Specialization: Unified Early Childhood (EC) and EC Special Education Teacher Education

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, EC Education, The Pennsylvania State University, l989.

M.A. EC Education (Minor Special Education), Tennessee Technological University, l986.

B.Ph. Elementary Education, Grand Valley State Colleges, MI, l977.

Alternative Curriculum, incl.Women’s Studies / Black Studies, University of Pittsburgh, l973-75.

Ph.D. Instruction and Curriculum, Univ. of Florida, 2 committees

EdD, Instruction and Curriculum, Univ. of Florida, co-chair

EdS, Instruction and Curriculum, Univ. of Florida, 4 committees

EdS, Educational Leadership, Univ. of Florida, 1 committee

Habits of the Mind: Increasing Quality, Quantity, and Equity in Teacher Education Technology Preparation (resubmitting March, 2000) US Department of Education, PT3 Implementation Grant. $200,000. Hartle, L., Greene, Patrick.

CAMPUS Child Care Grant. Halverson, K. & McDonald, J. (Hartle, L. invited as a consultant to this grant.)

E ma ha kv V pe lo fv "Teaching Hammock" for Seminole Indians Grant. 1999- PRESENT, Stans, S. (Hartle, L., invited as a consultant to this grant.)

National Survey of Leadership, Policy, and Advocacy Issues in Early Childhood Teacher Education, April, 1999- PRESENT. Stegelin, D., Hartle, L., Kagan, S.L., funded in part by North Georgia College and University.

Characteristics of Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Teachers, a National study supported in part through the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators; additional support pending.1998 -PRESENT, McMullen, M.B., Hartle, L., Hyson, M., Fleege, P., Burts, D., Charlesworth, R., Rust, F.

Unified Training Program in Early Childhood and Special Education; US DOE, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services - Personnel Prep. grant, l992 - 97, Co-Principal Investigator with Correa, V.I. Special Ed., UF. $125,000 per yr.

Project Friends – A multi-age learning community supported by school/ university collaboration. Adams, D., Adams, T., Copenhaver, J., Fu, D., Harmon, C., Hartle, L., Lamme, L., Reneke, S. 1994 - 1997, COMPLETED as unfunded.

Technology Inservice and Preservice Initiatives (research and grant writing), UF Department of Sponsored Research, Grad Research Asst. Prog., January l996- August l996, Co-Principal Investigator with Lamme, L., $5,300.

Research and Development of a Preservice Teacher Portfolio Assessment Plan: Processing Beyond Implicit Beliefs and Constructing Knowledge of Inclusive Education, Research Development Award, UF Dept.Sponsored Research, May l994- 95, $16,000.

Early Childhood Teacher Education Specialization Focused through Portfolio Assessment, Dept. of I&C Research Initiation Dev. Program, UF, $325.00.

Authentic Assessment: Research and Development of a Constructivist Assessment Plan for PROTEACH Early Childhood and Elementary Teacher Education , UF Department of Sponsored Research, Grad Research Asst. Program, Fall l993, $2,400

Assessment of Unified Training Program in Early Child./Special Ed, UF Department of Sponsored Research, Grad Research Asst. Program, Fall l992 - Spring l993, $5,300.

Developmentally Appropriate curriculum and assessment for heterogeneous populations of preschool and kindergarten children and their families., UF New Faculty Development Grant, Fall l991, $4,800.

New Faculty Orientation and Career Development Project, East Stroudsburg University, l990-l99l, $4,000.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Child Care Institute , Funded by the Pennsylvania Academy for the Profession of Teaching, Commissioned by "Governor Robert P. Casey's Advisory Council for Young Children", l990-l991, $4,000.

Graduate Student Alumni Research Award for completion of dissertations, College of Education at The Pennsylvania State University, 1988, $1,800.

Remedial Reading and Elementary Reading Proficiencies and Remedial Reading Middle School Reading Proficiencies Staff Development Goals 2000 Grant Evaluation. Hewitt-Gervais, C, Hartle, L. (Feb - May 2000) , for Florida State Department of Education, Dr. Kit Solli, Collier County, Principle Investigator.

