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Advisory Board · Curriculum Development Team · Staff and Trainer Profile
Members of the Advisory Board provided assistance in the development of the curriculum and provision of local emergency preparedness information. Members also provided trainers and training sites for this project. They continue to support the project through review of evaluation materials.
Kate Anderson Simons is a Research Associate at Walter R. McDonald & Associates in Rockville, MD, and is currently working an evaluator for the Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK) initiative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She is also an Assessor for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). She has published articles and presented nationally and internationally on a number of topics in early care and education, accreditation, and school readiness. Ms. Simons received a B.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University. Donna Berger is currently employed by CCCRC – Chesapeake College as Program Coordinator. She has a BS in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood. She has taught as a continuing education instructor for Chesapeake College for the past seven years. (Child Care I & II, Infant and Toddler 45 hour course, Care to Read literacy, MMSR, Ounce, and Family Environmental Rating Scale accreditation classes). She has a directed federal, corporate, non-profit, centers and owned her own daycare facilities. Stacie Burch is the president and lead consultant for Stacie’s Early Childhood Education and Development Services (S.E.E.D.S) She has a M.A. in Human Development and Education from The George Washington University and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from Trinity College. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Anne Arundel Community College and The College of Southern Maryland. Mrs. Burch has worked with learners of all ages, birth through adult, in the field of education and childcare for over twenty years. Dr. H. Susie Coddington has over 30 years experience working with diverse populations helping to develop skills in personal and organizational management, supervision, communication, leadership, conflict and change management, team building, strategic planning, and action planning. She holds an MS in Applied Behavioral Science/Organization Development from Johns Hopkins University; a PhD in Child Development & Education from Texas Woman's University; and from West Virginia University an MS in Human Resources & Education and a BS in Home Economics Education. Kathy Edler has over 20 years experience in early education working as a trainer, director, senior staff, special needs professional and family child care provider. Kathy has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury State University and is pursing her Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management from University of Maryland University College. She is currently employed as an Assistant Director for Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center/ Chesapeake College. Kathy is an adjunct instructor for Chesapeake College and has presented at several professional conferences. Lesley Childs Fallon is an Educational Consultant and Trainer in Early Childhood Education and Child Care for the past 35 years. She has a BA in English with a minor in Education and Psychology and has trained and taught at several community colleges, corporate child care organizations, and Head Start. She is an accreditation specialist for Child Care Centers and for Family Home Child Care. She brings a wealth of knowledge for Homeland Security and Child Care from her work with Federal Child Care Centers. Lorraine Harley is a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator/Assistant Professor, with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. Ms. Harley holds a BS degree in Family and Community Development and a MS degree in Family Studies-focusing on Human Service Management. Ms. Harley has worked in the child care field for twenty years in the areas of-- child care management, research, program analysis, development of child care performance standards and policy, family services management and child care management consultancy. Currently Ms. Harley provides training and technical assistance in Southern Maryland; developing, implementing and evaluating child care, parenting, nutrition, food safety and quality of life programming.
Lynn Keckler, M.Ed., is the Assistant Director for Teacher Professional Development of Anne Arundel Community College’s TEACH Institute. Lynn also serves as education adjunct faculty for both Anne Arundel Community College and The College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Lynn has an extensive background in public education, special education and school administration. Jennifer Lentz has experience working for the military child development programs worldwide as a classroom teacher with children birth through school-age. She also has experience as a family childcare provider. In Alaska, She was a Head Start Education Coordinator. Currently, she is the training coordinator with Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center and is enrolled in the master's degree program at Pacific Oaks. Betty McLeod, PHD, has over 30 years experience in educational design and administration with ACF Head Start/Early Head Start programs; ten years as Project Manager for the Child Development Associate (CDA) national teacher credentialing program; and is an ECE comprehensive subject matter expert and faculty member for credit/non-credit college classes. Currently, she is the Program Director for Early Childhood Education Department for Montgomery College Workforce Development and Continuing Education. Dionne Purnell has a bachelor’s degree in Human Ecology from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She has over twelve years of experience working in the early childhood field, during which time she worked her way from a substitute, for child care centers to currently working as a Technical Specialist for the Chesapeake Child Care Resource Center. Mrs. Sharon L. Robertson has a B.S. in Elementary Education from Salisbury University and Advanced Professional Certification from MSDE. She is a retired educator from the Queen Anne's County Public Schools where she spent almost 20 years teaching 2nd grade along with experience as the Coordinator of the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Currently she is a trainer for CCCRC where she has also worked for Locate and Project Right Steps. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering as a Character Counts Coach. Carol Weisel started out in education as a music teacher who quickly saw that the future was with our youngest children. Being in child care as a teacher, director, NAEYC validator, consultant and trainer gave Carol a wonderfully well-rounded perspective on the needs facing the staff, families and children in child care. Carol has been training in child care settings for fourteen years and hopes that her experiences will assist staff to understand the urgency of Emergency Preparedness. Carol is currently the training coordinator for Project Security Blanket. ©2008 Project Security Blanket |
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