MaryEllen. Tavernier is the current resource coordinator/teacher. She started teaching second grade at St. Joseph Catholic School in August of 1994. She taught grades 1, 5 and 6 at St. Patrick’s School in Tampa, and grades 6 and 5 at St. Martin of Tours in Philadelphia. She worked as a substitute teacher and a Title I teacher for Manatee County Public Schools. Ms. Tavernier has a BA in Elementary Education from University of South Florida, and an MS in Varying Exceptionalities (Grade K-12) from Barry University. She has a Florida teaching certificate in both Elementary Education and Varying Exceptionalities.
Ms. Tavernier has been the sacramental preparation catechist at St. Joseph Parish since 1990. In 1991 she trained to become a Eucharistic Minister at St. Joseph Parish. She has helped in the RCIA program, the Children’s Memorial Garden, and the We Miss You program at St. Joseph parish.