S3. Episode 3: Mary Harrill – National Association for the Education of Young Children
Host, Nikki Baldwin, and Mary Harrill, Senior Director for Higher Education Accreditation at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) discuss the NAEYC Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Profession. This vision for the early childhood workforce has significant implications for early childhood educators in Wyoming. Listen in to hear about this exciting opportunity to grow our profession in Wyoming.
“What the Unifying Framework is calling for is not what we’re creating a common curriculum for early childhood education, but it is calling for more cohesion within our higher ed landscape and to really think about if we’re preparing individuals in these professional standards and competencies, how do we organize our programs around that?” Mary Harill“What the Unifying Framework is calling for is not what we’re creating a common curriculum for early childhood education, but it is calling for more cohesion within our higher ed landscape and to really think about if we’re preparing individuals in these professional standards and competencies, how do we organize our programs around that?” -Mary Harill
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About our guest
Mary Harrill
Mary Harrill is a Senior Director of Higher Education at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). In this role, she oversees NAEYC’s higher education accreditation system for early childhood degree programs, and leads NAEYC’s engagement with the early childhood higher education community. Prior to working at NAEYC, Mary worked at Achieving the Dream (ATD) as an Associate Director overseeing grants to improve student success in community colleges and managing the recruitment and retention of colleges in the ATD network. From 2001 until 2014, Marcy worked for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in many roles–including overseeing federal and state policy, managing state chapters, overseeing governance operations, and leading initiatives to improve principal preparation and advance clinical preparation of educators. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Stetson University, and a Master of Theological Studies from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Mary Harrill is a Senior Director of Higher Education at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). In this role, she oversees NAEYC’s higher education accreditation system for early childhood degree programs, and leads NAEYC’s engagement with the early childhood higher education community. Prior to working at NAEYC, Mary worked at Achieving the Dream (ATD) as an Associate Director overseeing grants to improve student success in community colleges and managing the recruitment and retention of colleges in the ATD network. From 2001 until 2014, Marcy worked for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in many roles–including overseeing federal and state policy, managing state chapters, overseeing governance operations, and leading initiatives to improve principal preparation and advance clinical preparation of educators. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Stetson University, and a Master of Theological Studies from Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
Show Notes
The Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession
https://powertotheprofession.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Power-to-Profession-Framework-03312020-web.pdf
Power to the Profession (website)
Click below to see how the Unifying Framework came to be and what it means for our field.
http://powertotheprofession.org/unifying-framework/
