CURRICULUM VITA

Susan B. Gunnewig

susangunnewig.ecars@yahoo.com

Present Title: Director Product Development

Office Address: 4606 FM 1960 W, Suite 433 Houston, Texas 77060Telephone: 281.315.8813

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1968 University of Houston B.S.Houston, TX Education

1972 University of Houston M.Ed.Houston, TX Education

1986 University of Houston Doctoral ProgramHouston, Texas Administration

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

1968-1995 Elementary Classroom Teacher-North Forest ISD, Klein ISD, Houston ISD

1995-2001 Asst. Reading Manager-Houston ISD-Under the direction of Dr. Rod Paige

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2001-2008 University of Texas Medical School-PediatricsChildren’s Learning Institute

Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

2003 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Children’s Learning Institute Department of Pediatrics, the University of Texas Medical School

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

2002- Co-creator and trainer of the Head Start STEP training conducted in 13 Head Start Regions across the United States and Puerto Rico

2003- Co-creator of the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM). Mixed delivery model of early childhood programs in Head Start, public schools and childcare (for profit, non-profit, and faith- based

2004- Served on the International Reading Association Early Childhood Advisory under the direction of Dr. Lesley Morrow, Rutgers University

2007- Served as a resource witness for Texas early childhood for the Texas House.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS2000 - Present Houston Association for Education of Young Children2000 – Present Texas Association for Education of Young Children2000 - Present National Association for Education of Young Children

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

1984 - 2006 Christ the Good Shepherd – Food Ministry1996 - 2000 Houston Independent School District- Volunteer Reading2007 Blood Donor and Food Ministry-St. Edward’s Catholic Church2007 Adopt-A-Highway – Don’t Mess with Texas Campaign

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PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

Referred Publications

1. Landry, S. H., Swank, Paul R., Smith, Karen E., Gunnewig, Susan B. Enhancing Cognitive Readiness for Pre-School Children: Bringing a Professional Development Model to Scale. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39 (4), 306-324, 2006.

2. Assel, M.A., Landry, S. H., Swank, P. R., Gunnewig, S. B., An Evaluation of Curriculum, Setting, and Mentoring on the Performance of Children Enrolled in Pre-kindergarten. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 20, 463-494.

3. Landry, S.H., Gunnewig, S.B., Swank, Paul R., Anthony, J., McManis, L.D., The Texas Early Education Model: Achieving School Readiness in Cost Effective Ways, (in submission)

4. Landry, S.H., Gunnewig, S.B., Swank, Anthony, J., Assel, M., McManis, L.D., An experimental study evaluating a state funded prekindergarten program: Bringing together subsidized childcare, public school, and Head Start. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. (in press)

Presentations

1. Gunnewig, S . “Data from CIRCLE Projects: Cognitive Readiness,” UT CARS Developmental Pediatrics, November 7, 2003

2. Gunnewig, S , “Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76,” Texas Association for Education of Young Children, Austin, Texas, November 19, 2003

3. Gunnewig, S ., “What Research Tells About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children, Baker Institute panel, Rice University, January 23, 2004

4. Gunnewig, S , “Year One Results from Preschool Curriculum Education Research Grant,” IES, Washington D.C., February 2-4, 2004

5. Gunnewig, S ., “Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76,” Texas Association for Early Childhood Supervisors, Austin, Texas, February 26, 2004

6. Gunnewig, S ., “Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76,” Region VII Head Start Senior Staff, Dallas, Texas, March 12, 2004

7. Gunnewig, S. , “Overview of Teachscape and the IERI Grant, East Baton Rouge Senior Staff, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 19, 2004

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8. Gunnewig, S ., “What Research Tells Us About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children”, Gila River Tribal Council, Phoenix, Arizona, April 22, 2004

9. Gunnewig, S ., “Using Research to Support Early Childhood Programs with Quality Language and Learning Components” IRA Convention, Reno, NV, May 6, 2004

10. Gunnewig, S ., Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76”, Texas Association of Community Action Agencies Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, May 13, 2004

11. Gunnewig, S ., “What Research Tells Us About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children”, Brownville Child Care Workforce Conference, Brownsville, Texas, May 17, 2004

12. Gunnewig, S ., “What Research Tells Us About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children,” Miami School Readiness Coalition, Miami, Florida, June 1, 2004

13. Gunnewig, S , “Building Portfolios for Children Using a Handheld Computer,” NAEYC Leadership Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 2, 2004

14. Gunnewig, S ., “The Texas School Readiness Rating System,”Texas Association for Early Childhood Supervisors Council, Austin, Texas, June 11, 2004

15. Gunnewig, S ., “The Texas School Readiness Rating System,”Texas Licensed Child Care Association Board, Austin, Texas, July 10, 2004

16. Gunnewig, S ., “Curriculum Features of Doors to Discovery and Let’s Begin” PCER Grantees –Round 1 and 2, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2004

