OUR TEAM OF EDUCATORS
Donna Hodgson
My name is Donna Hodgson and I am the Manager of Aslan Early Learning Centre. I am very excited to be in my new role and we have a great team of educators! I have been an Early Childhood Educator for 30 years and have worked as a Manager for the past 10 years in a variety of different capacities. love working with children and developing Early Learning Centers with a focus on Nature-based play. 1 am a mother of one son, and we resided on Haida Gwall until moving to the island in 2013. I am an avid hiker and spend my free time camping and hiking in the mountains with my two dogs.
Terri Hughes
Hello! My name is Terri Hughes and I have been an ECE for over 40 years. I have worked in a variety of settings including a Child Development Centre Preschool, operating a small family daycare, Supervisor of a larger group daycare at North Island College, Substitute Instructor in the ECE program at NIC, and most recently at Tigger Too Preschool in Comox. I have had the good fortune to work with many gifted ECE's in my career and I am extremely excited to be part of this new team of caring professionals. I am the mother of one grown daughter and two grown sons and Grandmother to one amazing granddaughter ( the job I trained my entire life for!) I love to be with young children and with each stage of life I find more and more joy in watching them learn and grow. In my spare time I love to garden, quilt and I am renovating a hundred year old house! Alin Rose Manjila
Hello, I am Miss Alin, and I am very happy to meet you all. I am from a place called Kerala in India and I have been in Canada for the past 5 years and absolutely love it here. I always had a passion for teaching since I was a kid and made it a reality. I did my Early Childhood Care and Education from North Island College and has been working in the field for the past 3 years. Spending time with children really helps me to bring my inner child out. Exploring children’s ideas or interests, or curiosities with them is my favourite thing to do. We are going to have lots of fun and play and learn!!! Madason Ann Cavalier
Hi! I’m Madason and I am in school in Vancouver island university for Early Childhood Education and I have always wanted to do this and work with kids I’ve worked in two in homes and a different centre before here loving it every step of the way! I can’t wait to hear all the fun things they have to say,watch them grow and learn. I’m so happy to be given this opportunity to work with your children and can’t wait to learn and play with them! Gina Martin Hi, my name is Gina, and I recently returned to my hometown of Duncan. After spending the past year in Germany and Calgary, I am currently working toward obtaining my Early Childhood Educator Certification through Pacific Rim Early Learning Institute.Supporting children and families has always been something I am passionate about. For as long as I can remember, I have babysat, nannied, and tutored children, and I look forward to continuing my learning and advancing my education and skills. This childcare centre holds a special place in my heart because I attended it myself when I moved to Duncan.
My name is Donna Hodgson and I am the Manager of Aslan Early Learning Centre. I am very excited to be in my new role and we have a great team of educators! I have been an Early Childhood Educator for 30 years and have worked as a Manager for the past 10 years in a variety of different capacities. love working with children and developing Early Learning Centers with a focus on Nature-based play. 1 am a mother of one son, and we resided on Haida Gwall until moving to the island in 2013. I am an avid hiker and spend my free time camping and hiking in the mountains with my two dogs.
Terri Hughes
Hello! My name is Terri Hughes and I have been an ECE for over 40 years. I have worked in a variety of settings including a Child Development Centre Preschool, operating a small family daycare, Supervisor of a larger group daycare at North Island College, Substitute Instructor in the ECE program at NIC, and most recently at Tigger Too Preschool in Comox. I have had the good fortune to work with many gifted ECE's in my career and I am extremely excited to be part of this new team of caring professionals. I am the mother of one grown daughter and two grown sons and Grandmother to one amazing granddaughter ( the job I trained my entire life for!) I love to be with young children and with each stage of life I find more and more joy in watching them learn and grow. In my spare time I love to garden, quilt and I am renovating a hundred year old house! Alin Rose Manjila
Hello, I am Miss Alin, and I am very happy to meet you all. I am from a place called Kerala in India and I have been in Canada for the past 5 years and absolutely love it here. I always had a passion for teaching since I was a kid and made it a reality. I did my Early Childhood Care and Education from North Island College and has been working in the field for the past 3 years. Spending time with children really helps me to bring my inner child out. Exploring children’s ideas or interests, or curiosities with them is my favourite thing to do. We are going to have lots of fun and play and learn!!! Madason Ann Cavalier
Hi! I’m Madason and I am in school in Vancouver island university for Early Childhood Education and I have always wanted to do this and work with kids I’ve worked in two in homes and a different centre before here loving it every step of the way! I can’t wait to hear all the fun things they have to say,watch them grow and learn. I’m so happy to be given this opportunity to work with your children and can’t wait to learn and play with them! Gina Martin Hi, my name is Gina, and I recently returned to my hometown of Duncan. After spending the past year in Germany and Calgary, I am currently working toward obtaining my Early Childhood Educator Certification through Pacific Rim Early Learning Institute.Supporting children and families has always been something I am passionate about. For as long as I can remember, I have babysat, nannied, and tutored children, and I look forward to continuing my learning and advancing my education and skills. This childcare centre holds a special place in my heart because I attended it myself when I moved to Duncan.