Dr. Jaime Dodd, Trustee

BIOGRAPHY: Jaime Dodd, Ed.D.

Summary

• Member – St. Louis Forum since 2005
• Member – Creve Coeur Squires – conferred 2005
• Businessperson of the Year Award – Creve Coeur 2009
• President – Creve Coeur/Olivette Chamber of Commerce 2009
• Board of Directors – Creve Coeur/Olivette Chamber of Commerce 2001-2012
• Vice Chair – Al Salam Day School Board of Directors, 2016 to present
• Founder and Trustee of the American Islamic Montessori Association [AIMA] 2018
• Vice President of Operations for the Hope Educational & Research Center (25+ years)
• Founding Member and Administrative Chair for the Hope Montessori Educational Institute (10+ years)
• Experience in developing, building, operating, and managing Montessori school environments (25+ years)
• Focused on research and expansion of Montessori theory & philosophy across diverse educational settings
• Board member/leadership team for non-profits focused on educational, humanitarian and healthcare concerns

Dr. Jaime Dodd is based in St. Louis, Missouri, and has more than 25 years of specialized experience in the field of Montessori education. She is a member of a very small, executive leadership team responsible for the operation of a private network of independent schools across the greater Midwest (infant-middle school) and a MACTE-accredited, AMS-affiliated, Montessori teacher education program located in Lake Saint Louis, MO.

Dr. Dodd’s administrative experience is steeped in the development, governance, and operation of high-level Montessori, early childhood programs, Montessori teacher education programs, and top-tier traditional, elementary school environments.

Educational Background

• BA – Psychology/Sociology; Drake University, Des Moines, IA,
• MA – Counseling Psychology; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• Ed.D. – Behavioral and Developmental Processes of Children and Adolescents; University of Missouri
• Montessori credential – North American Montessori Center [NAMC], Vancouver, Canada.

Special Interests

Dr. Dodd’s interests are concentrated on applied research in the expansion of Montessori theory and philosophy within Islamic, early childhood, educational settings. This served as impetus for the founding of the American Islamic Montessori Association (AIMA) in 2018. The AIMA is a professional membership organization for the advancement of Islamic Montessori Education [IME] as a bridge for understanding, for education, and for peace across the U.S. and around the globe.

Giving Back

Dr. Dodd serves on the board and in other leadership capacities for select, non-profit organizations, focused primarily on educational, humanitarian and healthcare concerns.