Author: HDI Staff

Quality Assurance Reviewer Supports for Community Living Medicaid Waiver Phone: 502-782-5498 Email: terre.brothers@ky.gov Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

Health and Safety Coach Child Care Aware Phone: 606-878-4972 Email: michelle.lowe@uky.edu Responsibilities: Technical assistance related to child care licensing standards and establishing and maintaining licensing and certification for providers. Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

Early Care and Education Content Coordinator: Health and Safety Child Care Aware Phone: (859) 246-6336 Email: stefani.whaley@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provide guidance and oversight of Child Care Aware (CCA) Health and Safety Coaches, and resource and referral projects. Work closely with state funder and contract agencies to ensure quality technical assistance and training resources for early care…

Technical Assistance Specialist Child Care Aware Phone: 270-706-8742 Email: cthom6@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provide TA and support to CCA Quality Coaches. Establish and maintain reliability on Environment Rating Scales and other valid and reliable tools for Quality Coaches and STAR Raters in the Central Region. Provide support to providers for KY All STARS TQRIS Experiences: Reason: Research:…

Regional Child Care Administrator Child Care Aware Phone: Email: angela.cooper@uky.edu Responsibilities: I provide technical assistance to child care centers in Floyd, Letcher, Martin and Pike Counties. Experiences: I have had 14 years experience working in a child care center, in Lexington and in Hazard. I have been at my current position since 1997. Reason: I…

Quality Administrator Supports for Community Living Waiver Phone: (270) 784-8222 Email: jonathans.howard@ky.gov Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:

Quality Coach Child Care Aware Phone: 606-451-6932 Email: chrystal.wilson@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provide TA to licensed and certified childcare centers/homes. Experiences: Lake Cumberland Head Start Reason: Research: Interests:

Instructional Design Coordinator Child Care Aware Phone: (859) 246-6754 Email: dawn.griffin@uky.edu Responsibilities: Provides TA to individuals seeking to participate in Kentucky’s Trainer’s Credential system. Provides training to Kentucky’s Credentialed Trainers specific to the Training Regulations and the Division of Child Care’s approved data system to support the training framework. Implements quality assurance. Collaborates with Health…

Director Kentucky Early Childhood Data System (KEDS) Phone: (859) 218-5961 Email: jaime.grove@uky.edu Responsibilities: Director of the Kentucky Early Childhood Data System (KEDS) which is designed to provide a data system that will allow teachers and providers at the local level to implement high quality curriculum-based assessments that inform instructional and classroom practices yet provide data…