New Jersey Professional Development

Center for Early Care and Education

CORE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCY AREAS

Professional Standards for Adults Working with Young Children

Birth through Age Eight and In Out-of-School-Time Programs

Order Form

January 2001

Office of Professional Standards and Articulation

Professional Standards Working Committee

Staff

Florence Nelson, Ph.D. - Executive Director

Odessa Davis, B.S. - Director

Co-Chairs

Holly Seplocha, Ed.D. – William Paterson University, College of Education

Annie Lachs, M.Ed. - Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, Child Care Services

Committee Members

Barbara Alley, B.A.- Moorestown Children’s School

Patricia Baroska, M.S. - NJ State Bureau of Licensing

Karin Bennett, B.A. - Family Child Care Provider

Renee Brady, M.A. - NJ Statewide Coalition for Child Care

Ellie Cohen, M.A. - Statewide Parent Advocacy Network

Lorraine Cooke, Ed.D. - NJ Association for the Education of Young Children

Deonna Davis - Christ Church Day Care Center

Nicole Fetherman, B.A. - Catholic Charities, Child Care Services

Antonette Franklin, B.A. - Summit Child Care Centers

Selma Goore, Ed.D. - NJ School Age Care Coalition

Jennifer Hakim, M.S.W. - Child Care Services of Monmouth

Gloria Holmes, Ed.D. – Center for Early Education Research at Rutgers

Carolyn N. Kohn, M.A. - Jointure Educational Service

Nora Krieger, Ph.D. - New York University Dept. of Teaching and Learning

Cathy Kujawa, M.S. - South Brunswick Board of Education

Ann MacVicar, M.S.- Kean University Child Care Center

Beth Nork, B.A. - Moorestown Children’s School

Mary Porcelli, M.Ed -Pine Grove Co-Op Nursery

Muriel K. Rand, Ed.D. - New Jersey City University, College of Education

Alice Rose, M.Ed. - McGuire Airforce Base Child Care Center

Teresa Ryan, B.S. - Camden County Division of Children

Mary Sandhorst, M.A. – NJ Professional Development Center for Early Care and Education

Denise Sellers, B.A. - Haddonfield Child Care Center

Adrienne Smith, M.S. - Middlesex County College Child Care Center

June Trueax, M.A. - Family Service of Morris County