Virginia ELDS Birth Five Learning Guidelines

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROJECT LEADERSHIP LEAD DEVELOPMENT TEAM YAOYING XU Virginia Commonwealth University (Co- Principal Investigator) JOAN RHODES Virginia Commonwealth University (Co-Principal Investigator) DEANA BUCK Partnership for People Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University IRENE CARNEY Project Manager TERESA HARRIS James Madison University VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT Chief School Readiness Officer, Division of School Readiness ERIN CARROLL Director Office of Early Childhood TAMILAH RICHARDSON Associate Director Office of Early Childhood CHERYL STROBEL Associate Director of Early Childhood, Retired ANN PARTEE Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Pre-Doctoral State Policy Fellow, Office of Early Childhood OF EDUCATION JENNA CONWAY

EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WORK GROUPS (*CHAIR) APPROACHES TO PLAY AND LEARNING *TERESA HARRIS Early, Elementary and Reading Education, James Madison University PAT KENNEDY Young Children’s Program, James Madison University HOLLY MCCARTNEY Early, Elementary and Reading Education, James Madison University MARYAM SHARIFIAN Early, Elementary and Reading Education, James Madison University SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT *SANDY WILBERGER VDOE Training and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC), Virginia Commonwealth University BONNIE GRIFA Partnership for People with Disabilities, Virginia Commonwealth University SARA MILLER Education and Special Education, Longwood University CHRISTINE SPENCE Counseling and Special Education, Virginia Commonwealth University

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT *CHRISTINE SCHULL Early Childhood Development, Northern Virginia Community College CHRISTAN COOGLE Early Childhood Special Education, George Mason University LESLIE LACROIX College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University MIRA WILLIAMS Education Foundations and Exceptionalities, James Madison University Physical Development and Health *DEANA BUCK Partnership for People with Disabilities, Virginia Commonwealth University TERESA HARRIS Early, Elementary and Reading Education, James Madison University BELINDA HOOPER Department of Child Care, John Tyler Community College JESSICA LEE Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University

INTERAGENCY (VDOE) REVIEWERS MICHAEL BOLLING Assistant Superintendent, Department of Learning Innovation SAMANTHA HOLLINS Assistant Superintendent, Department of Special Education and Student Services CHRISTINE HARRIS Director, Office of Humanities LEAH WALKER Director, Office of Equity and Community Engagement MARK ALLAN Associate Director Pre-K Programs DAWN HENDRICKS Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator JESSICA COSTA Specialist for English Learner Instruction DEBRA DELOZIER Mathematics Specialist CARMEN KUREK Elementary English/Reading Specialist BRANDI MCCRACKEN Elementary History and Social Science Specialist

ANNE PETERSON Science Coordinator

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