Melanie Smith is the Program Principal for Island Village Montessori School's north campus. Melanie also works with children as general educator, as well as ESL and ESE educator . Melanie joined Island Village in 2005. She has completed her AMS elementary I credential and an early childhood education degree from USF. She is a certified Florida teacher for prekindergarten through third grade, ESL, and ESE. Melanie enjoys integrating puppetry, music, art and sign language into the curriculum and has recently completed the ORFF music training course.