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Southern Region

Penny Chase, Professional Development/Training Manager at 4-C Madison, serving Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson and Sauk Counties.  Available to participate in WMELS trainings in this five county area.
pennyc@4-c.org

Susan Donahoe, Preschool Planning Minigrant Coordinator for the state of Wisconsin.  Experiences cover a wide range of roles and offer a broad range of perspectives, including classroom teaching in regular and special education, educational evaluation, pre-service instruction and consultation in early childhood and early childhood-autism for CESA #2, serving 74 school districts in Dane, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine, Rock and Walworth Counties.  Available to participate in WMELS trainings in this seven county area.
sdonahoe@cesa2.k12.wi.us

Sandy Garski, Technical Consultant, Wisconsin Child Care Improvement Project/Supporting Families Together Association.  Providing consultation and training for individuals and groups interested in becoming State Licensed for child care, or wanting to improve quality in programming.  Available to participate in WMELS trainings in the southern area of the state.
sgarski@prodigy.net

Martha Hestad, Early Childhood Program Support and Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative Coordinator for CESA # 3 serving Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland and Sauk Counties.  Available to participate in WMELS training in the CESA #3 service area.
mhestad@cesa3.k12.wi.us

 

Ann Ramminger, Early Childhood Professional Development and Southern Region Community Collaboration Coach. UW-Madison Waisman Center. Available to participate in WMELS training in southern region and collaborative statewide training by request.
RAMMINGER@Waisman.Wisc.Edu

Joan Rice, Early Childhood Program Support with experience in Early Childhood Special Education for CESA #5 serving 35 school districts: http://web.cesa5.k12.wi.us/aboutus/about_schools.cfm.  Available to participate in collaborative WMELS training opportunities in the CESA 5 area.
ricej@cesa5.k12.wi.us

Cathy Smith, Child Care Resource/Referral Specialist and Professional Development Coordinator for Family Connections of Southwest Wisconsin.  Available to participate in WMELS training within and next to our six county area- Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, and Vernon Counties.
csmithccrr@yahoo.com

Elaine Strom, Education Consultant, Teacher Education, Professional Development and Licensing, Dept. of Public Instruction.  Available to participate in WMELS evening or Saturday trainings in the Southern Region.
Elaine.Strom@dpi.wi.gov

Jude Teicher, Private Autism Consultant, Statewide Project Consultant for the Preschool Environment Options grant through CESA 2, Educator for the Dane County Connections 0-3 Program.  Available to participate on a WMELS training team in the southern region. 
Judet@cesa2.k12.wi.us