The 5 STAR Project, Hartle, L., Hewitt-Gervais, C. (1997 & 1998) for Florida Department of Education's call for Pilot Staff Development Projects for Goal 1 (Readiness to Start School) of Florida's School Improvement Initiative, Karas, L., Lee County, Principle Investigator.

Florida Academy for Excellence in Teaching (FAET), DeHart, P.; Hartle, L; Hayes, L. F.; Maxson, M.; Taylor, A. D.; Webb, R. B. (l994) (FAET Evaluation Project No. 102-6). Gainesville, FL: Univ. of Florida, Research and Development Center for School Improvement.

Mayberry, S. & Hartle, L. (Completed, under contract, 2000 publication) FAQ for Teachers. Carson-Delosa.

Hartle, L., Hyun, E., Vasquez-Montilla, E. (in construction phases, publication Feb. 2001) Early Childhood Care and Education: An Introduction to Life-long Professional Development. McGraw-Hill.

Kemple, K. M., & Hartle, L. (1998-99). In Paciorek, K.M & Munro, J.H. (Eds.) Annual Editions: Early Childhood Education 98/99. Getting along: How teachers can support children’s peer relationships.

Correa, V., Hartle, L., Jones, H., Kemple, K., Rapport, M.J., & Smith-Bonahue, T. (1997). The Unified PROTEACH early childhood program at the University of Florida. In L. Blanton, C. Griffin, J. Winn, & M. Pugach, (Eds.) Teacher education in transition: Collaborative practices in general and special education. Denver, CO: Love Publishing.

Hartle, L., & Johnson, J. E., (l993). Historical and contemporary influences of outdoor play environments. In C. Hart, (Ed.), Children on Playgrounds: Research Perspectives and Applications, pp. 14 - 42. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

DeHart, P., & Hartle, L. (1993). The effective use of portfolio assessment within preservice teacher education: The University of Florida's Elementary PROTEACH Program. in Selected Papers from the 1993 Spring Breivogel Conference at the University of Florida on Alternative/Portfolio Assessment, 25(1),133-145.

Fu, D. Lamme, L., Copenhaver, J., Hartle, L., Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S. (in press). A comfortable start for everyone: The first week of school in Three Multiage Classes. Early Childhood Education Journal.

Bevins, S., Greene, M.S., Guth, L, Hartle, L., Houck, L., Olliff, C.B. (1998-99). Living on the Edge of Chaos and Possibility: Faculty Transitions in Establishing a New Institution. National Forum, 15(2), 33-40.

Rust, F., Hartle, L., et. al. participant. (1997). Outcome Based Teacher Education: Research Network with members of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 18(1), 88-91.

Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S., Adams, T., Hartle, L., Lamme, L. (Summer, 1997). Project friends: A multiage learning community supported by school/ university collaboration. Early Childhood Education Journal.

Kemple, K. M., & Hartle, L. (Spring, 1997). Getting along: How teachers can support children’s peer relationships. Early Childhood Education Journal.

Hartle, L. (1996). Effects of additional materials on preschool children’s outdoor play behaviors. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 11(1), 68-81.

Hartle, L. C., Jones, H. A., Kemple, K. M., Rapport, M. J., & Correa, V. I. (1997). Systems change in the process of unifying teacher education. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 18(1), 75-89.

Lamme, L., & Hartle, L. (1996). Curricular contexts: Identifying prosocial behaviors among children in multiage grouping. Dimensions of Early Childhood, 25(2),

Babcock, F., Hartle, L., Lamme, L. (1995) Prosocial behaviors of five-year-old children in sixteen learning/activity centers. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 9(2), 113-127.

Ross, D. D, Bondy, E., Hartle, L., Lamme, L. L., Webb, R. B. (1995). Suggested guidelines for portfolio preparation: Implications of an analysis of teaching portfolios at the University of Florida. Innovations in Higher Education,20(1), 45-62.

