Fran Zimmerman – Fran has been teaching for eighteen years in Beth Emet’s Early Childhood Program.  In addition to serving as acting co-director of the program, she is a teacher in a Madregot class.  Fran received her Bachelors in Religious Studies from Indiana University and is a graduate of the Baltimore Institute for Jewish Communal Service where she received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Jewish Studies from Baltimore Hebrew College.  She has a Certificate of Advanced Study in Early Childhood Education from National-Louis University.