Washington State Early Learning and Development Benchmarks

Review Process for Developmental Draft

The Developmental Draft of the Benchmarks was reviewed by several groups in August of 2004. Their input and comments are reflected in the Preliminary Draft posted on this website. The Core Team would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to the people who reviewed a large document in a short period of time.

Benchmarks Advisory Panel

Sue Anderson
Director, Early Childhood Initiative
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation

Bill Blair
K-1 Classroom Teacher
Chehalis School District

Melinda Brennan
Program Coordinator/Instructor
Early Childhood and Educational Support Program
Walla Walla Community College

Susan Bresnahan
Pre-School Special Education Coordinator
Spokane Public Schools

Gary Burris
Program Initiatives Administrator
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Bridgett Chandler
Chief Programs Officer
Talaris Research Institute

Dr. John Chattin-McNichols
Associate Professor
School of Education
Seattle University

Sangree Froelicher
Governor’s Head Start – State Collaboration Office
Division of Child Care & Early Learning

Enrique Garza
ECEAP/Head Start Administrator
Washington State Migrant Council

Richard Gomez
Director
Migrant and Bilingual Education
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Lorrie Grevstad
Washington State Department of Health

Dr. Debbie Handy
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
Family and Consumer Sciences
Department of Human Development
Washington State University

Dr. Maxine Hayes
State Chief Medical Officer
Medical Director
Department of Health

Angelia Hicks-Maxie
Executive Director
Tiny Tots Development Center

Lorri Hope
Family Home Provider

Dr. Mary Ann Johnston
President
Washington Association of the Education of Young Children (WAEYC)

Deborah Kautz
Nisqually Indian Tribe

Dr. Jean Kelly
Research Professor & Director
NCAST-AVENUW Programs
University of Washington

Garrison Kurtz
Director of Programs
Foundation for Early Learning

Mickey Lahmann
Asstistant Superintendent
Curriculum and Instruction
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Rachael Langen
Director
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Sheau-Pyng Li
Licensor
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Margy Miller
Washington State HS/EHS Grantee Specialist
Region X Training & Technical Assistance System

Mary Perkins
Early Childhood Director
Educational Service District 113

Dr. Cheri Raff
Associate Dean of Instruction
Child and Family Studies
Centralia College

Marcia Riggers
Assistant Superintendent
Student Support & Operations
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Dr. Wendy Roedell
Assistant Superintendent
Early Childhood Programs
Puget Sound Educational Service District #121

Jada Rupley
Associate Superintendent
Educational Service District 112

Dr. Jill Sells
Pediatrician
Early Childhood Consultant

Lynne Shanafelt
Managing Director, Children’s Services
Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development

Dr. Kris Slentz
Department Chair, Special Education
Teacher Education Programs
School of Education
Western Washington University

Linda Sullivan-Dudzic
Director, Special Programs
Bremerton School District

Karen Walker
Program Supervisor for Early Childhood/Special Education
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Patsy Whitefoot
Educator Coordinator
Educational Service District 105

Debra Williams-Appleton
Supervisor of Early Childhood Education
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Janice Yee
Executive Director
Denise Louie Education Center

Joan Yoshitomi
Special Assistant
Family/Community Engagement
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Robin Zukoski
Executive Policy Advisor
Governor’s Executive Policy Office

Content Reviewers

Brenda Joyce Boyd
Associate Professor of Human Development
Department of Human Development
Washington State University

Lorrie Grevstad
Washington State Department of Health

Dr. Debbie Handy
Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
Family and Consumer Sciences
Department of Human Development
Washington State University

Dr. Maxine Hayes
State Chief Medical Officer
Medical Director
Department of Health

Jean Kelly PhD
University of Washington

Paulette Mills
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development
Washington State University

Janet Shefferly OTR/L
Pediatric Therapy Associates

Angela Notari-Syverson
Principal Investigator, Emergent Literacy Ladders to Literacy
Washington Research Institute

Dr. Cheri Raff
Associate Dean of Instruction
Child and Family Studies, Centralia College

Marcia Riggers
Assistant Superintendent for Student Support and Operations
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Dr. Jill Sells
Pediatrician
Early Childhood Consultant

Bias and Fairness Reviewers

Dr. Susan Banks
Special Education
School of Education
Washington State University

Mary Ann Barnes
Birth to Three

Patricia Edmond-Quinn

Sangree Froelicher
Governor’s Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Division of Child Care & Early Learning

Angelia Hicks-Maxie
Executive Director
Tiny Tots Development Center

Dr. Mary Ann Johnston
President
Washington Association of the Education of Young Children (WAEYC)

Leslie Keller
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Ben Kodama

Marty Laronal
Muckleshoot Tribal Birth to 3 Program

Darcy Lees
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Henderson Quinn
New Directions Learning Center

