Amanda Kirk is the Operations Director for our schools. She graduated in 2000 with a Bachelors degree from Texas Lutheran University and moved to Austin. She began her Early Childhood journey as a 3-4 year old teacher and worked her way up in that company to School Age Manager. In 2009, Ms. Kirk decided to move back to Houston. She began at the Primrose School of Pearland Parkway as the Private Pre-Kindergarten 1 teacher in October of that year. Since then, she has moved up as Administrative Assistant for that school and then as Area Curriculum Coordinator for the Primrose Schools under the franchise owners. During her time as an Area Curriculum Coordinator, she helped train teachers on how to implement the Primrose curriculum. Now as Operations Director, she travel the schools helping in all aspects of the building. Ms. Kirk loves the journey that she is still on with Early Childhood and hopes to be with Primrose for many more years to come.

Mrs. Sanderson began working for Primrose in August of 2012. She is a certified Texas teacher and holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of St. Thomas. She taught in both the Private Pre-Kindergarten and Private Kindergarten classrooms prior to moving into the position of Curriculum Coordinator. Mrs. Sanderson is passionate about the Primrose Balanced Learning approach as it encourages children to explore and learn on their own while providing that nurturing guidance that young children need. Her educational background, experience, and her passion is what makes her an effective role model to our teachers.

Now as the Director of Education, Mrs. Sanderson serves as the education coach for all new and current teachers. She leads by example and works closely with our teachers to ensure the highest of standards in our classrooms. In her free time, Mrs. Sanderson enjoys reading with her two sons and watching movies.

Ms. Vanessa is our school’s Business Administrator. She holds her industrial engineering degree and has joined our Primrose team having ten years of experience at her previous company. Ms. Vanessa is in charge of the day-to-day aspects of Primrose that go on behind the scenes. Her responsibilities include billing and taking care of our financial accounts, maintenance, and the daily operations that ensures our school is running smoothly. With Ms. Vanessa’s experience, commitment, and dedication, our school stands strong and is maintained inside and out to the utmost quality. Not only does she do this for our school, but also five more schools under our franchise owners in the greater Houston area. She holds quite the critical role here at Primrose! We are so lucky to have her.

Ms. Barbara is our Leadership Team Member! Read below to get to know a little bit about Ms. Barbara.

“I am originally from the beautiful island of Guahan, also known as Guam. I
grew up with women who are educators. That was when my passion for
working with young minds began. I’ve volunteered to help organizations
reach out to less fortunate families who want an education for their children
and college outreach to families who want an education for themselves. I
have worked with the Head Start program (low-income families), which
fosters readiness for school and other important factors.”

Mrs. Barbara joins our Primrose School of Pearland team having worked with family members at their childcare centers as an on-call floater, and since she comes from a family of educators, she has taken on the role of family event planner and activity manager! Her educational background and experience includes Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Primary Education, and Childcare Management, and she has worked with the Head Start program from 2021-2024.

Mrs. Barbara’s favorite thing about working with children is being able to guide children to explore and learn the world around them! It brings joy to her heart when a
student is excited to be in class and eager to share their knowledge with
those around them. In her personal time, Mrs. Barbara enjoys praying with her family, spending time doing outdoor activities with her children, planting / yard work, cooking meals and baking sweets with her children, arts and crafts, reading, volunteering, and family vacations!