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Present Fellows
Our 2008 Schott Fellows are Tina Degree, Francia DeJesus-Flores, Just Holm, Rolland Janairo, Theresa Jordan, Youngok Lim, Kay Lisseck, Clarence Little, Evelyn Nellum, Francia Wisnewski, and Nida Wright. You can read their bios by clicking here.
Past Fellows
To view biographies and photos of past Fellows, please select from the links below.
2007 Fellows - 2006 Fellows - 2005 Fellows - 2004 Fellows
Principal Fellows
Our 2007-2008 Principal Fellows are Alenor Abdal-Khallaq Williams, Sherry Brooks-Roberts, Catherine Constant, Marice Diakite, Suzanne Federspiel, Valerie Gumes, Vera Johnson, Ben Russell, and Nora Toney. You can read their bios by clicking here.
Past Principal Fellows
To view biographies and photos of past Principal Fellows, please select the link below.
2006-2007 Principal Fellows.
These principals focused on the PK-3 approach. You can learn more about PK-3 by clicking here.
Staff
Dr. Valora Washington, Fellowship Director
Valora Washington directs several leadership programs for practitioners, including the Schott Fellowship in Early Care and Education, and the Principals Fellowship for Elementary school principals with prekindergarten programs---both of which offer new models for leadership development. She also has co-created several institutions, such as Michigan’s Children, a statewide advocacy group, and the Early Childhood Founders Collaborative.
Frequently tapped for senior-level service, she has been Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Governor’s School Readiness Commission, Board Chair for Voices for America’s Children, Secretary of NAEYC, chair of the Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development and Co-Chair of the National Head Start Association Commission on 2010. She currently serves as a trustee of the Boston Children’s Museum and Wheelock College.
Valora is a former Vice-President of the Kellogg Foundation, where she led a process to develop over $18 million in grants related to early education and child welfare, and $86 million overall. She has held executive and teaching positions at institutions including Antioch College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She is a co-author or co-editor of over 50 publications, including Children of 2010 and Keeping the Promise: a Study of the Massachusetts Child Care Voucher System. Advocacy for the voucher system led to 52,000 children in Massachusetts having opportunities for a one year certification period, effective last fall. Ready or Not: Early Care and Education Faces New Challenges, her latest writing venture (with Stacie Goffin) was released by Teachers College Press in June 2007.
She was educated at both Indiana and Michigan State Universities and holds honorary doctorate degrees from both the Bennett College and the Meadville Lombard Theological School. She is a Certified Association Executive with the American Society of Association Executives.
Office Staff
Jessica D'Amico, Office Manager
Julia Campbell, Program Manager
Kim Blanchard, Administrative Assistant
Michelle Bairos, Administrative Assistant
Maria Buruca, Administrative Assistant
Advisory Board
Dr. Valora Washington
Fellowship Director
Mr. Douglas Baird
President, Baird Associates
Ms. Marta T. Rosa
President, MTR Consulting Services
Ms. Yasmina Vinci
President, EDGE Consulting
Ms. Corrine Corso
Former Schott Fellow, Manager of Sales and Customer Service, Child Care Circuit
Ms. Jeri Robinson
Former Schott Fellow, Vice President of Children’s Programs, Boston Children’s Museum
Contact Information
The Schott Fellowship
Cambridge College
315 Broadway, Suite 9
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone 617-873-0678
FAX 617-873-0434
schottfellowship@yahoo.com
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