Career & Technical Education School Educator Support
Career & Technical Education (CTE) High School Educator Support is designed to provide resources for high school education professionals.
As part of the Career & Technical Education Speaker Series, videos featuring early childhood professionals are available at the YouTube links below.
A sample worksheet and lesson plan are available for CTE Educators to provide to students.
State Agencies
Abby Cole, Program Development Specialist, Arizona Department of Economic Security
Chantelle Curtis, Professional Development Coordinator, Arizona Early Intervention Program, Arizona Department of Economic Security
Madison Anderson, Early Learning Program Specialist, First Things First
Melissa Busby, Administrator, Arizona Department of Economic Security
Wendy Flynn, Early Childhood Workforce Specialist, Arizona Department of Education
Higher Education
Annapurna Ganesh, ECE Residential Faculty A, Mesa Community College
Barbara Milner, Director, Early Childhood Initiatives, Central Arizona College
Elisa Mongeluzzi, Assistant to the Director, ASU School of Social Work
Jamie Lopez, ECE Residential Faculty J, Mesa Community College
Liz Taber, Instructional Services Supervisor, Rio Salado College
Lizzie Renaud, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Arizona Western Community College
Rene’ Manning, Director, Undergraduate Studies Educator Preparation Programs Department, Rio Salado College
Tricia Phillips, Student Services Analyst, Rio Salado College
Advocacy and Resource/Service Agencies
Amy Pico, Assistant Director, Education & Community Impact, Arizona PBS
Angela Zilch, Assistant Director, Professional Development and Training, Southwest Human Development
Barbie Prinster, Executive Director, AZ Early Childhood Education Association
Courtney Sullivan, Executive Director, AZ Afterschool Alliance
Diane Fellows, President and CEO, Child & Family Resources, Inc
John Cregg, Assistant Director, Registry, Education & Community Impact, Arizona PBS
Providers of Early Childhood Care
Alex Anastasio, Special Education Administrator, Creighton Public Schools
Andres Cervantes, Lead Head Start Teacher, Southwest Human Development
Bea Martinez, Early Learning Director, Valley of the Sun YMCA
Carter Lindsay, Assistant Community Education Coordinator, Tempe Kids Zone
Cassie Morwood, Co-Director, Tempe Christian Preschool
Estella Smith, Quality Initiatives Manager, Head Start/Early Head Start Southwest Human Development
Jamie Murello, Region Third Party Account Manager, Learning Center Care Group
Kathleen Eustace, Exceptional Student Services Manager, Creighton Public School
Kirsten Gray, Vice President of Child Care, Valley of the Sun YMCA
Navilda Dias, Preschool Assistant Director, Valley of the Sun YMCA
Roger Brown, Head of School R, Bezos Academy
Ronnie Armstrong, Director of Operations, Small Miracles Education
Rosalind Schoppet, Owner/Director, Pathways Preschool Tempe
Susie Leach, Enrollment Specialist, Valley of the Sun YMCA
Tiffany Liddell, Founder – Head of School, MindFull Montessori
Veronica Chacon, Head of School V, Bezos Academy
Yolanda Dickerson, Head Start Teacher, Southwest Human Development
For additional information contact: 1-520-494-5024 or pcppapprentice@centralaz.edu
Funding provided by the Arizona Department of Economic Security Division of Child Care through Federal Child Care and Development Block Grant fund.