Program goal
To increase collaboration and communication between and amongst transdisciplinary IHE faculty and stakeholders to work toward more coherent pre-service pathways in early childhood/early intervention/early childhood special education.
About the IHE Pre-Service Faculty ECHO
Institute of Higher Education (IHE) programs provide training for individuals to acquire the specified knowledge, skills, and competencies required to meet state and national personnel standards in a specific discipline. The programs of study also include sufficient field-based experiences across a variety of high-quality infant and early childhood settings.
IHE pre-service faculty and other stakeholders who participate in this ECHO will be able to:
- Provide guidance to IHE programs and confirm curricula for each discipline are based on knowledge and skill competencies that are aligned with state personnel standards.
- Ensure that the IHE programs and curricula for each discipline are based on knowledge and skill competencies that are aligned with professional organization personnel standards.
- Assist IHE programs and curricula for each discipline are aligned with state and local program quality initiatives and evaluation systems (e.g., QRIS, educator effectiveness frameworks, licensing).
Who should attend?
- Pre-service faculty from the various disciplines that interact with early intervention.
- Transdisciplinary faculty in pre-service programs preparing professionals for early childhood care and education settings, early intervention, and early childhood special education, family support, home visitors, including but not limited to:
- Early childhood and early childhood special education
- Physical therapy, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy and audiology
- Social work and psychology
- Family studies and child development
- Other related fields and other collaborators
Meet our team
- Björg T. LeSueur, MEd, Clinical Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
- Brandy James, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities
- Erica Melies, AzEIP Program Manager, Arizona Department of Economic Security/Arizona Early Intervention Program (ADES/AzEIP)
- Tanya Pinkerton, MEd, Clinical Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
- Chantelle Curtis, Professional Development Coordinator, Arizona Department of Economic Security/Arizona Early Intervention Program
- Pamela Meurer, AzEIP Continuous Quality Improvement Coordinator, Arizona Department of Economic Security/Arizona Early Intervention Program
- Amanda Tipotsch, AzEIP Technical Assistance Specialist, Arizona Department of Economic Security/Arizona Early Intervention Program
- Katherine Kicey, Clinical Assistant Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
Program schedule
Session dates: Oct. 13, 2023, Nov. 17, 2023, Dec. 8, 2023, Jan. 12, 2024, Feb. 9, 2024, Mar. 8, 2024, Apr. 12, 2024, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. MST.
Community partners
Program Contact:
Björg LeSueur
Bjorg.LeSueur@asu.edu
Program Coordinator:
Karie Taylor
karie.taylor@asu.edu
General ECHO Inquiries:
echo@asu.edu