Jude Keith Rose
Ithaca, NY ***50
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner/Director/Educarer
West Hill Educare, Ithaca, NY; July 2007-present.
Owner/Director and caregiver in RIE-based program serving 10 children ages 12-36 months.
Develop and implement toddler care program, Network with community providers, state and
adjusting curriculum and materials to meet national colleagues
Advocacy on behalf of children and families
individual and group needs
Foster the social, emotional, cognitive and physical Program development: goal to provide parent-
development of all children in care infant classes to community
Personal care for primary children with supervision Hire, train and supervise staff; support on-going
over care for all children in program professional development, work in partnership
Observe and assess each child s development with staff members, payroll coordination
Maintain child records per licensing requirements Train and supervise early childhood interns from
Prepare meals and complete paperwork according local community and SUNY colleges
Assure maintenance of safe, comfortable facility
to Child Care Food Program requirements
Parent communication and education and classroom environment
Adhere to all licensing and reporting requirements
Foster community among children and parents
Develop and implement classrooms systems
On-going professional development personal
Materials purchasing and maintenance
interests include furthering community knowledge
Coordinate child care billing and financial records
and understanding of RIE approach
RIE Associate
Resources for Infant Educarers, Silverlake, CA, August 1993-present.
Completed Internship to become RIE Associate
Study curriculum with Magda Gerber, RIE Member of Curriculum Review Editorial
Fellows and Associates Committee, responsible for on-going review and
Student Demonstrator in Silverlake, CA (RIE II) development of RIE I Student Curriculum Guide
and Teacher s Guide 2007-present
Student Presenter (RIE III) in Silverlake, CA and
Member of RIE Center Accreditation Project
Whidbey Island, WA.
Committee, 2010
National Conference Presenter:
(Virginia, April 2008; Los Angeles, CA, May 2008,
May 2011)
Instructor, Masters of Science in Teaching Program
SUNY Cortland, Cortlalnd, NY; Fall 2010.
Instructor for teaching credential students who previously earned a liberal arts degree.
Courses taught include:
Classroom Applications of Child Development
Partner/Administative Director
Music Together of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY; 2009.
Helped to establish a successful Music Together program in collaboration with business partner
Assure compliance with mothership, Music Family communications via newsletter and email
Research new facilities and maintain contracts and
Together, LLC
Develop advertisement and marketing of program responsibilities to current facilities
Web site development and maintenance Develop systems for program management
Collaborate with business partner to hire and Support program development with business
supervise staff partner/Program Director
Coordinate enrollment
Primary Level Montessori Teacher
Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca, Ithaca, NY; August 2004-June 2007.
Classroom teacher of 3-6 year-old children in Montessori school serving 185 children ages 3-14 years.
Support the growth and development of 3-6 year- Advocate for children in need of supportive
old children in class of 24 students services and communicate with support staff for
Prepare and maintain classroom environment, children with speech, motor or other delays
Observe and record each child s progress, assess
develop systems for daily operation
Foster development of classroom community development, prepare final reports
Communicate with parents; provide parent
Develop and implement authentic,
education and support
developmentally-appropriate curriculum
Supervise half-time classroom assistant
Work in partnership with staff throughout school
Manage classroom budget, order supplies
to provide consistency
Collaborate with other teaching staff to prepare Contribute to school newsletter on monthly basis
Participate in all-school activities, public relations
and present bi-annual parent conferences
and fundraising events
Training Coordinator
Day Care and Child Development Council of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY; September 2003-July 2004
Coordinate educational opportunities for early care and education professionals working in child care
centers and family child care homes in accordance with the New York state day care licensing regulations.
Coordinate and support implementation of local Network with regional training coordinators and
workshops and SUNY Videoconferences state-wide training initiative staff
Counsel individuals regarding training needs and Maintain web page announcing all Council,
opportunities to meet state licensing requirements community and regional training opportunities,
Collaborate with local Child Care Center Directors educational institutions and professional
organizations
to disperse emergency child care funds to parents
in local community
Instructor, Early Childhood Education (Currently Guest Lecturer)
Tompkins-Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY; Cabrillo Community College, Aptos, CA, 1995 2003.
Instructor for teachers of pre-school children in community college context.
