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Dr. Nancy
Selken, Associate Director for Family Services, provides
the leadership and coordination for the four centers. She earned her
undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, her master’s degree in counseling from Wake Forest
University and her doctorate in marriage and family from Florida State
University. She has many years of administrative experience and has
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Doug
Bell, the Director of the Alumni Village Child Development
Center earned a Master's degree from FSU in Early Childhood Education
and is currently pursuing his doctorate in Early Childhood Education.
He has been in the field of early childhood education since 1986.
During the majority of that time he served as a lead preschool teacher
and administrator simultaneously. He is an active member of the National
Association for the Education of Young Children and has served as
president of the North Florida Association on Young Children. He teaches
child development associate classes as well as the state required
classes for child care workers. He has served on numerous early childhood
committees. |
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Beth
Roberts, the Director of the Education Research
Center for Child Development, earned her Bachelor’s degree in
Education from Georgia Southern University and has earned two Master's
degrees, one in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington
and one in Social Services from the Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Ms. Beth comes to us from the Gwen Cherry
Child Development Center here in Tallahassee where she served as the
director. Happy to be back at FSU after working at the FSU Center for
Prevention and Early Intervention and Policy as an Early Childhood
Education and Development Mentor she looks forward to tapping into
her experience as a teacher in Georgia and as Executive Director of
a Community Center in Ft. Worth, Texas to provide the leadership for
ERCCD as it moves forward.
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Dana
O’Connor, the Director of the Infant and Toddler Child
Development Center, graduated from FSU in 1996 with a Bachelors Degree
in Child Development. She has been working with young children for
over 9 years. |
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Bill Stacey serves
as the Grant Administrator for the programs. He graduated from
Florida State University in 1998 with a Bachelor’s degree
in Finance. Currently he is pursuing his Master’s degree
in Knowledge Management in the College of Information at FSU. He
has served as an accountant with University Housing for over six
years and is relishing his new role with grant administration. |
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Brenda Thompkins serves as the Program
Associate for the program. After
years of raising her children, she returned to college and graduated
from Florida State University in 2007 with a Bachelor's degree
in Child Development. She brings experience from the corporate
world as well as from the educational perspective. She has volunteered
at the Early Learning Coalition in Tallahassee, various schools
in Leon County including childcare centers, the Ronald McDonald
House, the Habitat for Humanity, and also participated in Jumpstart
at FSU. Her 15 years of experience in customer services coupled
with 5 years of co-owning a business adds additional depth to an
already well- seasoned team. She brings perseverance
and a passion for children to the program and enjoys serving them
and their families. |
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center employs lead teachers who are professionally trained and
dedicated to the field of early child education. All teachers undergo
background checks and state mandated training for teachers of young
children. Continuous training, both internal and external, is offered
to the teaching staff. We take full advantage of the many “free”
or inexpensive local training workshops in and around the City as
well as local University resources. |
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