ABS MOUNTAIN CAMPUS TEAM

I am the proud owner of Au Beau Sejour Preschool. I  grew up in France and am fluent in French, Spanish and English. I obtained a degree in « DEUG Sciences Humaines et Sociales» and a “Licence Sciences de L’éducation” at the Université Lille in France where I received my BA in Education. During this time, I also worked with preschool and school age children as a teaching assistant “Educatrice”.

I moved to Southern California where I taught at both a French immersion Preschool “La Petite École” and also French language at Anneliese's School with a California Curriculum. This gave me exposure to teaching the California Curriculum where I used the Social Emotional Learning, Positive Discipline as well as creative art to teach not only the French language, but the culture as well.

I continued on to study at Grossmont College of San Diego and Saddleback College of Irvine (Orange County) where I obtained my Supervision/Administration degree to qualify as our Director.

I married and moved to the Bay Area when I met the owner of Au P’tit Monde, and we worked closely together in opening up the second location of APM French Preschool in E Palo Alto. For 4 years, I was the full time Director at Au P’tit Monde East Palo Alto and worked very closely with the teachers to build a positive a safe environment for our students.

In 2018, I got lucky to find a preschool building for sale in Oakland where I live. In October 23rd 2018, Au Beau Sejour French preschool opened its doors for the first time to welcome our wonderful students and families!

Then in 2020, at the middle of the Covid pandemic, I decided that it was the good time to open a second ABS French Preschool while a lot of preschools were closing their doors. In July 2021, ABS Mountain Campus opened its doors to more students. We are so happy that we can welcome more families and share our French Preschool environment with our students, your children, to give them the key of success!

I am passionate about teaching and loves the nurturing, educational environment that I have worked hard in establishing in our Preschool Au Beau Sejour. And ABS name means simply “A Beautiful Stay”… no need to say more about ABS French Preschool than these words!

Chloé was born and raised in Normandy, France. She attended the University of Rouen and she received her BA with a major in Linguistics with a focus on teaching French as a foreign language.

After college, she worked as an au pair in California for two years. She took care of two children, ages 1 and 5, for a Franco-American family. This experience showed her how much she loves working with children.

In 2016, Chloé taught French for the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada for one year. She really enjoyed teaching her native language and sharing her culture.

She has been living in California since 2017 and started working with children that have learning disabilities. She worked closely with each student to provide them the individual support they needed. She believes individual attention helps students improve their confidence and gives them the tools they need to succeed.

In 2019, Chloe joined our ABS team and became Assistant teacher in our PS class. In the same time, she earned her teacher Certificate. She then became the lead teacher of our TPS class of West Campus.

In 2021, Au Beau Sejour French Preschool extended. We opened a second ABS Preschool. Chloe earned her administration credential to become the Mountain Campus Assistant Director.

She is very happy to be a part of the team at Au Beau Séjour as it gives her the opportunity to shape the lives of young children while also spreading her native language and culture. She feels strongly that because preschool is the first formal educational experience for most children, a positive preschool experience has a huge impact on their academic and social lives in all the years to come.

ABS MOUNTAIN TEACHERS & STAFF

Born and raised in Paris, Audrey moved to the Alps after the birth of her first daughter, Coline. There, she managed a parental kindergarten while studying for and receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Red Cross Grenoble school. After working for a couple of years in the hospital, she started up her own home health care company with two other nurses. After following her husband's career move to sunny California, she worked as a caregiver for 3 years while volunteering for her second daughter, Chiara’s Girl Scouts Troop. She was excited to join the Au Beau Sejour team in 2021 and to start a new career as a teacher. She recently obtained her Early Childhood Education Certificate. She enjoys exploring a creative world with children and helping them express themselves and flourish.

Liasmine was born and raised in Algeria. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in literature and civilization, English option, as well as her Master's degree in teaching English as a foreign language. She worked as an English teacher in a private school in Algeria where she taught beginners for 2 years.

In 2021, Liasmine moved to France where she worked with Acadomia, a private tutoring company, as an English teacher from grades 2 to 8. At the same time, Liasmine also worked as a babysitter with two children ages 3 and 5. 

In December 2022, Liasmine decided to move to the United-States and settle in California. Her passion for children and teaching led her to join the ABS team. Liasmine is excited to be part of Au Beau Sejour and to share the French language and Francophone culture!

Safia was born and raised in Algeria. She obtained her license in Law in 2005, and received her Certificate of Proficiency for Advocacy and Law in 2006. She worked as a coordinator in literacy where she learned a lot about how to help older people learn how to read and write.

In 2013, she moved to the USA, which was a big challenge and the start of a new life with different people from different cultures. She worked for 2 years in a Mandarin Child Development Center as a preschool teacher. This experience helped her get more knowledge about different cultures, food, and languages. After that, she worked as a toddler, preschool, and Pre-K teacher in an American preschool.  She was also an art teacher for 2 years and a half and really enjoyed this experience with her students!

Recently, she got married and had a little boy with whom she stayed home for 2 years in order to take care of him. She joined Au Beau Séjour as a teacher of MS class which is another experience. Safia is fully certified in Early Childhood Education and continues taking ECE classes to obtain her AA certificate."

Zohra was born and raised in Algeria, North Africa. She received a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from The University of Algiers. Immediately after graduating, Zohra worked as a PE teacher at a middle school in Algeria for 10 years. She moved to California with her two sons in 2017.

