Sycamore Tree Coaching Courses

Melissa finds joy as children grow socially, emotionally, academically, and spiritually. For 25 years she was hands-on in this process as an elementary school teacher. She also coordinated the Children's Special Needs Ministry at her church. Now Melissa is equipping adults to guide children to learn and become critical thinkers. Over the past few years Melissa has worked as a professional coach to teachers and applies this expertise and training in her life coaching as well. Melissa holds a BA in Elementary Education from Cedarville University in 1993, and a MA in Reading from Western Michigan University in 2000. She is trained in Cognitive Coaching, completed Michigan Early Literacy Coaches Network Coaching Modules, and participated in Teacher2TeacherHelp Coaching Huddle.

Miriam's greatest joy is found in guiding people to discover their God-given gifts and grow them in ways only he knew possible. For the past almost 30 years, she's followed this passion. She's worked in education and spent many years growing a small business within the learning and development industry as well as lots of informal mentoring along the way. Miriam holds a BA in Social Studies and Secondary Education from Cedarville University and a MA in Educational Technology from Western Michigan University. Over the past 30 years, she's completed training in the following areas: Barry Wehmiller- Communication Skills Training Gordon Training International-Leadership Effectiveness Training Enneagram Personality Assessment.