Cheryl Whatley has been the Director of Education for the Religious School since 1998.  Prior to that she taught for eight years in the Spielberg Early Childhood Center and served on the Religious School Board.   Cheryl received a M.A. Degree in Education from Washington University in St. Louis.   She is a member of the National Association of Temple Educators and currently serves as a chairperson of the St. Louis Jewish Educators Council and chairperson of the Education Committee of the Board of the new St. Louis Reform Jewish Academy.