EC Book Study - Sun Prairie Series

Presenters: Nicole Aldworth, Karen Russell & Mary Jo Ziegler

Description: The focus of this book study is supporting high quality inclusionary opportunities for all students. Play will be used as an intentional, research based strategy as well as embedding supports from the Preschool Inclusion Toolbox. Teams of regular and special education staff are encouraged to attend together focusing on preschool through 1st grades. Site visits to support implementation may be included. Google folders and resources will be used to organize and share resources and graduate credit/continuing education hours are available upon request. Depending on the number of participants there may be a slight fee to cover the cost of books.

About the Presenters: 

Nicole Aldworth is an Early Childhood Program Support Teacher at CESA 2. She joins CESA 2 with almost 20 years of experience working with young children and their families. Nicole spent most of her career working in the Sun Prairie Area School District and Marshall Public Schools teaching Early Childhood Special Education, 4K, and 5K. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of early childhood education, special education. Providing rich and engaging early literacy opportunities for all children is a passion of hers, along with coaching and support of those working with young children.

Karen Russell is the Early Childhood Program Support Teacher at CESA 2. She comes to this position with over 20 years of experience as a teacher working with children and families in a variety of settings as an ECSE teacher within school district programming, an Early Interventionist with Birth to Three Programming, and as a 4K and 5K teacher. Karen holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of early childhood education and special education.

Mary Jo Ziegler has worked in diverse educational settings for over 30 years. The first 15 years of her career were spent in classrooms teaching grades 2-8. After earning an M.S. in Reading, she moved into an instructional coaching and intervention role at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin. A second Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership led to roles as district instructional resource teacher, a literacy coordinator, PK-12 director of instruction, and DPI consultant. Across the years, MJ has worked to support educators as they design engaging and effective learning opportunities that motivate achievement by building routines and scaffolds to guide students through successful learning experiences.

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