17. Gunnewig, S ., “Overview of Senate Bill 76,” Texas Head Start Directors,Texas Head Start Assn., Dallas, Texas, July 26, 2004

18. Gunnewig, S . “ What Research Says About Cognitive Readiness in Children,” Cameron Workforce Commission Child Care Conference, Brownsville, Texas, July 30, 2004

19. Gunnewig, S. “What Research Says About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children,” CLIO Grant Participants, Los Angeles, CA, August 10, 2004

20. Gunnewig, S. , “What Research Says About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children,” Tehama County Child Care Conference, Red Bluff, CA. August 27, 2004

21. Gunnewig, S. “The Texas School Readiness Rating System” Harris County Department of Education Early Childhood Conference, Houston, Texas, September 2, 2004

22. Gunnewig, S, “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Houston Association for Education of the Young Child Conference, Houston, Texas, September 11, 2004

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23. Gunnewig, S , “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Texas A&M University Early Childhood Conference, San Antonio, Texas, September 28, 2004

24. Gunnewig, S . “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Texas Education Agency Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas, October 5, 2004

25. Gunnewig, S “What Research Says About Texas Early Childhood & School Readiness”, Texas Association for School Curriculum Directors, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 11, 2004

26. Gunnewig, S, “SB 76 Results for the Brownsville Project”, Brownville Chamber of Commerce, Brownsville, Texas, October 20, 2004

27. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Children’s Museum Board of Directors, Houston, Texas, December 6, 2004

28. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work”Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio, December 16, 2004

29. Gunnewig, S. “Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood” Houston Independent School District Elementary Principals, January 10, 2005

30. Gunnewig, S. “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Texas, February 2, 2005

31. Gunnewig, S. “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Texas Association for Supervisors and Curriculum Directors. San Antonio, Texas, February 3, 2005

32. Gunnewig, S. “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Texas Registry Summit, San Antonio, Texas, February 7, 2005

33. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Education Coordinators Ohio Head Start, Columbus, Ohio, February 15, 2005

34. Gunnewig, S. “How Research Impacts Texas Early Childhood,” Texas Association for Education for the Young Child Conference, Austin, Texas. February 18, 2005

35. Gunnewig, S. “How Research Impacts Texas Early Childhood,” Texas Association for Supervisors of the Young Child Conference, Austin, Texas. February 25, 2005

36. Gunnewig, S. “Sharing Results from the PCER Grant,” Department of Education, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2005

37. Gunnewig, S. “Data and the Future for Texas Early Childhood”, Texas United Way.San Antonio, Texas, March 8, 2005

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38. Gunnewig, S., “Early Childhood Programs That Work” HELP for KIDS Partner Meeting, Houston, Texas. April 1, 2005

39. Gunnewig, S., “Data and the Future for Texas Early Childhood” Texas United Way, Austin, Texas, April 5, 2005

40. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Future in Texas” University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, April 6, 2005

41. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” National Head Start Conference, Miami, Florida, May 17, 2005

42. Gunnewig, S. “Impacting Language at Home Through Book Reading” National Even Start Parent Literacy Conference, Albany, N.Y., May 26, 2005

43. Gunnewig, S. “Monitoring Children’s Progress in Early Childhood” National Assocation for the Education of the Young Child, Miami, Florida, June 5, 2005

44. Gunnewig, S. “How Scientific Research is Guiding Texas Early Childhood Programs” Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Assn., Austin, Texas, June 9, 2005

45. Gunnewig, S. “The Texas School Readiness Rating System-SB 23” Texas Education Service Center Executive Directors Meeting, Austin, Texas, June 13, 2005

46. Gunnewig, S ., “The Future of Texas Early Childhood-SB 23” Texas Education Agency Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas, June 21, 2005

47. Gunnewig, S ., “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Even Start CLIO Grantees Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, June 12, 2005

48. Gunnewig, S., “The Texas School Readiness Rating System-SB 23” Texas Education Service Core Group, Austin, Texas, June 19, 2005

49. Gunnewig, S., “Data Results from SB 76 and SB 23” Texas Education Agency Grant Managers Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 15, 2005

50. Gunnewig, S., “Parent Literacy-One on One”, Even Start Symposium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October, 2005

51. Gunnewig, S., “Parent Literacy-One on One”, Even Start Symposium, Albany, N.Y.

November, 2005

52. Gunnewig, S. “Even Start Web Cast- Symposium Follow up David Dickinson”, Washington D.C., January, 2006

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51. Gunnewig, S. “Data Results from SB 76-Year 2 and the School Readiness Rating System” Harris County Department of Education Council Meeting, Houston, Texas, August 30, 2005

52. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood-Lessons Learned” Texas Elementary Principals Association, Austin, Texas, June 7, 2006.