Courses taught include: Toddler Program Development
Curriculum/Curriculum Lab (Bilingual)
Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Child, Family and Community
Techniques for Observing and Recording Infant-
Consultant
Tompkins County Early Education Partnership, Ithaca, NY, May 2002 March 2003.
Project development for public-private partnership focused on raising public awareness of child care as an
economic sector and increasing access to quality care.
Coordinated Public-Private Collaborative Reviewed administrative and systems delivery
including: the Day Care and Child Development methods of public-private partnerships across the
Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the country aimed at increasing access to quality early
Department of Social Services, Workforce care and education
Developed business plan for endowment fund
Development and other business leaders
Networked with state-wide and national Designed universal application, community
colleagues education and outreach materials
Coordinator, Parents Count, pilot
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY, January June 2002.
Implementation of pilot project serving income-eligible separated and divorcing parents.
Coordinated public-private collaborative Developed and monitored policies
Coordinated inter-agency service delivery
including: Law Guardians, Career Resources and
Workforce Tompkins, Community Dispute Recruited, enrolled and determined eligibility
Resolutions Center, Family & Children s Services for program participants
and the Department of Social Services Coordinated Public Relations Campaign
Assured contract compliance Represented program in community
Compiled performance reports Supervised and coordinated training of staff
Administered budget Supported leadership development
Developed funding proposals
Santa Cruz County Child Care Planning Council Coordinator
County Office of Education, Santa Cruz, CA, 2001.
Development, implementation and evaluation of Child Care Planning Council projects and activities
addressing the needs of child care teachers serving children birth-13 years.
Coordinated collaboration of 20 member planning Developed retention initiative for child care
council appointed 50% by the County Board of workforce in alignment with California
Supervisors and 50% by the County Commission on Teacher Credentialing Child
Superintendent of Schools Development Permit offering financial incentives
Assured compliance with state Ed. Code and based on experience and education.
Performed English/Spanish bilingual outreach
Department of Education mandates for child care
Networked with state-wide colleagues
planning councils
Assured compliance with Brown Act and meeting Encouraged community leadership development
protocol following Robert s Rules Assisted with budget administration
Awarded $550,000 California Children and Compiled funding reports
Families Commission funding for retention
initiative
Program Director
Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center, Santa Cruz, CA. September 1998-December 1999.
Program development of RIE-inspired toddler care center for children 12-36 months.
Program development Coordinate with Administrative Director to assure
Staff recruitment, training, support and facilities maintenance and adherence to licensing
requirements.
supervision.
Assist Administrative Director with fundraising.
Curriculum development.
Liason to Board of Directors.
Community outreach and family enrollment.
Parent education and parent involment
Project Coordinator
Cabrillo College Family Child Care Homes Network, Aptos, CA. Limited term project, Summer 1998.
Support the development of Family Child Care Home Network in Santa Cruz County.
Researched Family Child Care Home Network Reach out to providers to encourage participation
models in network of providers and families.
Make recommendation to college for establishing Visit sites. Identify and train on-going
network to serve income eligible families of coordinators to provide support and training to
children under three years of age. network providers in order to ensure the on-going
Develop program materials including contracts, provision of qualtity infant-toddler care.
forms and monitoring systems.
Prenatal/Education Program Coordinator (Bilingual)
Santa Cruz Women s Health Center, Santa Cruz, CA. August 1997-August 1998
Provide educational and supportive services to income-eligible pregnant women in women s health center.
Responsible for the operation of the Coordinated
Provide written and oral analysis of program data
Prenatal Services Program and other agency
educational and outreach services. to staff and director.
Provide and coordinate prenatal health education Work collaboratively with medical and billing
services in English and Spanish. staff.
Set and evaluate program goals and objectives. Ensure compliance with CPSP requirements.
Maintaining programmatic statistical records. Pregnancy testing
HIV counseling and testing.
Human Ecology Extension Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cayuga County. July 1996-November 1996.
Provide leadership in developing, implementing and evaluating programs to strengthen individuals and
families throughout the life cycle.
Present consumer education, family financial Compose and publish weekly family matters
management, and parent education programs column for local newspaper
Promote leadership development in collaboration Editor of bi-monthly educational parent
with Leadership Cayuga newsletter
Develop parent-education component of Child
Care Council of the Finger Lake's Family
Resource Center
Researcher
Policy Analysis for California Education, Berkeley, CA, limited term project, Fall 1995.
Collect data about structural components and governance of subsidized child care in California.
