MPS team for more than one year.

RadhiyaJawad

Arabic Teacher

Radhya Jawad is a qualified Arabic teacher who is holding a Diploma in early childhood education from Bahrain University. Radhya has 25 years teaching experience, 12 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool as an Arabic teacher.

Farah Rifath

English Teacher
Farah Rifath is a qualified English Montessori teacher after having successfully completed her fulltime Montessori Course at the Bahrain Montessori Centre (Affiliated to the London Montessori Centre) and receiving her Montessori Teaching Certificate in 2005. Farah joined Madeleine’s Preschool over 18 years ago as an English Montessori Teacher.

Ruqaya Al Tublani

Arabic Teacher

Ruqaya Altublani is a qualified Arabic Montessori teacher who is holding a Diploma in early childhood education from and a Montessori Certificate for early childhood from Bahrain Montessori Centre (Affiliated with Montessori Centre International). Ruqaya has 25 years teaching experience, 12 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool as an Arabic Montessori teacher

Fatima Almajed

Teaching Assistant

Fatima holds a Diploma in childhood education from University of Bahrain. She has 8 years of experience in the classroom at Madeleine’s Preschool.

Sajeda Almajed

Arabic Teacher

Sajeda is a qualified Arabic Montessori teacher who is holding a Diploma in early childhood education and a Montessori Certificate for early childhood from Bahrain Montessori Centre (Affiliated with Montessori Centre International). Sajeda has 16 years teaching experience, 12 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool.

Najla Alalawi

Teaching Assistant

Najla holds a Diploma in Chilhood Education from University of Bahrain. She has 30 years of experience in the educational field, 11 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool.

Sharon White

English Teacher

Sharon is a qualified English Montessori teacher who is holding a Montessori Diploma from the North American Montessori Center in Canada. Sharon has 15 years teaching experience, 10 of those years at Madeleine’s Preschool

Nahid Hassan Ali

Arabic teacher

Nahid Ali is a qualified Arabic Montessori teacher for two year old children. She has a Montessori Diploma from North American Montessori Center NAMC.
Nahid has 20 years of experience as a teacher at Madeleine’s Preschool

Noora Ahmed

Arabic Teacher

Noora Ahmed is a qualified Arabic Montessori teacher who is holding a Montessori Diploma from Kingston Montessori Academy. Also, she has a Professional Diploma Program in teaching & Innovative methods in the Educational Process and Multimedia from University of Bahrain and a Diploma in Professional education in teaching from Arab Open University. Noora has 28 years of teaching experience as an Arabic teacher.

Natasha Dawood

English Teacher

Natasha has over 10 years teaching experience at Madeleine’s Preschool. Natasha follows a holistic teaching approach; focusing on the child’s emotional, social, and academic needs, enabling them to progress with independence and self-confidence.

Dana Shubbar

English Teacher

Dana is an accredited Montessori English Teacher, holding a Montessori Diploma from the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). She also holds a Diploma is Childhood Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Informatics. Dana has done her Montessori teaching practice in Brighton - England, and has 9 years of experience with children.

Dana Buali

Arabic Teacher

Dana is a qualified Arabic Montessori teacher who is holding a Montessori Diploma from Reyadi Educational Center in Jordan. She also holds a Diploma in Childhood Education from University of Bahrain. She has 7 years teaching experience and has just joined MPS this year.

Zahra Kazerooni

English teacher

Zahra is a qualified English Montessori teacher who is holding a Montessori Diploma from the North American Montessori Center in Canada. Zahra has 7 years teaching experience at Madeleine’s Preschool as an English Montessori teacher.