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Introducing the New Director of the Preschool Program

Alice Wiggins brings to Core Knowledge a diverse background in education, technology, and project management. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational Psychology to accompany her Masters of Education in Instructional Design, K-6 Teaching Certification, and business and project management experience. She most recently served as the Associate Director of the University of Virginia Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, which is affiliated with the University’s Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning. At the lab, Alice managed several research initiatives funded by the U.S. Department of Education. She worked with preschool administrators, teachers, and students to ensure quality implementation of intervention curricula designed to enhance the language and literacy acquisition of at-risk preschoolers.

Alice is author of Preschoolers at Play: Building Language and Literacy through Dramatic Play and contributing author to Scaffolding with Storybooks: A Guide for Enhancing Young Children’s Language and Literacy Achievement and Assessment in Emergent Literacy. She is also the volunteer educational director for the Ukraine Special Needs Orphanages Fund, Inc.

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