SUMCD staff attend Pre-K Governors Institute

From July 9 - 14, nine Early Care and Education Professionals from SUM Child Development attended Pennsylvania's first Governors Insitute exclusively for Pre-Kindergarten which was held on the campus of Keystone College. They had the opportunity to listen to nationally known experts in the early childhood field and other leaders from around the state of Pennsylvania. This intense week of professional development was centered around in depth study of Pennsylvania's Pre-Kindergarten Early Learning Standards. Focus areas included early literacy, math, and science. Participants engaged in daily discussion and reflection sessions to plan how they would implement the theory and research based standards into their classroom practice in a deeper and more intentional way. Pictured are Vickie Disanto, Elgarda Mitchell, Anne Berrier, Nichole Yost, Carla Bless, Lara Platt, Carol Blewett, Lisa Calhoun, and Paula Rearick. They are pictured with Roma Greenly, Insititute Faculty/ SUMCD Early Care and Education Coordinator and Cathy Feldman, Institue Director.