Early Childhood Education Electronic Version: Becoming a Professional

About Alicia Valero-KerrickAna G. Garcia-NevarezKimberly A. Gordon BiddleWanda J. Roundtree Henderson

Dr. Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle has a double BA in psychology and music from the University of Redlands. She also has an EdS in program evaluation and a PhD in child and adolescent development from the Stanford University School of Education. She taught in various preschools as an assistant teacher as she worked while completing her years of higher education. She has more than 20 years experience as a college professor and has numerous accomplishments and awards including early childhood grants from First 5 Sacramento County. In terms of awards she was an American Psychological Association MFP Fellow in graduate school and won her colleges Outstanding Teaching Award at Sacramento State. She has written more than 15 publications and presented at more than 40 conferences. Some of her publications have appeared in the Early Childhood Education Journal and the eJournal of Education Policy. Conference presentations have been at the American Educational Research Association and the Head Start National Research Conference. Currently she is a professor of child development at California State University Sacramento where she prepares students to teach young children. Dr. Wanda Roundtree Henderson has been intimately involved in the design implementation execution and evaluation of early childhood and family support programs within the New York City metropolitan area in California and throughout the country for approximately 30 years. In her current position as interim director of child development at the Sacramento City Unified School District Dr. Roundtree Henderson provides fiduciary and programmatic oversight for the department which serves approximately 3000 children from birth to age 12 years and their families. Dr. Roundtree Henderson is a part-time adjunct lecturer at California State University Sacramento in the Department of Child Development. She has also served as a consultant/trainer and has accessed many educational platforms forums and instititions of higher education as a speaker and lecturer in the disciplines of early childhood education psychology and developmental psychology. Dr. Henderson is the recipient of many awards and recognitions for her scholastic achievements and work in the fields of early childhood education and family support. Dr. Henderson holds a BA in psychology and education from Hunter College of the City University of New York. She also holds a masters degree in developmental psychology a masters of education and a doctorate in early childhood education/curriculum and teaching from Teachers College Columbia University in New York City. She is married to Dr. Darryl Henderson clinical psychologist and director of the Center for Counseling and Diagnostic Services at California State University Sacramento. Dr. Ana Garcia-Nevarez is the chair of the undergraduate studies division in the College of Education and a professor at California State University Sacramento. She received a BA in psychology and child development from California State University Northridge and an MA in school psychology and a PhD in curriculum and instruction (emphasis in elementary education) from Arizona State University. She was a Regents graduate academic scholar at Arizona State University. She has taught at California State University Sacramento since 2001. She has taught courses in cross-cultural child development language and literacy development curriculum and instruction and research methods. Her research interest includes evaluating preservice teachers attitudes toward diversity civic engagement and career development. Her research agenda has allowed her to be an active member in the preschool and elementary school community. Dr. Garcia-Nevarez is the author of several research articles and monographs. She regularly presents at national and international conferences. Dr. Alicia Valero-Kerrick is a lecturer of child development at California State University Sacramento. She received her PhD in education from the University of California Davis. She also holds a double BA in psychology and Chicano studies from the University of California Davis. Previously she worked as a cohort instructor in the Early Development Care and Education program at California State University Sacramento. She also has worked as a bilingual school psychologist an evaluation coordinator a training coordinator and a private educational consultant. Dr. Valero-Kerrick has experience with staff development and training for early childhood education teachers working with infants toddlers preschoolers and kindergartners.