53. Gunnewig, S., “Teacher to Teacher Reading Aloud and Language” Department of Education, Atlanta, GA, June 12, 2006

54. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, HEB School Excellence Panel, San Antonio, Texas, June 15, 2006

55. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, Rural School Districts-Central Texas, Stockdale, Texas, June 16, 2006

56. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, Central Texas Work source, Temple, Texas, July 24, 2006

57. Gunnewig, S ., “SB 76 and SB 23: Achieving Higher Levels of Success for Texas Young Children, Houston Independent School District Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas, February 16, 2007.

58. Assel, M.A., Landry, S.H.., Swank, P.R., & Gunnewig, S. “Longitudinal investigation of the implementation of two literacy focused curricula (i.e., Let’s Begin with the Letter People and Doors to Discovery) during pre-K and kindergarten: The impact of setting and mentoring”... Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Vancouver, Canada. July 2006

59. Swank, P.R., Assel, M., Anthony, J.L., King, T., Gunnewig, S., & Landry, S.H. “Development of the CIRCLE-Phonological Awareness, Language, and Literacy System (C-PALLS), a progress monitoring measure for preschool children”. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Vancouver, Canada. July 2006.

60. Landry, S.H., Gunnewig, S., Swank, P.R., & Anthony, J.L. “Integration among early childhood service delivery programs in the context of research proven curricula, progress monitoring, and ongoing professional development: The Texas Early Education Model (TEEM)”. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Vancouver, Canada. July 2006.

61. Gunnewig, S ., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, Southerland Head Start Meeting, Beaumont, Texas, August 2, 2006

62. Gunnewig, S ., “What Works in Early Childhood”, Child Care Group Conference, Dallas, Texas, August 5, 2006

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63. Gunnewig, S ., “What Works in Early Childhood”, Texas Association for Education of Young Child, Galveston, Texas, October 6, 2006

64. Gunnewig, S ., “How Research is Driving Texas Early Childhood”, Texas Even Start Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 9, 2006

65. Gunnewig, S ., “How Research is Driving Texas Early Childhood”, Texas Education Agency Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 10, 2006

66. Gunnewig, S ., “High Quality PreK Programs,” Richardson, Texas, October 25, 2006

67. Gunnewig, S ., “Integration of Early Childhood Systems: Who Pays for the Band-Aids?”, National Head Start Assn. Conference, Washington, D.C., January 18, 2007

68. Gunnewig, S. , “SB 76 and SB 23: Achieving Higher Levels of Success for Texas Young Children, African American Family Support Conference, Austin, Texas, February 9, 2007.

69. Gunnewig, S ., “SB 76 and SB 23: Achieving Higher Levels of Success for Texas Young Children, Houston Independent School District Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas, February 16, 2007.

70. Anthony, J. L., Landry, S. H., Swank, P. R., Gunnewig, S., Assel, M. A., & King, T. “Psychometrics of a palm-based progress monitoring tool for informing preschool instruction”. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Research Conference. San Diego, CA. February 2007.

71. King, Terri, Assel, M., Swank, P.R., Gunnewig, S., Landry, S.H., “The Impact of Literacy-Specific Curriculum in Pre-Kindergarten: Findings Across Two Years of Implementation”. Paper presented at the Society of Research in Child Development. Boston, MA. April, 2007.

72. Swank, P.R., King, T., Anthony, J.L., Assel, M., Gunnewig, S., Landry, S.H., “Development and Validation of a Progress Monitoring Measure for Preschool Children”. Paper presented at the Society of Research and Child Development. Boston, MA. April, 2007

73. Anthony, J.L., Gunnewig, S.B., Landry, S.H., Swank, P.R., “Effectiveness of Comprehensive Professional Development for Teachers of At-Risk Preschoolers”. Paper presented at the Society of Research and Child Development. Boston, MA. April, 2007.

74. Gunnewig, S.B ., Landry, S.H., Swank, P.R., Anthony, J.L., “Raising the Quality of Pre-Kindergarten Programs in a Statewide Mixed Service Delivery Model with Research Proven Practices”. Paper presented at the Society of Research and Child Development. Boston, MA. April, 2007.

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75. Anthony, J. L., Landry, S., Swank, P., Gunnewig, S. “What components are needed for effect professional development? A large scale evaluation of four professional development programs for teachers of at-risk preschoolers”. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Prague, Czech Republic. July 2007.

76. Gunnewig, S.B. “What is TEEM and School Readiness?” Texas Head Start Association. Galveston, Texas, July 23, 2007.

77. Gunnewig, S.B. “How Online Professional Development Impacts Child Care”, Miami Dade Childhood Coalition, Miami, Fl., November 4, 2007.

Grant Reviewer:U.S. Department of Education, Early Childhood Educator Professional Development

Grant, 2004, 2005, 2007

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