Zohra is fully certified in Early Childhood Development, but she still continues to take classes in order to keep learning and grow as a better educator. She believes that it is in the early years of education that children learn to trust people outside of their nuclear families, meet people from cultures other than their own and truly begin to experience the world outside of their homes. She fully appreciates the amount of responsibility that teaching young children entails.

It is through children that we can help affect the positive changes we hope to see in the world. Teaching children allows us to imprint on them in ways which can benefit both their lives and future generations at the same time. 

 Zohra brings a great deal of knowledge, enthusiasm, and dedication to the ABS team. She is very happy to be part of ABS and to have the opportunity to see your children grow.

Thinhinane (Tina) was born in Algeria. Back home, she attended the University of Algeria and obtained her bachelor in chemistry. 

During the summer vacations, Tina worked as a teacher's aide in a daycare center. This experience showed her how much she enjoys working with children, teaching them and helping them to thrive. Working with children has taught her patience, responsibility and has made her a more knowledgeable person.

In 2018, Tina moved to the U.S. and worked as a sales assistant, which helped her learn teamwork and customer service skills. Then, she decided to change her career to do something that she enjoys the most, working with children!

Tina just joined the ABS French Preschool, and she is determined to earn her certificate in early childhood education. She is excited to be a part of the ABS team and looks forward to meeting her students and their families.

Samia grew up in Algeria, where she graduated from college and taught in middle school for a year. 

She moved to California in 2010 and after working in an office setting for a few years; she decided to switch back to teaching. 

After getting her teaching certificate from Merritt College; she enrolled in an early childhood education program at SFSU while working at ABS. She is fluent in English, French, Arabic and Berber. 

Her goal as a teacher is to continue serving children by creating positive partnerships with the parents and caregivers; and by adapting teaching methods and materials to meet the childrens' interests and needs.

She feels fortunate to be part of the ABS team where she can apply her teaching knowledge, and adapt it to the needs of each of her students.

Ramatoulaye (Rama) was born and raised in West Africa, Senegal. When she turned twenty, she made the decision to visit Japan and learn more about its fascinating culture which ultimately inspired her to move abroad. She completed her baccalauréat in accounting and started her first year at a specialized private school for business management. However, her dream of living in Japan outweighed everything else. Therefore, she started learning Japanese from her hometown and moved to Japan in 2010. She learned the culture and the language in a year and started working for non-profit organizations as a translator from French to Japanese and as a life coach. 

Ten years later, in January 2021, she got married and moved to the US. Her husband and her are blessed to have a child who is 14 months.

Rama wanted to continue using her language skills to help more people, so she started tutoring on online platforms. Meanwhile, after 6 months of training, she got certified as a medical interpreter in French, and she has been working remotely at Total Languages in the East Coast.

Rama loves children, and through her experience as a coach, she understands that to create a better society, the social and emotional development of children is one of the key points. Therefore, she changed her career goal and started Early Childhood Development classes at Mission College. Rama is really happy to be part of the ABS team, which is in her opinion, a beautiful and wonderful place where children can grow and develop in a diverse environment. Rama looks forward to getting to know all the ABS students and their families. She is also determined to give her best to contribute to their development!

Ceylan was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey where she attended a French school until she was 19. She received her BA in Economics in Turkey and moved to USA in 2008 for graduate school. After receiving her MA in Development Economics from Yale University, she worked as a research economist followed by fundraising in an education non-profit organization. She moved to the Bay Area in 2015 with her husband.

Ceylan always loved working with children and tutored kids in French and English throughout college and led dance classes for kids. She found her new passion “early childhood education” after becoming a mom and especially during her one and half year long home-schooling experience with her daughter due to COVID. When her daughter returned to in-person education, Ceylan decided to pursue her dream and enrolled in ECE classes at UCLA. She is still working towards obtaining the certificate in Early Childhood Education.

Ceylan is very excited to be part of the Au Beau Séjour family not only because she has the opportunity to shape young children’s lives by helping them learn and grow in different ways, but also because she has the privilege to witness the power of their curiosity, imagination and creativity every day.

Kahina was born in Algeria. She is able to communicate in 4 different languages: French, English, Arabic and Berber.

After she obtained her diploma “Baccalaureate in Experimental Science” in 2011, she received her master’s degree in Biology.

In 2017, she moved to California in the hope to create for herself a better life.

Her experience in the management field helps her to reinforce her sense of responsibility and organization, which are two qualities that she feels are very important to have while working with young children.

Her main goal by choosing the profession of Preschool Teacher is to advocate for a pedagogical approach based on the interest of the child, autonomy and the awakening of the senses.

Kahina is determined to further enrich her knowledge to better progress in the Early Education field, and she will start her ECE classes in September 2022.

Kahina is more than happy to be part of the ABS team and cannot wait to meet her students and their families!

Without Mark and Arturo, our preschool will not be so beautiful! Mark and Arturo are remarkable creators. They built our children’s picnic tables, our chicken coop, storages, cubbies, shelves, planters and more! They also are our Gardener Teachers!

We feel very lucky to have Mark and Arturo part of the ABS Team!

Tania & Yesica are our exceptional chef cuisinieres who prepare for our students and staff amazing and fresh food every single week day! They love to use fresh herbs from our garden as well as the veggies that our students plant and collect for them to make delicious lunches! After making breakfast and lunch each morning, Tania & Yolanda are the ones who are cleaning and disinfecting our beautiful preschool every afternoon. Our school is fresh and clean every day! Big merci to Tania & Yesica!