I am an Associate Professor at Utah Valley University in the Department of
Elementary Education. I am the Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator and the
Director of the Teacher Education Preschool. 

I have a B.S. in Child Development/Elementary Education from Utah State University, an
M.S. in Child Development from Utah State University, and a Ph.D. in Human
Development/Child Development from Brigham Young University. 

I possess the following professional certifications: 

Professional Educator License – State of Utah – Level 3, 2010; Elementary Education
(1-8); Early Childhood Education (Pre K-3); Utah Early Childhood Career Ladder
Certification Level 10 Certification. 

I am associated with these professional associations: 

National Association for the Education of Young Children; Utah Association for the
Education of Young Children.

Early childhood education

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Enhancing Family Involvement (with Anita Spainhower), Texas Child Care (2008)

Ideas for involving families in early childhood preschool and care.

 

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Learning Centers for Toddlers, Texas Child Care Quarterly (2006)

Provides practical suggestions for structuring the environment in toddler classrooms to facilitate discovery and learning...

 

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Putting children in charge of reading, Texas Child Care Quarterly (2004)

Practical curriculum and family involvement ideas for preschool teachers to use to encourage and facilitate...

 

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Guiding staff training? Vygotsky and Gardner can help, Texas Child Care Quarterly (2003)

Provides practical ideas to use the basic theories of child development in scaffolding the training...

 

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Statistics in Preschool, The American Statistician (2001)

A broad variety of uses of statistics in the preschool curriculum are highlighted as a...

 

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Social skills in children

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Rethinking the dynamics of young children's social play (with Clyde C. Robinson), Dimensions of Early Childhood (2006)

A review of research on young children's play with ideas for applying the results in...

 

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Yes, Michael, Texas ChildCare Quarterly (2003)

Ideas for coaching an autistic child in pro-social behaviors in an inclusion environment.