CAROL HICKS holds both primary and elementary AMI diplomas and earned a B.A. in history with a minor in elementary education from Marquette University. Carol is an AMI elementary trainer, consultant and examiner and is the past chair of the AMI/EAA. Carol has 14 years of teaching experience at the elementary level in both public and private Montessori schools and served eight years as a program coordinator in the Milwaukee Public Schools. She is currently the director of training at the Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola University in Columbia, Maryland.