Our Teachers

Jennifer Morgan
Jennifer has an Associate degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work. She has over twenty years of experience in the fields of education and family services in the Spokane area. She currently serves as a field site supervisor for ECE students completing their practicum experience at Plum Tree School, and sits on the ECE Advisory Committee at Spokane Falls Community College.

Melanie Luedders
Melanie holds an MA in the Creative Arts and Learning from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She is currently co-director of Plum Tree School, an arts-based preschool in Spokane, the director of the Spokane Community Choir, and a Music Together facilitator. She also teaches for Lesley University in the Creative Arts and Learning Masters Program.


Part-time Teachers

Amy Iverson
Amy has a Master's Degree in Education from Bank Street College in NYC. She has taught preschool through high school in NYC and Seattle Public Schools. She is the founder and director of Spokane Youth Yoga and a licensed practitioner of the program "Yoga for the Special Child."



Gayle Kruger
Teacher, Artist, Friend and expectant Mother. Gayle has eight years under her belt working with children. With her Mother being a preschool teacher along with running an after school and Summer program Gayle has grown up working with children of all ages. Just recently she has graduated with her two year transfer degree and is looking forward to completing a bachelor degree in Child Life Studies at Eastern Washington.



Renee Rahn
Renee Rahn studied music and natural science at University of Oregon and EWU and emerged with a BA in Education. She taught preschool for eight years in downtown Seattle, WA at Paideia Academy and Seattle Infant Development Center, and has taught at Plum Tree School for four years.