Kemple, K. M. , Hartle, L., Fox, L., Correa, V. I. (1994). Preparing teachers for inclusive education: The development of a unified teacher education program in early childhood and early childhood special education . Teacher Education and Special Education, 17(1), 38-51.

Hartle, L., Campbell, J., Becker, A., Harman, S., Kagel, S., and Tiballi, B. (l994). Outdoor play: A window on social-cognitive development. Dimensions of Early Childhood Education, 23(1), 21-25.

Hartle, L. (l990). Book Review in Play and Culture,3, l68-l69: Play as a Medium for Learning and Development: A Handbook for Theory and Practice. Doris Bergen, Editor.

Comas, J., Hartle, L., Gregory, J., Johnson, S. (under review). Cultural diversity: A survey of elementary education preservice teachers’ perspectives on climate, program of study, and field experiences.

Greene, M., Hartle, L., Houck, L., Lazarus, B., Olliff, C., Spillman, C. (under review) Out there we were: A Story of PDS Development.

Hartle, L., Jones, H.A., Greene, M. (under review). Team teaching: Professors unifying early childhood and early childhood special education.

Hartle, L, McCullers, J., Pataniczek, D. (under review). Taking the first step: Toward a successful partnership at a new university

Hartle, L. & Maxson, M. (under review). Discovering Meaning: Examining the development of preservice teachers' thinking about teaching and children.

Maxson, M.; Hartle, L; DeHart, P.; Hayes, L. F.; Webb, R. B. (under review). The Florida academies for excellence in teaching: A Story of change in high readiness schools.

Publications in Preparation

Hartle, L. & Hewitt-Gervais, C. (in preparation). When worlds collide: The use of multiple methods and cross paradigms in evaluation.

Greene, M., Hartle, L., Houck, L., Lazarus, B., Olliff, C., Spillman, C. (in preparation). Professional development school partnerships: Lessons learned.

Hartle, L., Adams, T., Lamme, L., Lorenzini, M., Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S. (in preparation). Classroom management in multi-age classrooms through empowerment.

Hartle, L., Correa, V., Jones, H., Kemple, K., Sindelar, R. (in preparation). The first cohort of Unified early childhood educators: Their voices.

Babcock, F. Hartle, L., Lamme, L. (under revision). Prosocial behaviors of five-year-old children in three different curricular contexts.

Hartle, L. (in preparation). Technology to support changes in early childhood teacher education programs.

Hartle, L. & Halsall, S. (under revision) Taking a mentoring approach: Connecting early childhood teacher education programs.

Hartle, L. & Hewitt-Gervais, C. (1999). The 5 "STAR" Project, Summative Report 1998. Lee County Schools, fiscal agent & State of Florida, Goals 2000.

Hartle, L. & Hewitt-Gervais, C. (1998). The 5 "STAR" Project, Summative Report 1997. Lee County Schools, fiscal agent & State of Florida, Goals 2000.

Hartle, L., et. al. (1995). Study guide for Florida age 3 to grade 3 teacher certification exam. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Education.

Hartle, L. (l995). System changes in Florida: "Unified" early childhood certification, one accomplishment. The Ohio Early Childhood Special Education: Higher Education Consortium, Summer Institute 1995 Proceedings.

Hartle, L. (1994-95 & 1995-96) Field Supervisor’s Graduate Intern Evaluation. In Department of Instruction and Curriculum, UF Graduate Internship Packet.

Hartle, L. (1994-95 & 1995-96) Portfolio Development For Teachers. In Department of Instruction and Curriculum, UF Graduate Internship Packet.

Ross, D.D., Bondy, E., Hartle, L., Lamme, L.L., & Webb, R.B. (1994). A study of portfolios for the Teaching Improvement Program. Submitted to the faculty at the Univ. of Florida.

