LITTLE FLOWER NURSERY SCHOOL

310 East Boston Post Road

Mamaroneck, NY 10548

Biography of Leila Marie Badran, Founder and Director

Leila Marie Badran, Head of Little Flower Nursery School in Mamaroneck, New York brings to Little Flower more than twenty years experience in early childhood education. She founded Little Flower Nursery School to establish in Westchester an excellent early childhood education firmly grounded in Christian values. She developed two outstanding and nurturing early childhood programs in Manhattan at York Avenue Preschool and Kindergarten, where she was the Principal and at the Lycée Français de New York, where for nearly fourteen years she was the Director of the Early Childhood Program in charge of early childhood admissions. At both schools, the enrollment tripled within two years. Leila credits the success of the schools to dynamic team work, in-depth knowledge of child development and early childhood curriculum and excellent certified and dedicated teachers.

Earlier, Leila taught at the Lycée and at the Memorial Montessori School in New Rochelle. She worked for the United States Agency for International Development, in education and directed a Headstart program in New York City. With over 20 years experience in American and international education and business, school administration and admissions, Leila has worked with educational teams and families to raise instructional and administrative standards, establish school policies, develop curriculum. She is fluent in both English and French and has been an invited speaker and panelist for the New York State Department of Education and has participated regularly at educational and cultural conferences in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Leila is licensed permanently as a School District Administrator, as a School Administrator and Supervisor, and Teacher (N-6). She also holds the advanced degree of Professional Diploma in Administration and Supervision and a Master’s of Science in Teaching, from Fordham University, at Lincoln Center. Leila obtained a B.A. in Religious Studies from the College of New Rochelle and graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart, which she attended from Kindergarten. She was awarded a fellowship from Johns Hopkins University, School of International Studies and is a member of Phi Delta Kappa International. She has also been an active member of the Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY), Educational Records Bureau (ERB) and Parents League. Recently, Leila Marie has served as a volunteer for artistic and cultural projects held at Grounds for Sculpture in Princeton, NJ. She has also served as a catechist for seven years.

Except for some years in Washington, D.C., New Jersey and abroad, Leila Marie Badran has resided in New Rochelle since 1966.