The Graduate Center for the Study of Early Learning hosts an annual speaker series in support of their mission to promote evidence-based policies and practices that improve outcomes for young children and their families. This year the virtual event will feature Camille Catlett. The event is October 23 and is free.
Link to registration: http://msresaservices.com/from-all-to-each-and-every
Camille Catlett is a consultant based in Carrboro NC. In her years in the early childhood field, she held positions in public school, professional association, federal government, and higher education settings, that ranged from direct service as a speech-language pathologist to director of multiple US Department of Education personnel preparation grants. As part of the 20+ year sequence of system change projects at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (University of North Carolina), Camille led efforts in over 30 states to incorporate explicit emphasis on children and families of diverse cultures, languages, abilities, and life circumstances in preservice and ongoing professional development efforts in over 30 states. Her work with talented partners on the Crosswalks project yielded a flexible and evidence-based model for enhancing higher education courses and programs. That model was successfully replicated in community colleges in five states, and summarized in the “Blueprint” document. Camille currently supports early intervention and early childhood colleagues through technical assistance, research, presentations, writing, and product development. Her work in multiple states focuses on incorporating an explicit and intentional emphasis on cultural, linguistic, and individual diversity and equity in early childhood and early childhood special education coursework, field experiences, and program practices.