DeHart, P.; Hartle, L; Hayes, L. F.; Maxson, M.; Taylor, A. D.; Webb, R. B. (l994) Florida academy for excellence in teaching: A story of collaboration and change. (FAET Evaluation Project No. 102-6). Gainesville, FL: Univ. of Florida, Research and Development Center for School Improvement.

Hartle, L. (1991). Community Profile of Services Available for Young Children in Monroe County, PA. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Academy for the Profession of Teaching.

Hartle, L., Byrnes, L., Vázquez-Montilla, E., Lazarus, B., Christensen, L., Mumme, R., Olliff, C., Spillman, C., Pataniczek, D., Dimidjian, V., Wachholz, P. (submitted for March, 2000). Integration and Integrity: Early Childhood, Elementary, Special Education and Secondary Teacher Education Reformations' at Florida Gulf Coast University. For Presentation at the Florida Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.

Vázquez-Montilla, E., Hartle, L, Olliff, C., Lott, C., Spillman, C., Pataniczek, D. (March 1999). A Wake Up Call for Teacher Educators: Sharing the ESOL Vision across Programs. Presented at the Florida Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Copenhaver, J., Lamme, L., Fu, D., Hartle, L., Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S. (January, 1999). Teaming: Making collaboration work. Presented at the Annual Conference on Qualitative Research In Education, Athens, GA.

Dimidjian, V., Hartle, L., Hyun, E., Halverson, K., Karas, L., Wilson, M., Burns-Hoffman, B., Pataniczek, D., McCullers, J. (June, 1998). Building partnerships between university, public education and the child caring community in one region of Florida. Presented at the NAEYC Institute for Professional Development, Bal Harbour, FL.

Fu, D. Lamme, L., Copenhaver, J., Hartle, L., Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S. (April, 1998). Building Community: Examining the Start of the Third School Year in Three Multiage Classes. Presented at the Annual International Conference and Exhibition, Association for Childhood Education International, Tampa, FL.

Jones, H.A., & Hartle, L. (December 1996). Team teaching in higher education: Supporting unification of early childhood and early childhood special education. Presented at the annual conferences of the Division of Early Childhood, Council of Exceptional Children, Phoenix, AR.

Hartle, L., Lamme, L., Copenhaver, J., Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S. (November, 1996). Management in Three Multiage Classes. Presented at the annual conference of the Florida Educational Research Association, Gainesville, FL.

Carr, M., Dorsey, A., Egertson, H., Fields, M., Hartle, L., Morrison, G. (November 1996). Requiring early childhood preparation for teaching in the primary grades: Can it be done? Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Dallas, TX.

Hartle, L., Adams, T., Lamme, L., Lorenzini, M., Adams, D., Harmon, C., Reneke, S. (April l996). Management in multi-age classrooms through empowerment. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Maxson, M., & Hartle, L.(April 1996). Discovering meaning: Preservice teachers examine their beliefs about teaching and children. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Morrison, G. & Hartle, L. (April 1996). Early Childhood Education: Will We Be Ready for the Year 2000? Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Jones, H., Rapport, M.J, Correa, V.I., Hartle, L. (November 1995). Infusing Diversity into an Unified Early Childhood Teacher Education Program. Presented at the annual conference of the Division of Early Childhood, Council of Exceptional Children, Orlando, FL.

Hartle, L., Jones, H., Kemple, K (November 1995). Diversity Infused into an Unified Early Childhood Teacher Education Program. Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Washington, DC.

Hartle, L. (July 1995). System changes in Florida: "Unified" early childhood certification, one accomplishment. Invited presentation at The Ohio Early Childhood Special Education: Higher Education Consortium, Summer Institute, Columbus, OH.

O'Brien, L.M., & Hartle, L. (June l995). Alternative Models of Professional Development: Problems and Possibilities. Presented at the annual preconference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, San Francisco, CA.

