Child Care Teaching Experience

Teaching Experience:

*Instructor at Wharton County Jujnior College, Texas 11 years

*Curriculum Coordinator at Avance Head Start& Early Head Start, Houston Texas 4 years

*Operations Coordinator at Harris County Department of Education's Head Start, Houston Texas 2 years

*Assistant Director at Bethlehem Preschool Center, St. Charles, Illinois 4 years

Conference Presentations
	NATIONAL/REGIONAL	STATE	LOCAL
Agencies Years	NAEYC/SECA/NISOD	TXAEYC	HCDE / ABC/C.H.I.L.D./Let The Children Come
2014	Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) on "Brain Matters".January, Williamsburg, Virginia	Texas Association for the Education of the Young Child (TAEYC) on "Brain Matters" September, Austin, Texas.	R.T.Garcia Early Childhood Winter Conference, HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), on 'Brain Matters".January, Houston Texas.
2015			R.T.Garcia Early Childhood Winter Conference, HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), on 'Mental Locks and keys to Creative Teacherhood".January, Houston Texas. ABC Child Care Conference by Texas A & M University Agrilife Extension, on 'Mental Locks and keys to Creative Teacherhood".January, Wharton, Texas
2016	National Association for the Education of the Young Child (NAEYC), on 'Supporting the Child who is Shy in the Classroom".November, Los Angeles, California Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA), on 'Mental Locks and keys to Creative Teacherhood".January, Tulsa, Oklahoma.		R.T.Garcia Early Childhood Winter Conference, HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), on 'Supporting the Child who is Shy in the Classroom".January, Houston Texas Let The Children Come Conference by the Archdiocese of Galveston, on " Brain Matters" October, Houston Texas.
2017	Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA), on 'Supporting the Child who is Shy in the Classroom".March, Biloxi, Mississippi.	Gulf Coast Chapter Texas Association for the Education of Young Children (GCC TX AEYC) Conference on " Busting Stress Boosting Growth" May, at University of Houston, Clearlake Texas. Gulf Coast Chapter Texas Association for the Education of Young Children (GCC TX AEYC) Conference on " Once Bitten Twice Shy" December, at San Jacinto Community College, Houston, Texas.	R.T.Garcia Early Childhood Winter Conference, HCDE (Harris County Department of Education), on 'Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom". January, Houston Texas Center in Houston for Infant Development (C.H.I.L.D.) Conference on " Silence is Not Golden" April, at University of Houston, Texas. ABC Child Care Conference by Texas A & M. University Agrilife Extension, on "Silence is Not Golden".September, Wharton, Texas Let The Children Come Conference by the Archdiocese of Galveston, on "Supporting the Child who is Shy in the Classroom" October, Houston, Texas
2018	National Insitute for Staff Organization and Development (NISOD) on 'Supporting the Student who is Shy in the Classroom" in Austin, Texas.	Austin Chapter of Texas AEYC on "Supporting the Child who is Shy in the Classroom" in Austin, Texas.	UNICEF, RICE and FIRST 3 YEARS Parental training on "Infant Mental Health and Trauma" at Wharton County Junior College, Sugarland, Texas.