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Early Literacy Project

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Project Advisory Committee
Scott McConnell, Ph.D. Director Center for Early Education and Development Education Sciences Building, Suite 40 56 East River Road Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: 612-624-6365 Fax: 612-625-2093 smcconne@umn.edu Judy Canney Minneapolis Community & Technical College 1501 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 Phone: 612-370-9400 canneyju@mctc.mnscu.edu Ann Casey Assistant Executive Director Minneapolis Public Schools 2225 East Lake Street, Room 222 Minneapolis, MN 55407 Phone: 612-668-5404 Fax: 612-668-5446 acase@mpls.k12.mn.us Betty Cooke Minnesota Department of Education 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113 Phone: 651-582-8329 betty.cooke@state.mn.us Michael Eastman Minnesota Department of Education 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113 Phone: 651-582-8343 michael.eastman@state.mn.us Barbara Fabre White Earth Reservation P.O. Box 418 White Earth, MN 56591 Phone: 218-983-3285 ext 409/201 Fax: 218-983-4299 barbf@whiteearth.com Susan Glenn Minneapolis Public Library Gateway Services Manager (Manager of Library Literacy Efforts) 250 Marquette Minneapolis, MN 55401 sglenn@mplib.org Sharon Henry-Blythe Greater Minnesota Day Care Association 1628 Elliot Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-341-1177, x 522 sharonh@gmdca.org Carol Miller Hennepin County Children, Families, and Adult Services 525 Portland Avenue South, MC959 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: 612-348-8983 Fax: 612-348-6075 Carol.Miller@co.hennepin.mn.us	Zoe Nicholie Early Childhood Consultant Ready for K 3531 - 15th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55407 Phone: 612-721-7222 Fax: 612-721-5814 znicholie@hotmail.com Valerie Peterson MN Child Care Resource and Referral Network T.E.A.C.H. 380 Lafayette Road, Suite 103 St. Paul, MN 55107 Phone: 651-290-9704, ext. 25 Fax: 651-290-9785 valeriep@mnchildcare.org Michael Rodriguez University of Minnesota Department of Educational Psychology Phone: 612-624-4324 Fax: 612-624-8241 mcrdz@umn.edu Christina Sheran Strong Beginnings Minneapolis Public Schools 2225 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55407 Phone: 612-668-5422 Fax: 612-668-5446 Csheran@mpls.k12.mn.us Paul van den Broek University of Minnesota Department of Educational Psychology Phone: 612-626-1302 Fax: 612-624-8241 pvdbroek@umn.edu Avisia Whiteman Minnesota Department of Education 1976 Pinehurst Avenue St. Paul, MN 55116 avisia.whiteman@state.mn.us Gretchen Wronka Hennepin County Libraries Administrative Offices 12601 Ridgedale Drive Minnetonka, MN 55305 Phone: 952-847-8546 gwronka@hclib.org Mary Wynne MN Child Care Resource and Referral Network 380 Lafayette Road, Suite 103 St. Paul, MN 55107 Phone: 651-290-9704, ext. 21 Fax: 651-290-9785 maryw@mnchildcare.org

Project Partners

Ginger Bush Youth Services Division Manager Minneapolis Public Library 300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis MN 55401 Phone: 612-630-6282 vbush@mplib.org Don Fraser 821 - 7^th Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 Phone: 612-379-9451 dfled@goldengate.net Rosemary Miller University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Literacy Programs 107 Burton Hall, Delivery code 3171 178 Pillsbury Drive S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 mille324@umn.edu Phone: 612-627-4349	Barbara O'Sullivan Minnesota Department of Education 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113 Phone: 651-582-8422 barbara.osullivan@state.mn.us Todd Otis Early Childhood Care and Education Finance Commission 3825 Glenhurst Avenue St. Paul, MN 55416 toddotis@qwest.net
Project Staff
Much gratitude to Angele Passe and Kate Horst, original Project Coordinators of the Early Literacy Training Project (MELT 1) who hired and guided excellent people in the initial efforts of this project's goals and activities.
Project Coordinator, MELT 2
Vicki Hawley
Project Training Specialists
Carrie Johnson, Lucy Arias Littlewolf
Project Graduate Assistants
Elaine Lee, Alisa Raemakers, Mary Jane White
Support Staff
Karen Anderson
Contact information for project staff is on the CEED staff page.

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