Hartle, L.(Chairperson), Pellegrini, A. D., Blatchford, P.(Organizer), Boulton, M., Hart, C. H., & Johnson, J. E. (Discussant). (April l995). Influences on recess behavior. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ross, D. D., Bondy, E., Hartle, L., Lamme, L., Webb, R. (April l995). Guidelines and analysis of university teaching portfolios. Influences on recess behavior. Presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hartle, L. (March 1995). Playing at sciencing. Authentic play-based assessment (and annotated bibliography). Invited presentations at the annual Arizona Early Childhood conference, Tempe, AZ.

DeHart, P.; Hartle, L.; Maxson, M.; Webb, R. (February 1995). The Florida Academies for Excellence in Teaching: A Story of Collaboration and Change. Presentation at the annual conference of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, Washington, DC.

Hartle, L.; Hand, B.; Celoria, H. (Unified Students) (November l994). Voices of Unified Students. Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Atlanta, GA.

Hartle, L. (June l994). Teacher beliefs in EC preservice teachers. Presented at the annual preconference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, Chicago, IL.

Hartle, L.; Kemple, K.; Correa, V. (November l993). Coming together: The ups and downs of developing a unified teacher education program in early childhood and early childhood special education. Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Anaheim, CA.

Hartle, L. (November l993). Portfolio assessment use to guide early childhood teacher education program of study at the University of Florida. Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Anaheim, CA.

Hartle, L., Correa, V., Fox, L., Kemple, K. (November l993). Unified early childhood and early childhood special education teacher education: Triumphs and pitfalls. Presented at the annual conference of the Division of Early Childhood, Council of Exceptional Children, San Diego, CA.

Sindelar, P.; Correa, V.I.; Hartle, L.; Kilgore, K.; Griffin, C. (February 1993). Collaborative teacher education at the University of Florida. Presentation at the annual conference of the Teacher Education Division of Special Education/Department of Education State of Florida, Orlando, FL.

Hartle, L. (November l992). University of Florida PROTEACH preservice teachers: Empowering young children for learning using developmentally appropriate practices. Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators, New Orleans, LA.

Hartle, L. & Burgess, D. Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten Roundtable. Bright Beginnings, Bright Futures: Partnerships for Children Summit, Ft. Myers, February 5, 2000.

Hartle, L.& Hanson, D. Continuous progress: An elementary school and University move to exciting new success for children. Presented at the Florida Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Teaching and Learning in the New Millennium Conference, Ft. Myers, October 15, 1999.

Hartle, L.& Greene, M. Strategies for including young children with disabilities.. Presented at the Florida Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Teaching and Learning in the New Millennium Conference, Ft. Myers, October 15, 1999.

Hartle, L. Job Alike: College and University Professors; Adult Trainers. Presented at the Early Childhood Association of Florida Conference, Orlando, October 2, 1999.

Hartle, L Best Practices. Presentation to help kick-off the continuous progress reform at Tanglewoods Elementary, Ft. Myers, FL. August 11, 1999

Hartle, L. & Greene, M. (May, 1999) Adapting lessons for young children with special needs. Presented at the Circles of Care Conference, Ft. Myers, FL.

Florida Academies for Excellence in Teaching Program Summer Institutes, Presentation to Tropic Isles – Strategic Literacy Development Across the Curriculum: Guided Reading, August 20, 1998.

Lee / Hendry County Staff Development 1998 Summer Institute workshop: Implementing the Sunshine State Standards Within Developmentally Appropriate Integrated Curriculum. Dimidjian, V, Hartle, L., Hyun, E., June 15, 1998.

Hartle, L. (May 9, 1998). Science and Math, Everyday! Presented at the Circles of Care Conference, Ft. Myers, FL.

Hartle, L. (May 5, 1998). Responsible Parenting. Presented at the Collier County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Initiative Conference, Naples, FL.

Hartle, L. & Bender, L. (February 13, 1998). A Space of My Own, A Place to Concentrate and Create: Physical and Social Environments. Presented at the Lee Pre-Kindergarten/ Early Intervention Inservice, Ft. Myers, FL.

Hartle, L. (May 2, 1997). Make your Playground More Interesting than TV. Presented at the Circles of Care Conference, Ft. Myers, FL.