Survey programs utilizing funding from California Collect data about eligibility criterion and where
Department of Education, California Department families accessing funding fall in relation to
of Social Services and Head Start regarding income, enrollment of children by age, hours of
utilization of subsidized child care. care received and number of hours in care; cost of
services; number of families in work or training
programs; and, cross-eligibility of families.
Videographer
Family Life Education Program, Cabrillo Community College, Aptos, CA, Spring 1995.
Filmed infants, toddlers and preschoolers in child development programs.
Provide high quality raw footage to project Assured focus on developomental traits exhibited
coordinator for editing by individual children. Also included children in
social situations and interactions between teachers
and parents with an emphasis on parent education
component of programs.
Teacher
Watsonville Parent Cooperative Preschool, Watsonville Adult School, Watsonville, CA, December 1993-April 1995.
Teacher/Director of two day per week early childhood program for three-year-olds and parent education
program for parents of 3-5 year-olds.
Plan, develop and implement two day/week Facilitate daily seminars with parent teachers to
children's program for three year-olds. foster learning from events occurring in each
Supervise and support parents enrolled in adult class.
Plan, develop and teach parenting skills classes
education program as teachers in classroom.
three evenings per month.
Research Assistant
Dr. Robin Love, San Jos State University, San Jos, CA, Spring 1994.
Support faculty members research examining children s attitudes towards the elderly.
Interviewed children in grades 4-6 in the Assessed children's attitudes towards the elderly
using the CATE instrument before and after
San Francisco Unified school district.
literature intervention.
Utilized literature as a tool for intervention,
with special instruction by elderly volunteers.
Grants Assistant
Early Childhood Education Department, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, August 1993-December 1994.
Maintain records of grant support parent education programs.
Provide support to grant administrators Train other office staff on use of Macintosh
Maintain records programs
Design forms and schedule schema
Compile reports for funders
Word processing and clerical support
Support Staff
Child Care Accreditation Project, Child Development Resource Center, Santa Cruz, CA, limited term March 1994-September 1994.
Provide administrative support to pilot accreditation project
Conference coordination Devlop correspondence and coordinate mailings
to pilot group
Administrative Assistant
Ithaca Child Care Center, Ithaca, NY, February 1987-January 1988.
Provide administrative support for large child care program serving children 6 weeks-school-age.
Assist with budget preparation, tuition billing and Administrative support for $150,000 capital
accounts receivable. development campaign and other fundraising.
Update waiting list and enrollment schema. Researched government, foundation, community
and individual support for relocation of center
Toddler Teacher
Good Beginnings Infant-Toddler Center, Santa Cruz, CA, October 1982-May 1984.
Team-taught 2-3 year-old children in RIE-based center serving children 6 weeks-36 months.
Primary caregiver for five children in classroom of Performed bi-annual parent conferences and
ten children and two caregivers. occasional home visits.
Support growth and development of children. Editor of monthly newsletter.
Classroom management and curriculum development Coordinated efforts for a 1985 fundraising calendar.
Worked with teen parents and their children.
in collaboration with co-teacher.
Developmental assessment and reporting. Supervised interns, work study, substitute teachers.
Child care advocacy educator and organizer.
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, CA. - PhD. Student, first year studies. September 1995-June 1996
Major: Education in Language and Literacy
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. - M.A., August 1995.
Major: Child Development.
Thesis: Representation of gender and ethnicity in recommended children's picture books.
Awards: MEIC Grant to create multicultural bibliography.
Dean's Award for work on multicultural issues.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. - Bachelor of Science, May 1986.
Major: Policy Analysis/Social Planning and Public Policy. Concentrations in Family and Welfare Policy
Honors: Member of Omicron Nu, Home Economics Honor Society.
Recipient of Cornell Tradition Fellowship.
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA. - Associate of Science, June 1983.
Major: Early Childhood Education
Graduated with High Honors
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Resources for Infant Educarers, Associate
National Association for the Education of Young Children, member
American Montessori Society, Member
ZERO to THREE Policy Network, Member
GRANTS/PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Tompkins County Child Development Council Quality Improvement Grant: $500. June 2011
CSEA Quality Improvement Grant: $500. June 2011.
