Staff

STAFF

Allison Putney, Director
Allison is excited to continue teaching and directing at IPS. She graduated from the University of Iowa in 2007 with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish. In 2013 she also received an Early Childhood Education endorsement from Morningside College. She lives with her husband Cody and their 3 children Blake, Blair and Boone in Indianola.
This year she is teaching the new transitional kindergarten class that is called the Spider Class.

Melissa Curl,
Assistant Director, Bookkeeper
Melissa is the Lead Teacher of the Ladybug Class this year. This is Melissa's fourth year at IPS and she loves teaching preschoolers! She is excited to take on a new role as the Assistant Director and Bookkeeper. Melissa lives in Indianola with her husband and six children. She has spent plenty of time at IPS prior to teaching, as all of her children are IPS graduates. Melissa has an associate degree in Human Services and is also a substitute teacher with the Indianola Community School District.

Faith Hallam
Faith is the Lead Teacher in the Butterfly and Firefly Classes. She has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Bachelor of Science in Early Child Education, and an Early Childhood Special Education Endorsement.
She lives in Indianola with her husband and 2 children.

Melanie Anderson Hackett
Melanie is the assistant teacher in the Butterfly class, and afternoon child care teacher. This is her first year at IPS.

Kerry Johnson
Kerry is excited for her first year at IPS! Kerry will be teaching the Caterpillar, Bumblebee and Grasshopper classes. She has her Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Development and American Sign Language. Previously Kerry has taught preschool, been a special education associate, and a nanny. Kerry lives in Indianola and has 2 adult children who are IPS graduates, now a chef and a physician's assistant.

Kelli Glascock
Kelli is an assistant teacher in the Dragonfly and Ladybug classes. She has a degree in Elementary Education with Reading and Early Childhood endorsements from Simpson College.
She has taught at Indianola Preschool for five years and loves being a preschool teacher! She is married to Randy and has three kids: Maddie, Tommy, and Casey, and a son-in-law, Ryan.

Cara Harwood
Cara is a teacher assistant in the Bumblebee Class and the Lead teacher in the Dragonfly Class. This is her second year at IPS. Cara lives in Indianola with her husband and 2 children.

Roza Northcutt
This is Roza's first year at Indianola Preschool. She graduated Indian Hills Community College with an Associate's Degree in Psychology. She has previous experience working with children at her sister's child care as an assistant teacher.

Alexis Konrad
Alexis is a morning and afternoon child care teacher. This is her second year at IPS. She loves animals and fishing. Her dream is
to be a counselor or therapist
for children.

Grace Ruelle
Grace is an afternoon child care teacher. She grew up and graduated from Indianola. Grace is now majoring in elementary education at Simpson College. Her goal is to graduate from Simpson with an education degree and reading endorsement.

Grace Carpenter
Grace is a morning child care teacher and Firefly class assistant teacher. This is her second year at IPS, and she is an Indianola Preschool alum.

Keely Greubel
Keely is an afternoon child care teacher. She is currently a senior at Indianola High School and will graduate this spring. Previously, Keely worked for ICC with school- aged students. After high school Keely plans to continue in early childhood education. She enjoys spending time with family and friends.