Hartle, L. (March 22, 1997). Sun Coast Young Authors, Parent workshop, Reinforcing Fundamental Skills in Young Children, Ft. Myers, FL.

Hartle, L. (February 3, 1997). Helping children develop language useful for conflict resolution. Presented at the Lee Pre-Kindergarten/ Early Intervention Inservice, Ft. Myers, FL.

Hartle, L. (November, 1995). Portfolio Assessment for Teachers and Teacher Educators. Invited presentation for the Florida Network at UF, Gainesville, FL.

Hartle, L. & Jones, H. (April, 1995). Preparing Teachers for a New Era in Early Childhood Education. Invited presentation for the Florida Foundations of Education and Policy Studies Society, Gainesville, FL.

Hartle, L. (February, l995). Playing at Sciencing. Presentation at the annual conference for Early Childhood Excellence in Education, Gainesville, FL.

Hartle, L. (February AND October, l995). Portfolio Assessment for Preservice Teachers. Presented at the semi-annual conferences of the Florida chapter of National Education Association, Gainesville, FL.

DeHart, P. & Hartle, L. (March 1993). The effective use of portfolio assessment within preservice teacher education: The University of Florida's Elementary PROTEACH Program. Presentation at the annual Brievogel Conference, Gainesville,FL.

Hartle, L. (May l992). Make Your Playground More Interesting Than TV. Presented at the annual Early Childhood Conference of Leon County, Tallahassee, FL.

Hartle, L. (February l992). Make Your Playground More Interesting Than TV. Presentation at the annual conference for Early Childhood Excellence in Education, Gainesville, FL.

Hartle, L. (Fall 1992, Spring 1993, Fall 1993). Portfolio Assessment. Presentation at the FL Council for Elementary Education, Orlando, FL.

Hartle, L. (April 1990). Playing at Sciencing. Organized symposium: The uses and abuses of play in the elementary education curriculum: Science, math, language arts, and social studies. With James F. Christie, James E. Johnson, and Georgiana Cornelius. Presentation at the annual conference for The Association for the Study of Play, Phoenix, AZ.

Hartle, L. (February 1989). Blocks on the playground. Presentation at the annual conference for The Association for the Study of Play, Philadelphia, PA.

Hartle, L. (October 1987). Sciencing and Young Children. Presentation at the annual conference for the Pennsylvania Association of Child Care Agencies, Downington, PA.

Conference Organizer, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 1999.

Conference organizer for the pre-conference by the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, Cincinnati, OH, June 1999.

Community Advisory Team for Early Childhood Program Development at Florida Gulf Coast University, focus group meeting, December, 1998

Conference Organizer, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, November 1998.

Conference organizer for the preconference by the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, Bal Harbour, FL, June 1998.

Spring Conference with Charleen Olliff, Invited USF-Ft. Myers graduates. April, 1998

Exhibits Chairperson, 1998 Association for Childhood Education International, Tampa, FL, April 1998.

Conference Organizer, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, November 1997.

Conference organizer for the preconference by the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, Seattle, WA, June 1997.

Conference Organizer, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, November 1996.

Conference Organizer for the preconference by the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, Minneapolis, MN, June 1996.

Round Table Chair, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators annual conference, Washington, DC, November 1995.

Seminar Chair for the preconference by the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators for the NAEYC's National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, San Francisco, CA, June 1995.

Round Table Chair, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators annual conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1994.

Group Leader, PROTEACH Revisited Conferences, UF, Gainesville, FL, February 1992, 1993, 1994.

Conference, co-organizer for the culminating conference of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Child Care Institute, Lillian Katz- keynote speaker, East Stroudsburg, PA, October 1991.

Forum, organizer for "How Is This Community Caring For Its Young Children: Profile Highlights of Monroe County, PA and Future Goals for Community Action," key note addresses by Susan Arisman, Executive Director of the PA Academy for the Profession of Teaching and Beth Beh, Advisor to the Governor on Child Care Policy, May 1991.

