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IN THIS ISSUEMeet Your Counselors Student Membership Committee Has New Name

Summer 2016T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® IOWA is a licensed program of Child Care Services Association.

Please join us for the Early Care and Education Fall Institute on September 30 and October 1, 2016 at Prairie Meadows Events & Conference Center in Altoona, IA. Over 90 workshop opportunities will be available. In addition, 5 pre-Institute full-day workshops will be offered on Thursday, September 29. These include:• Child Care Grant and Proposal Writing• Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children (PTR-YC)• The Great Iowa Outdoor Road Trip: Considering Safety

and Quality Outdoor Environments • Teaching Intentionally in the Interest Areas (Creative

Curriculum)• Enhancing Leadership Skills and Directing with Vision

and Clarity

Registration Now Open for the Fall Institute

Saturday Keynote Address “What If Everybody Understood

Child Development?”

Saturday Breakout Session “Moving and Learning Across the

Curriculum: Linking PE and the Early Childhood Classroom”

Rae PicaOver 800 early education professionals are expected at this important event. This year’s Saturday keynote speaker is Rae Pica, who will address, “What If Everybody Understood Child Development?” Featured speakers will include the following:

Susan MacDonald (Friday)Strength-Based CoachingWalter Drew (Friday)Developmentally Appropriate Play Kate Werling (Friday)Using GOLD Data to Make Accurate Assessment Decisions Partnering with FamiliesSupporting Language and Literacy Development & LearningRhodanne Schiller (Saturday)Gifts from the Heart of a TeacherCathy Hockaday (Saturday)Brain Development: What’s Love Got to Do with It

Questions can be directed to karen@iowaaeyc.org. Click here for a registration form and a complete listing of the workshops.

Meet Your T.E.A.C.H./WAGE$ Counselors

Pam is a T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialist working with bachelor/ endorsement level scholarship T.E.A.C.H. participants. She has her MA in Child Development from Iowa State University and a BS in Psychology from Briar Cliff College. She has worked in the early childhood field for over twenty-five years in a variety of positions. She lives in Pleasant Hill with her husband, Heath, and daughters, Shelby and Sydney. Contact information: pam@iowaaeyc.org, 800-469-2392, ext. 117.

Johnna is a T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialist working with associate level T.E.A.C.H. participants. She has a BA in Sociology with a minor in Criminal Justice, BE in Early Childhood and a MA in Early Childhood. Her career path has been broad and winding including family child care, teaching young children, directing programs, training, and teaching college students. Johnna enjoys being close to her family. Contact information: johnna@iowaaeyc.org, 800-469-2392, ext. 118.

Pam Ellis

Johnna Haggerty

Lauren is a T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialist. She has a BA from the University of Northern Iowa in Family Services, did a year-long internship in counseling, and has two years' preschool/child care experience as well as an Early Head Start home visitor. Lauren recruits and counsels CDA and associates' level T.E.A.C.H. participants. Contact information: lauren@iowaaeyc.org,

LaurenLinnenbrink

Pam is a T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialist and a Best Practices Specialist. She has a BA from Iowa State University in Child Development. She assists teachers obtain a CDA Credential and associate level T.E.A.C.H. participants. Pam is married to Mark and they have three children and three grandchildren. She was a child care center director for over thirty years. Contact information: pmahoney@iowaaeyc.org, 800-469-2392, ext. 125.

Pam Mahoney

Jocee is the WAGE$ counselor. She has a BA in Elementary Special Education and has five years' experience as a Program Manager/Supervisor in Head Start. She also worked for 12 years as a special education teacher in the public schools and the AEA, and 12 years as a business owner/consultant. Jocee does WAGE$ recruitment, counseling, and employment verifications. Contact information: jocee@iowaaeyc.org, 800-469-2392, ext. 126.

JoceeKelly

Iowa AEYC has four T.E.A.C.H. counselors to assist the early childhood workforce in their professional career pathway. Our office has expanded into another suite upstairs but all of the T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ counselors are located downstairs in Suite F. Feel free to stop by a visit anytime.

• Summer grades as soon as possible • Tuition/book reimbursement (Form B/BC) for

summer before 9/15 deadline • Summer release time (Form C) before 9/15 • Copies of earned credentials, diplomas, degrees,

etc. along with pictures of you receiving/holding them

• First page of Schedule C from 2015 taxes (home providers only)

• Updated DHS license, QRS, NAEYC, NAFCC certificates

RemindersImportant

T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ Advisory Committee is Now the Early Childhood Workforce Advisory CommitteeIn an effort to better describe this group’s important work, the T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ Advisory Committee is now the Early Childhood Workforce Advisory Committee.

Seeking MembersThe Early Childhood Workforce Advisory Committee is looking for volunteers to join the group. This group helps the Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children make decisions about how to best support the early childhood workforce and children and families in Iowa. If you would be interested we would love to have you join us. Your knowledge, experience, and passion would be welcome.

Want to Tell Your Story?At each meeting with have a T.E.A.C.H./WAGE$ recipient share how the opportunity has impacted them. We are always looking for recipients who would like to share their experiences with the Advisory Committee.