Frieda Takamura
Washington Education Association

Nancy Vernon

Patsy Whitefoot
Education Coordinator
Educational Service District 105

Suzi Wright

Child Care Reviewers

Nina Auerbach
CEO
Child Care Resource & Referral of Seattle & King County

Betsy Brinkley
Family Child Care Provider

Karen Christensen
Family Home Licensor, Region 1
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Marilyn Chu
Department Chair, Early Childhood Education
Skagit Valley College

Pat Dickason
Program Manager
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Jane Dobroudy
Director
Northwest Center

Kathy Hiatt
Director
Kid’s Place

Sally Holloway
Coordinator of Education Programs
Whatcom Community College

Donna Horne
Family Home Provider

Cynthia Juarez
Center Licensor, Region 2
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Elaine Larson
Center Licensor, Region 3
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Candace Latimer
Family Home Licensor, Region 3
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Sally Pritchard
Director, Success By 6
United Way of Spokane

Sherry Schleufer
Family Home Provider

Kathy Schroeder
Program Manager, Region 6
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

Mernie Weick
Licensing Supervisor, Region 1
Division of Child Care & Early Learning
Department of Social & Health Services

ECEAP Reviewers

JoAnn Hare
ECEAP Director
Kennewick School District #17

Nancy Liedtke
ECEAP Coordinator
Aberdeen School District #5

Laurie May
ECEAP Director
South Bend School District

Dr. Wendy Roedell
ECEAP Director
Puget Sound Educational Service District #121

Lynne Shanafelt
Managing Director
Department of Community, Trade & Economic Development

Joe Varano
ECEAP Program Manager
Snohomish County Human Services

Head Start Reviewers

Debi Beagle
Education & Child Development Coordinator
Educational Service District 113

Rachel Blacke
Project Assistant
Governor’s Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Division of Child Care & Early Learning

Kelli Bohanon
Education & Curriculum Manager
Enterprise for Progress in the Community

Sandra Cerna
Child & Family Outcomes Specialist
Benton-Franklin Head Start

Lori Charvet
Migrant Head Start
Washington State Migrant Council

Julianne Crevatin
Department of Health & Human Services,
Head Start Bureau – Region X
Federal Region X Office

Sangree Froelicher
Director
Governor’s Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Division of Child Care & Early Learning

Peggy King
Health Consultant to Head Start Programs
Kids Northwest

Kay MacDonald
Preschool Child Development
Olympic Community Action Program

Barbara Martinez-Griego
Diversity & Disabilities Coordinator
Skagit Valley College Head Start

Traci Mitchel
Child Development & Disabilities Manager
Lower Columbia College Head Start

Laura Opson
Health Manager
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation

Sheryl Pot
Parent – Policy Council Chair
Puget Sound Educational Service District

Kathy Schuknecht
Child Development Director
Puget Sound Educational Service District

Millie Weers
Disabilities Specialist
Community Colleges of Spokane

Kay Wynecoop
Tribal Head Start Director
Spokane Tribe of Indians

Beth Zenner
Family & Child Services Coordinator-EHS
Lewis-Clark Early Childhood Program

OSPI P-3 Reviewers

Dr. Linda Averill
Principal, Shoreline Children’s Center
Shoreline School District

Jerene Callan
K-1 Teacher, Tacoma School District

Jean Carpenter
Executive Director
Washington State Parent Teacher Association

Mary Carr-Wilt
Director of Early Childhood Education
Longview School District

Karin Carter
Early Childhood Education Coordinator
Central Valley School District

Marilyn Enloe
Early Childhood Teacher
Shoreline School District

Mary Fischer
Elementary/Early Childhood Special Education/
Readiness to Learn Director
Educational Service District 114

Richard Gomez
Director for Migrant and Bilingual Education
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Dr. Jack Irion
Deputy Superintendent
Yakima School District

Mary Kenfield
Government Relations Director
Washington State Parent Teacher Association

Sandy Loerch-Morris
Program Director
Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program

Julia Matthews
Transition Coordinator
Seattle Public Schools

Dr. Cecelia McCormick
Early Childhood Special Education Director
Olympia School District

PhongChi Nguyen
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Anne Renschler
Title I Program Supervisor
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Susan Sandall
Assistant Professor
University of Washington

Carrie Stokes
Special Services Student Coordinator
North Central Educational Service District 171

Sandra Szambelan
Director, Early Childhood
Educational Service District 101

Gayle Thronson
Health Services Program Supervisor
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Cheryl Vance
Literacy Content Specialist
Educational Service District 113

Karen Walker
Supervisor for Early Childhood Special Education
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Karen Woodsum
Program Coordinator
Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program