Experience

Greenfield Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sr. Special Programs Coordinator

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Career Pathways GrantGCC Education Department

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Sep 2020 - Jul 2021

• Professional Tutor

  • May 2019 - Sep 2020



The Council for Professional Recognition

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Professional Development Specialist

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2021



Developmental Services Center

• Germany
• Airlines and Aviation

• Program Director

  • Aug 2005 - May 2018

  • Directed all clinical and financial components of comprehensive, community-based early intervention/early childhood program for children prenatal to age five and their families• Hired, trained and supervised interdisciplinary staff including occupational, developmental, speech and physical therapists, at-risk home visitors, infant mental health consultant and child care consultant• Served as Cultural Diversity Coordinator for the organization• Served as Chairperson for local early childhood collective impact groups• Key accomplishments:o Integrated Caregiver Connections and Parent Wonders programs, introducing additional clinical services and funding to the organizationo Collaborated with regional hospital to introduce Newborn Encounters to post-natal familieso Secured multiple local and state grants



University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Child Development Lab

• Assistant To The Director

  • Jan 2002 - Aug 2005

  • Designed and implemented school-wide philosophy and standards according to NAEYC guidelines• Coordinated student interns• Facilitated child enrollment, faculty research and community outreach• Supervised teaching staff • Designed and implemented school-wide philosophy and standards according to NAEYC guidelines• Coordinated student interns• Facilitated child enrollment, faculty research and community outreach• Supervised teaching staff



University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator of Reviewers at CLAS Early Childhood Research Institute

  • Feb 2000 - May 2002

  • Organized annual Field Reviewer meetings and served as Associate Editor• Coordinated production of CLAS Technical Reports• 3-year grant• Review educational materials, send to experts across country, review and edit reviews of materials through culturally linguistically appropriate lens, consolidate into report • Organized annual Field Reviewer meetings and served as Associate Editor• Coordinated production of CLAS Technical Reports• 3-year grant• Review educational materials, send to experts across country, review and edit reviews of materials through culturally linguistically appropriate lens, consolidate into report



University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Special Education

• Project Coordinator

  • Aug 1991 - May 2000

  • Project TRIAD, 1996 – 2000 Developed and evaluated training curriculum: “PIWI: A Relationship-Based Approach to Early Intervention”• Coordinated federal training grants, 1993 – 1995 “Training Early Intervention Specialists” “Personnel for Integrated Early Childhood Environments”• PIWI (Parents Interacting with Infants) Program, 1991 – 1995 Designed training activities and supervised graduate studentsHIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE• Special Education 365: Intervention Issues and Practices with Young Children with Disabilities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994-1996)• Special Education 438: Interdisciplinary Team Approaches to Planning and Intervention for Children with Special Needs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994-1996)• Special Education 385: Development of Children Birth to Six Years (1995)• Human Development and Family Studies 388E: Special Topics in Human Development and Family Studies (1994-1995)