Jackie Johnson joined the MCCV team in 2018. Before that, she taught for 27 years in international schools in England, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Zambia, and before that, she taught for 2 years in Arroyo Grande. She has experience in a variety of positions including elementary classroom, elementary and middle school English as a Second Language, and a variety of middle school subjects including language arts, social studies/history, drama, and study skills. Middle school, particularly 6th grade, is her favorite as she enjoys helping students transition from elementary to middle school. 

Jackie grew up in California’s Central Valley, and she attended Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, receiving a liberal arts degree as well as multiple subject and social studies teaching credentials. In addition, she holds a Master’s and a teaching credential in English as a Second Language from The College of New Jersey, and another Master’s in Multidisciplinary Studies from the State University of New York, Buffalo. 

 Jackie enjoys traveling, bicycle touring, reading, and playing with her dog, Bud.  She also is passionate about exploring ways to live a more sustainable life.

Mike Watt was born and raised in Michigan and moved to northern California in 1979, living most of that time in Petaluma and he is a father of two daughters. After a variety of wonderful jobs, he went to the JC and then Sonoma State to get his teaching credential, and started teaching in 2005. Presently, he teaches middle school at Cherry Valley. He is heavily involved in the community including LumaCon, Mentor Me, Rebuilding Petaluma, and Meals on Wheels. Mr. Watt's interests include art, creating, building, hiking, science, family, and friends.

Rob Ruddell joined the MCCV Middle School team in 2016 but has been teaching at Mary Collins School since 2001 after teaching in Fairfield for 6 years.  He enjoys teaching language arts, history, math and a drawing elective. Rob grew up in Berkeley and graduated from Sonoma State University where he also received his multiple subject teaching credential.  In his career, Rob has had the opportunity to teach all grades, Kindergarten through 8th grade, other than the elusive 3rd grade. Rob is an avid fan of all forms of illustration, a love of which began when he started collecting comic books as a child (a hobby he continues to this day).  He has two beautiful children who attended MCCV from Kindergarten through 8th grade and is extremely proud of the education they received here. Rob truly enjoys the complex work that his middle school students can take on but the true joy comes from the relationships he forms with the middle school students.  As full of moxie as middle schoolers can be, they just want someone in their corner, to make the classroom a safe space and he is proud to help provide this space for them.