PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Karen L. List, Ph.D.
Dr. List has been an advocate for early childhood education for many years. Under her leadership as superintendent of the West Hartford Schools, the district opened preschools in magnet schools in neighborhoods with high poverty rates and the community’s lowest percentage of children participating in early education. The West Hartford program has grown to 4 public, neighborhood school-based, full-day preschools. In 2016, a new West Hartford magnet school building opened with 5 preschool classes for 3- and 4-year-olds. Dr. List retired as West Hartford School Superintendent in 2014.
INSTRUCTORS
Kerry Jones
Maureen Lantner
Noam Sturm
EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL
Elizabeth Aschenbrenner
Project Coordinator, Executive Function and Purposeful Play, P-Grade 3 Leadership Team, Connecticut
Claire E. Cameron, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Learning & Instruction, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Craig A. Cooke, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Madison, Connecticut
Kristie Kauerz, Ed.D.
Director of the National P-3 Center, Associate Clinical Professor at University of Colorado – Denver, and Affiliate Professor at University of Washington’s College of Education
Sharon Ritchie, Ed. D.
Senior Scientist and Principal investigator First School initiative, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lisa Roy, Ed.D.
Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Wendy Simmons, Ph.D.
State Services Liaison with the Build Initiative
Shauna Tominey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Practice & Parenting Education Specialist, Oregon State University
Steve Tozer, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois - Chicago
Joseph F. Yukish, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor, College of Education, Clemson University, South Carolina; Early Literacy Consultant specializing in K-2 reading
CORE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Andrea Brinnel, Ed.D., Education Consultant, 619 Part B Coordinator, Connecticut State Department of Education
Casey Cobb, Ph.D., Neag Endowed Professor of Educational Policy, Neag School of Education, UConn
Harriet Feldlaufer, Division Director, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
Richard Gonzales, Ph.D., Director of Educational Leadership Preparation Programs, Neag School of Education, UConn
Rosie Vojtek, Ph.D., Elementary Assistant Executive Director at Connecticut Association of Schools