Episode 16: AZ Dept of Education's Nicol Russell

11/20/17 • 36 min

Nicol Russell makes her debut on the Early Childhood Journeys podcast for episode 16! Nicole is the Deputy Associate Superintendent for Early Childhood AND Head Start State Collaboration Director with the Arizona Department of Education! Feeewww what a mouthful! Listen in on Nicol sharing her insights on how she represents Early Childhood at the state level, clarifying misconceptions on what the Department of Education's role is and how she works on keeping her personal and professional life in balance. Nicol is on the front lines advocating for teachers and her past experience in Special Ed makes her a champion for all children and their families.

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Episode 15 with Linda Pauley, Business Manager for the Arizona AEYC Board and the Director of the Early Learning Program at Risen Savior Preschool and Kindergarten, a faith-based Early Childhood NAEYC and Quality First Accredited Program. Linda discusses her life as a child care director and the AzAEYC Toolkit and the many benefits the toolkit provides for child care administrators. Linda shares her journey in the EC field and love for her work including tips on how to better support families and our educators at the admin level.

For more about Risen Savior located in South Chandler, AZ visit: http://www.rslcs.org/preschool/get-to-know-us/

For more about the many benefits and resources of the Arizona AEYC Toolkit visit: https://www.azaeyctoolkit.org/index.aspx

For more about AzAEYC and how to get involved visit: https://www.azaeyc.org/

For more about Quality First visit: http://www.qualityfirstaz.com/

For more about NAEYC, a national association visit: www.naeyc.org

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Episode 17 with Vicki Mayo, a foster and adoptive parent, child advocate and strong believer in reducing children's ACEs score. Vicki is the Co-Founder of the TouchPoints Solutions device that we like to refer to as a game-changing tool for parents and educators. A non-invasive neuroscientific wearable device that uses patent pending BLAST technology to relieve stress in as few as 30 seconds. Although not a sole substitute for providing children with more authentic intervention strategies or individualized teaching approaches, it's another tool for the parenting and educator toolbox. Learn more about Touchpoints and how many many parents and caregivers who have children on the spectrum have benefited from the wearable tool.

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