Program for Infant/Toddler Care Trainer Institute Scholarship: $3,500 (2010-2011). Chosen to be one of a diverse
cadre of trainers across the state, to join existing efforts to improve the quality of care for babies and toddlers in
child care centers and homes, Early Head Start programs and other settings that serve these children and their
families. Sponsored by the Early Care & Learning Council, with generous funding from US stimulus dollars
received by the NYS Office of Children & Family Services.
C.A.R.E.S. Child Care Provider Retention Initiative (Compensation and Retention Encourage Stability): $550,000
(2001). Initiative to help attract and retain a highly qualified child care workforce by providing monetary awards for
their education and the important work they already perform. Funding for awards comes from Proposition 10
(allocated by the Children and Families Commission, currently known as First Five) and the State of California
(AB 212).
PRESENTATIONS
Presenter Panel member: Child Care and Infant Mental Health: What Are the Real Issues?
RIE Annual Conference, June Infant Mental Health, Member
Presenter RIE for the Two-Year-Old and Beyond, The Realitites of RIE in Group Care. April 12, 2008
Third Annual Mid-Atlantic RIE Conference, Sterling, Virginia.
PUBLICATIONS
Rose, J.K., Kudelea, E. & Cuppernell-Nolan, E. (Summer 2011, pending). Caring for infants and toddlers: Encouraging
active participation. Focus on Infants & Toddlers, Vol. 23, No. 4. Association for Childhood Education International:
Olney, MD.
Published Anti-bias Early Chilldhood photographer
22nd Annual RIE Infant/Toddler Conference Program: 5/14/11
Educaring April 2011
Infants, Toddlers, Caregivers, 9th Edition cover and internal images. Gonzalez-Mena & Widmeyer-Eyer (2011).
NY: McGraw-Hill.
American Montessori Society (Images currently being considered for website revision.) National Informational Brochure,
cover photo 2009.
Montessori Life. 2011, Vol. 23 #2, 2010, Vol. 22 #1, #2, #3, #4, 2009, Vol 21 #3 & #4, 2008, Vol. 20 #4, 2007 Vol. 19
#1, #2 & #3, 2006, Vol. 18 #4). American Montessori Society.
National Association for the Educatio of Young Children. NAEYC Accreditation: The right choice for kids, 2009;
naeyc Accreditation update, Vol 10, No 1, Spring 2009.
Young Children., Sept. 2001, Nov. 2001, Nov. 2000). National Association for the Education of Young Children,
Washington DC.
Teaching Young Children., Vol 4 No 4 (2011), Vol 3 No 5 (2010), Vol 2 No 5 (2009). National Association for the
Education of Young Children, Washington DC.
Tesoros y Colores, Tomo 4 No 2 (2011), Tomo 3 No 5 (2010), Tomo 2 No 5 (2009). National Association for the
Education of Young Children, Washington DC.
Infants, Toddlers, Caregivers, 8th Edition cover photo. J. Gonzalez-Mena & D. Widmeyer-Eyer (2009). McGraw-Hill, NY.
ChildCare ActioNews. (Nov./Dec. 2002, May 2003). Child Care Action Campaign, New York, NY.
Infants and Toddlers. Summer 2000 and Fall 2000. Elanbe Publishing Services, NM.
Becoming the Parent You Want To Be. J. Keyser & L. Davis (1997). Broadway Books, NY.
Your Self Confident Baby. (M. Gerber & A. Johnson, 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY).
Dear Parent. Gerber, M. (1998). Resources for Infant Educarers, Los Angeles, CA.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Infant-Toddler Teacher Training Mentor Site, SUNY Cortland and Tompkins-Cortland Community College,
Spring 2008 present
Montessori Early Childhood Credential, Northeast Montessori Institute, June 2005
Certified Music Together Teacher, October 2008
Bilingual English/Spanish
REFERENCES
Emilie Kudela, Colleague, Early Childhood Educare Chair, SUNY Cortland, 607-***-****, *******@********.***
Eva Boman, Colleague, Early Childhood Education Chair, retired, Tompkins-Cortland Community College,
857-***-****, ******@***.***
Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Colleague, RIE Associate and PITC Trainer: 707-***-****, ******@*********.***
Polly Elam, Mentor, Colleague, RIE Associate and PITC Trainer: 805-***-****, *********@***.***
Ellen Ortiz, Supervisor, Good Beginnings Infant-Toddler Center and Member Santa Cruz County Child Care Planning
Council: 831-***-****; ***********@*******.***.