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Early Childhood Development Program Information

The Early Childhood Development Program at Northern Virginia Community College is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The accreditation term runs from March 2018 through March 2025.

NVCC bases the content of all ECE courses on NAEYC’s Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation. This link is to data on program outcomes.

Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure #1: The Number of Program Completers

Academic Year

Number of program completers

Percentage of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion)

Percentage of program completers who were attending part-time[1] (at the time of completion)

2020-2021

77

28%

72%

2019-2020

53

10%

90%

2018-2019

72

13%

87%

Outcome Measure #2: The Program Completion Rate

Expected graduation timeframe two years

Academic year in which a Fall cohort of full-time candidates enrolled in the program (select three sequential years)

Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 150% of the published timeframe

Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 300% (three times) of the published timeframe.

2015-2016

28%

34%

2014-2015

28%

34%

2013-2014

25%

29%

Outcome Measure #3: Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate

Academic Year

Percent of Part-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment)

Retention Rate among Part-Time Candidates

Percent of Full-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment)

Retention Rate among Full-Time Candidates

2019-2020

78%

42%

22%

54%

2018-2019

78%

36%

22%

46%

2017-2018

76%

37%

24%

44%

 

Alexandria

Name Phone Email
Dr. Christine Schull
Assistant Dean
703.845.6224 cschull@nvcc.edu
Pam Blankenship (adjunct) 703.575.4722 pblankenship@nvcc.edu
Sherry Chevalley (adjunct) 703.575.4722 schevalley@nvcc.edu
Stephanie Cunningham (adjunct) 703.575.4722 scunningham@nvcc.edu
Virginia Holloway (adjunct) 703.575.4722 vholloway@nvcc.edu
Ana Hoover (adjunct) 703.575.4722 ahoover@nvcc.edu
Nancy Hoyler (adjunct) 703.575.4722 nhoyler@nvcc.edu
Amy Johnson (adjunct) 703.575.4722 ajohnson@nvcc.edu
Shelley Keith (adjunct) 703.575.4722 skeith@nvcc.edu
Trista Mason (adjunct) 703.575.4722 tmason@nvcc.edu
Kristine Ruscello (adjunct) 703.575.4722 kruscello@nvcc.edu
Yvonne Spencer (adjunct) 703.575.4722 yspencer@nvcc.edu
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Loudoun

Name

Email

Susan Johnson-Program Head

sjohnson@nvcc.edu

Dawn Crowson (Adjunct)

dcrowson@nvcc.edu

Dr. Jennifer Kaywork (Adjunct)

jkaywork@nvcc.edu

Lauren Lang (Adjunct)

llang@nvcc.edu

Ann-Marie Lanius (Adjunct)

alanius@nvcc.edu

Gail Multop (Adjunct)

gmultop@nvcc.edu

Laura McCarty (Adjunct)

lmccarty@nvcc.edu

Dr. Rachel Sweeney (Adjunct)

rsweeney@nvcc.edu

Kathleen Tanas (Adjunct)

ktanas@nvcc.edu

 

Manassas

Dr. Kathleen Ludlow, Program Head
kludlow@nvcc.edu
Since January 2002, Dr. Ludlow has served full-time as the Early Childhood Program Head at the Manassas Campus.  Dr. Ludlow brings a wealth of experience from both public and private sectors to NOVA.  Expertise as an early childhood educator, trainer, and former owner of early learning centers make her an ideal program head and early childhood professor. 

Ms. Bernice Mayfield
bmayfield@nvcc.edu
Since August 2014, Ms. Mayfield has served full-time as an early childhood professor at NOVA. Prior to this time, Ms. Mayfield was an adjunct at NOVA for the early childhood programs.  Ms. Mayfield’s experience, in both public and private sectors of early childhood education as an educator and mentor, make her an ideal early childhood professor.

Adjuncts

Ms. Lucy Amos
Experienced early childhood educator and trainer.  Ms. Amos brings a global perspective to the early childhood classroom.  Ms. Amos enjoys spending time with her family and early childhood advocacy.

Dr. Rosemary Burton
Long time adjunct professor of early childhood education at NVCC.  Dr. Burton is instrumental in preparing child care providers to work in the field of early childhood education.  Dr. Burton enjoys ballroom dancing and working with early childhood committees for the betterment of this field.

Ms. Deborah Donovan
Experienced licensed public teacher.  Ms. Donovan begins a wealth of knowledge, talent and interest in early childhood education to the classroom.  Ms. Donovan enjoys spending time with her family and teaching at NVCC in the early childhood programs.

Ms. Amy Josephson
Knowledgeable early childhood educator who enjoys rich hands-on learning experiences.  Ms. Josephson enjoys spending time with her family and planning early childhood activities.

Ms. Kristal Menchaca
Highly experienced educator at both the community college and university levels.  Ms. Menchaca is particularly knowledgeable in the areas of infant and child development, behavior guidance, and health/safety of young children.  Ms. Menchaca enjoys spending time with her family and child advocacy.

Ms. Deborah Stepien
Knowledgeable early childhood professional with 28+ years of experience working with young children and families in a variety of settings.  Ms. Stepien is a highly skilled child development and Child Find specialist, assessor, child advocate and licensed teacher.  Ms. Stepien enjoys volunteer work and travel.

Alexandria Campus

Dr. Christine Schull, Program Head
cschull@nvcc.edu

Ginny Holloway
vholloway@nvcc.edu

Loudoun Campus

Susan Johnson, Program Head
sjohnson@nvcc.edu

Manassas Campus

Dr. Kathleen Ludlow, Program Head
kludlow@nvcc.edu

Bernice Mayfield
bmayfield@nvcc.edu

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