Professional Development Work Group
Arizona Early Childhood Career and Professional Development Network Strategic Plans:
Building Arizona’s Professional Development System: System Framework and Two-Year Strategic Plan (January, 2013)
Arizona Early Childhood Career and Professional Development Network: Two-Year Strategic Plan (April, 2015)
BUILD Arizona Professional Development Workgroup:
During 2013-2015, the BUILD Arizona Professional Development Workgroup (PDWG), staffed by First Things First, implemented the initiatives outlined in the Building Arizona’s Professional Development System: System Framework and Two-Year Strategic Plan (January, 2013), laying the foundation for Arizona’s Early Childhood Career and Professional Development Network. During 2015-2017, the PDWG will continue to strengthen and support this statewide professional development system by supporting the implementation of the initiatives outlined in the Arizona Early Childhood Career and Professional Development Network: Two-Year Strategic Plan (April, 2015).
Work Group Members
- Diana Abel
Director of Early Childhood Education and Human Development Undergraduate Studies
Rio Salado College - Maureen Casey
Arizona Early Intervention Program
Arizona Department of Economic Security - Amy Corriveau
Deputy Associate Superintendent
Arizona Department of Education - Dawn Craft
President
Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children - Marilee Dal Pra
Vice President of Programs
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust - Kate Dobler-Allen
FTF Staff, Regional Director
Navajo/Apache Regional Partnership Council - Terry Doolan
Director, Early Childhood Education
Arizona Department of Education - Maureen Duane
Senior Program Coordinator for Family and Child Care Resources
Arizona State University - James Emch
President
Arizona Child Care Association - Claude Endfield
Program Chair/Faculty, Early Childhood Development
Northland Pioneer College - Diane Fellows
Vice President, Early Care and Education Programs
Child & Family Resources, Inc. - Cheryl Foster
Past-President
Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children - Dawn Henry
Program Manager
Association for Supportive Child Care - Susan Jacobs
Executive Director
Association for Supportive Child Care - Mary Jamsa
Program Manager
Southwest Human Development - Naomi Karp
Director of Early Childhood Professional Development
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona - Laura Landis
Early Childhood Education Specialist Center Manager
Arizona State Training and Technical Assistance Center - Erin Raden
Executive Director
Arizona Child Care Association
- Sibieanne Martinez
Director of Programs
Community Extentions Programs & Family Child Care Advocate - Melissa Busby
Director of Early Care and Education
Central Arizona College - Barb Milner
Trainer/ECE Consultant
Arizona Infant Toddler Institute - JoAnn Morales
Early Childhood Instructor
Eastern Arizona College - Martha Muñoz, Ph.D.
Early Childhood Faculty
Northern Arizona University
President, AzAEYC - Karen Ortiz, Ph.D.
Vice President and Program Director of Early Childhood Education
Helios Education Foundation - Pamela Powell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Northern Arizona University - Jakob Raskob
Program Development Manager,
Child Care Administration
Arizona Department of Economic Security - Nicol Russell
Professional Development Specialist
Arizona Department of Education - Jeanette Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Consultant
Jeanette Shea & Associates, L.L.C. - Christine Shrader
Quality First Senior Director of Coaching and Incentives
Southwest Human Development - Alan Taylor
Director of Training
Southwest Human Development - Brenda Tomlin
Senior Program Manager
Quality First Academy
Southwest Human Development - Helen Unangst
Child Care Licensing Surveyor,
Bureau of Child Care Licensing
Arizona Department of Health Services - Dana Vela
President
Sunrise Preschools - Judy Watkinson
Yuma Regional Partnership Council
Professor of Early Childhood Education
Arizona Western College - Jonathan Gonzales
Director
Arizona Head Start Association - Brad Willis
Child Care Administrator
Arizona Department of Economic Security