Family Resource Policy Board, FGCU, Spring 2000 - PRESENT.

Special Education Search Committee, FGCU, Spring 2000.

Co-chair 1999 - PRESENT

College of Education, FGCU Curriculum Redesign Team, 1998 - PRESENT.

Faculty Affairs Committee, FGCU Elected Aug. 1998 - PRESENT

UF, P.K. Yonge Laboratory School At-Risk Project, participation in task force, 1996.

Interviewed for publication by:

• American Educational Research Association: Div. K and Early Child. SIG.
• Association for Childhood Education International.
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Florida Association for Children Under Six.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children.
• National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
• North Central Florida Association for Children Under Six.
• Phi Delta Kappa.
• Southern Early Childhood Association.

Completing Data Base Management, 3 credit Graduate course, Spring 2000.

Completed Microsoft Visual Basic Studio 6 , 3 credit Graduate course, Fall 1999.

Completed Introduction to Management Information Systems, 3 credit Graduate course, Fall 1999.

Participated in Head Start, Leadership for the New Millennium: Addressing Florida’s Need for Training Early Childhood Personnel, Tampa, FL, July 19, 1999.

Participated in The Florida Professional Development School Colloquium, St. Petersburg, FL, June 19, 1999.

Participated in Comprehensive System for Personnel Development (CSPD) conference, Linking Professional Standards to Student Outcomes: Building for Success, May, 27-28,1999

Participation in the US Department of Education workshop for grant development, TeachTech Grant, April, 1999.

Participation in Florida Educational Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, March 18 - 20, 1999

Participated in Making Connections: Teaching Cases Conference, The National Clearinghouse for Special Education Teaching Cases (Federal Special Project #H29k6002), the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, January 23, 1999.

Participated in Florida Gulf Coast University's Fourth Annual Distance Learning Conference, Naples Beach Hotel, December 13-15,1998.

Participated in Claris Webpage development workshop, December, 1998

Participated in Professional Development School (PDS)Conceptualizing- Brown Bag 2/23/98, Planning meeting 3/27/98, Retreat 5/22/98

Participated in Comprehensive System for Personnel Development (CSPD) conference, Working Together: Florida’s Plan for Improving Student Outcomes, May 20-22, 1998

Participated in College of Professional Studies Publishing Workshop, April 24, 1998

Participated in University of Tennessee, Inclusive Early Childhood Teacher Education Conference, April 8-10, 1998

Participated in the Child Care of South West Florida Business Mentor Breakfast , 3/11/98

Participated in Brain Research Seminar sponsored by FDLRS, December 2 –3, 1997

Participated in School Renewal Seminar, FL Department of Education, Miami, FL, Oct. 6-7, 1997

Participated in Curriculum Frameworks Seminars, Lee County, March 24 & September 9, 1997

Participated in School-to-Work Retreat, Alva, FL Sept. 1997

Completed podium training, August 20, 1997

Participated in Clewiston Retreat, College of Professional Studies, August 17-19, 1997

Completed Reading Renaissance workshop, Lee County School District, August 11, 12, 13, 1997

Participated in Video workshop, April 19, 1997.

Completed Web Course Development Workshop, Florida Gulf Coast University, April 1997

Completed Facilitative Leadership Training, Florida Gulf Coast University, 3-days April 1997

Participated in Technology in Higher Education, Gainesville, FL, October 1996

Participated in At-Risk Institute of USF: Violence in the Lives of Children, September 1996

Participation at FETC workshop, Orlando, FL, February, 1996.

Completed Powerpoint workshop, Faculty Development at UF, February, 1996.

Participation in HTML workshop, Faculty Development at UF, January/February, 1996.

Attendance and introduce speakers at one session, Meeting the Challenge Conference, UF, March 1995.

Participation in Citizen of the 21st Century Community Task Force, TREEO center, Gainesville, FL, Fall 94.

Attend & brought students, Florida Children's Campaign Regional Advocacy Training Seminar, Jacksonville, FL, July 1992.