Our Teachers

Your child will be surrounded by a dedicated and caring staff of teachers with more than 50 years of combined teaching experience.

Beth Durant (Program Director/Teacher)
Beth has a BA in History from Carleton College. She has 144 credit hours of Early Childhood coursework from Cardinal Stritch University (most of them at the graduate level). She had 3 years teaching experience prior to joining CPS and has taught at CPS since 1994. Her two daughters attended CPS.

Elsie Carroll (Teacher)
Elsie has a BA in Psychology from Marquette University and 72 credit hours toward a Masters in Education Psychology. She had 2 years teaching experience prior to joining CPS and has taught at CPS since 1997. Three of her four children attended CPS.

Karlene Fox (Teacher)
Karlene has a BS in Child Development & Family Life from UW-Stout.  She has been certified at Level 11 by The Registry – Wisconsin’s Recognition System for the Childhood Care and Education Profession.  Prior to joining CPS, Karlene had over 16 years of business experience in the employee benefits and capital management fields.  She has taught at CPS since 2008.  Her two daughters attended CPS.

Cathy Smith (Teacher)
Cathy has a BS in Elementary Education from UW-Milwaukee, and in addition, she has over 20 graduate credits in elementary education. She holds a current DPI elementary teaching license. Cathy had 9 years of teaching experience prior to joining CPS. She has two daughters, and the youngest attended CPS.