Profiles in Leadership

In each issue of the Inside Gateways newsletter, we profile leaders in early care and education and school-age and youth programs to acquaint you with their work and to illustrate through their experiences the range of career options available in Illinois. Below is a sampling of leaders profiled in past newsletter issues. To see their full profiles, click here. Additional profiles representing other career options in early care and education and school-age and youth development can be found here.

Fall 2009 Issue

Gayle Mindes

DePaul University prepares students to work with diverse populations of children and families enrolled in our early childhood and elementary school classrooms.

Cheryl Bulat

A number of strategies are in place to recruit, support, and retain students through graduation in Morton College's Early Childhood Education Department, where over 70% of the student body is Spanish speaking.

Johnna Darragh

A curriculum that blends early childhood education and early childhood special education standards and access to a fully inclusive lab school prepares students at Heartland Community College to teach a diverse population of learners.

Summer 2009 Issue

Rob Derry

Rob has observed a number of changes in the early intervention system in Illinois in recent years.

Ted Burke

Ted’s focus on the family perspective in EI professional development makes the Illinois Early Intervention Training Program different from other states.

Susan Fowler

Early intervention and special education services for children with disabilities and their families have been the focus of Susan’s professional career.