Sadiya Muniruddin

Sadiya joined The Montessori Schools as Assistant Head of School - Education in 2019. She has 21 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development and in the field of education, the last 18 of which have been with children under the age of 6. Once she found Montessori she knew it was where the magic happens! She experienced first hand how impactful working with infants can be in setting up a student's future academic success. 

In her previous role as Director of CA Technologies Montessori Children's Center, Sadiya was responsible for the daily operations of a high quality, corporate sponsored AMI accredited Montessori school. She coached and mentored a team of 60 teachers and offered her full support to parents. In 2014, Sadiya traveled to Hyderabad, India and helped open a Montessori school, hired and trained its staff and conducted parent education workshops. Prior to her 12 year career at CA Technologies, Sadiya taught high school Chemistry, Civics, Political Science and college level Biochemistry.

Sadiya has presented workshops at numerous education conferences locally and internationally on topics including child development, Montessori in the home, as well as classroom and family engagement. She has also conducted teacher training workshops at multiple orphanages internationally. She serves on the Education Advisory Board for NYIT’s School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Education and previously served as Treasurer on the Board of the New York State Montessori Alliance.

Sadiya holds an international AMI Primary Montessori Diploma (ages 3-6) from the Montessori Training Center of Northeast.  She has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Chemistry and Secondary Education from the University of Michigan. In 2011, she earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration, Policy Analysis and Evaluation from Baruch College - The City University of New York. Sadiya was selected for and successfully completed a rigorous year long Corporate Leadership Development Program in 2015. She continues to attend numerous workshops year round to gain information on the latest research and best practices in all things related to child development, neuroscience, literacy, early childhood education, Montessori and social and emotional learning.

Sadiya loves and truly enjoys having the opportunity to get to know each adorable student. She takes great pride in wanting each student to accelerate and optimize their learning experience. Sadiya meets with parents frequently to offer strategies on how to support their individual child's well-being and learning. She also finds joy in contributing to and partnering with our vibrant, talented and passionate community of educators. 

In addition to her passion for Montessori and Early Childhood Education, Sadiya loves spending time with her family and friends.

She enjoys cooking for them by experimenting with meals and playing barista with her manual espresso machine while dabbling with latte art. She grew up playing many sports, but was best at Tennis. She marvels at all things related to science, history, sports, music and travel. You can find her glued to college football on Saturdays (Go Blue!) and the NFL on Sundays (Go Lions!), with multiple screen view to include Tennis and F1. She looks forward to having the privilege of meeting you and your child.