PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Pennsylvania PQAS certified and nationally certified as a Zero to Three Growing Brain instructor.  Training is available in multiple topic areas.  Sessions are held via live, interactive webinar. 

 

CONTACT INFO:

For additional information call Karen at 717-314-8368 or email to krucker@RespectingChildren.com


Karen Rucker, M.S.
ECE Master Trainer

717-314-8368

RespectingChildren.com

Services Available

Early Childhood Professional Development

Karen Rucker, M.S.

 

EDUCATING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS IN DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES AND RESPECTFUL INTERACTIONS WITH CHILDREN.

 

Ms. Rucker has more than 35 years experience in early care and education, having held multiple roles as early childhood consultant/technical assistant, teacher, director, education coordinator, trainer, mentor, and multi-site manager in a variety of educational settings including urban, suburban, for-profit, non-profit, government-sponsored, and a university lab school; in centers small and large, including start-ups and fix-ups.


Along the way, Ms. Rucker has led three child care centers to NAEYC accreditation; a national hallmark of quality in early childhood education.  She has presented at numerous local & national professional development conferences and has been a consultant on multiple projects throughout the eastern corridor.  Karen also has considerable experience teaching CDA classes and early childhood credit-bearing coursework at several colleges and universities. 


This wealth of experience brings a unique perspective to her work with early childhood staff and administration.


For more information on professional development, please contact Karen Rucker at her office 717-314-8368 or send an email inquiry to krucker@RespectingChildren.com


NOTE:

  • Pennsylvania PQAS Certified Instructor
  • Zero to Three Certified Trainer: The Growing Brain 
  • Brain Story Certified
  • CLASS Observer / Infant
  • Child Care Health Advocate Certificate
  • CDA Instructor and former CDA PD Specialist