The group is also interested in hearing at each meeting from our Early Childhood Higher Education partners about their early childhood programs. We are especially interested in changes that are happening at colleges and universities with regard to their Early Childhood programs. Understanding the Early Childhood programs in Iowa helps us to better counsel and support our recipients.

For more information, please contact Ashley Otte.ashley@iowaaeyc.org, 515-331-8000, ext. 113.

The cost to attend Iowa’s public universities is now $296 per credit. (It has been $277 per credit for the past 3 years). This $19 per credit ($57 per 3 credit class) increase will likely affect those participants and programs using a bachelor scholarship/attending a 4-year university. Your portion of the tuition and books will go up a bit, if your tuition is not covered by Pell or other grants. But if you are attending a private university, this will be helpful in covering more of the out of pocket costs because the private institutions charge more than $296 per credit.We will be updating our cost calculator and model sum-maries to reflect the tuition changes. Let us know if you have questions about how this might affect you or your program.

Tuition Rate Increases at Public Universities

your tuition is not covered by Pell or other grants. But if you are attending a private university, this will be helpful in covering more of the out of pocket costs because the private institutions charge more than $296 per credit.

We will be updating our cost calculator and model summaries to reflect the tuition changes. Let us know if you have questions about how this might affect you or your program.

The WAGE$ program provides education-based salary supplements, or bonuses, to early care and education providers working with children ages birth to five in regulated settings in Iowa. If your child care program has reached a high-quality level (QRS or Accreditation) and serves children receiving Child Care Assistance, you might qualify! Find out more here. See the map at right for participating counties.

Child Care WAGE$® IOWA Expand to Serve 19 Counties!

For more information, please contact Dara Madigan. dara@iowaaeyc.org, 515-331-8000, ext. 114.

2016 - 2017 Participating WAGE$ Counties

CongratulationsChild Development Associate Credentials (CDAs)Sarah Brockmeyer – JesupApril Carlson – Windsor HeightsLaura Castillo Rodriguez – PostvilleBritney Clarke – BooneJacque Dilks – AltoonaJodie Franks – West BurlingtonConnie Funke – JesupStephanie Gates – WaterlooJamie Grubb – Des MoinesJennifer Hahn – WaterlooLaura Hamilton – CentervilleKelly Hansen – WaterlooSarah Harbaugh – GuttenbergLyndsey Hayes – PleasantvilleSharisse Hernandez – PerrySugey Huchim Garcia – Des MoinesShellie Hunter – Iowa FallsNancy Jacobs – DanvilleDyann Mccann – BurlingtonBreanne Mckray – Iowa CityPamela Palmer – WaterlooMichelle Plate – CedarElisabeth Rice – AnkenyBrenda Reynolds – BurlingtonJulie Stanley – Red OakMegan Stiltz – Eagle GroveBobbie Stout – Des MoinesCandise Thompson – Niota, IlCrystal Toles – WaterlooAngela Zahn – Burlington

T.E.A.C.H. Staff

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Barb Merrill

Ashley Otte

Pam Ellis Pam Mahoney

Lauren Linnenbrink

Executive Director/Program Managerbmerrill@iowaaeyc.org

T.E.A.C.H. Program Coordinatorashley@iowaaeyc.org

T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialistpam@iowaaeyc.org

T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialist/Database Supportlauren@iowaaeyc.org

T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialistpmahoney@iowaaeyc.org

Johnna Haggerty T.E.A.C.H. Counseling Specialistjohnna@iowaaeyc.org

Amy Bice – Western Iowa Tech Community College – Spring 2016Kellie Harding – Iowa Western Community College – Spring 2016Jill Larsen – Des Moines Area Community College – Spring 2016Karilyn Elizabeth Miller-Bailey – Des Moines Area Community College – Spring 2016Kishauna Pfeiff – Southeastern Community College – Spring 2016Lisa Rivera – Iowa Valley Community College – Spring 2016

Associate Degrees

Bachelor DegreesSue DeMoss – Ashford University – Spring 2016

Teaching Licensure EndorsementsJenna Jones – Northwestern University – Spring 2016Shelley Breen – University of Northern Iowa – Summer 2016

Diane Bronson – Buena Vista University – Spring 2016Jennifer Hjelle – Buena Vista University – Summer 2016Jennifer Knutson – Loras College – Spring 2016Anne Seufert – Buena Vista University – Summer 2016

Bachelor Degrees with Endorsements

Masters Certificates (In Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health)Aubrey Villotti – Iowa State University – Spring 2016Rhonda Lassen – Iowa State University – Spring 2016

Iowa AEYC 5525 Meredith Drive, Suite FDes Moines, IA 50310www.iowaaeyc.orgteach@iowaaeyc.org

Funding for T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® IOWA comes in part from the Iowa Department of Human Services through federal funding from the Child Care Development Fund; Iowa Department of Management through Early Childhood Iowa Professional Development; United Way of Central Iowa, Women’s Leadership Connection; the Iowa Department of Public Health through MIECHV funds; Polk County Early Childhood Iowa Area; and the child care programs who co-sponsor a T.E.A.C.H. scholarship recipient. T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® IOWA is a successful strategy supporting the result areas of Early Childhood Iowa.

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