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Last Updated: 4/11/2008

Illinois Director Credential

Recipient Spotlight

The Illinois Director Credential is a standard in leadership and management and gives professional recognition to those who choose to be role models in their early care and education programs and communities. We congratulate each and every one of these leaders!

Recipients of the Illinois Director Credential have demonstrated a strong foundation in early care and education, as well as a strong foundation of management theories and practices. Each director has also made professional contributions to the field of early care and education that have had a large impact beyond the employees and children they serve.

It is for these reasons that we "shine the spotlight" on these professionals.

Featured Directors:

Sonja R. LaCaze Technical Assistant CPS, Community Partnership Program
Denise Pitcher Director Treehouse, Too	Ivy M. Douglass Site Director Lincoln Donoghue
June Davis Executive Director Bloomington Day Care Center, Inc.	Sandra C. Bendickson Administrative Director The Salvation Army Child Care Center

Past Featured Directors:

Elaine Quinn Owner Little Angels Christian Preschool
Frances Gordon Teacher/Director KAM Isaiah Israel Nursery School	Carol Aka Owner Mother Plumtree’s Playhouse
Nelda Jones Administrator/Owner Stepping Stone Early Childhood Learning Center, Inc.	Lenore Johnson Owner/Director Home Sweet Home Childcare
Rachel Stein Co-Director of Early Childhood Education Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center	Patricia Forkan Executive Director TLC Learning Center
Tymeka Miranda Group Home Provider Miranda House Daycare	Thelma Young Director Kennedy-King College Child Development Lab Center
Valerie Sadler Director Proctor Hospital Employee Child Care Center	Lacey Buss Director Christian Child Care Inc.
Kendra Kett Executive Director Early Discoveries: Abbott’s Center for Child Development	Jennett D. Caldwell Program Manager PCCEO Early Head Start Program
Angela Perrin Director, BA Ed. Panda Montessori Academy	Stacy Olszewski Director / Owner State of Illinois Child Development Center
Ruth Prescott Manager – Community Services Metropolitan Family Services	Missy Brown Program Director Small World Child Development Center
Elaine Rodgers Program Coordinator Toyota Children’s Center	Sandra Schaefer Director of Child Care Erie Neighborhood House
Deborah Chamberlain Site Manager Springfield Urban League Headstart	Diane L. Friend Executive Director Decatur Day Care Center, Inc.
Sharon Becker Program Director McLean County Community Compact	Michael G. Davey, M.Ed. Executive Director Mt. Prospect Child Care Center
Wendy Mertes Coordinator Harper College Child Learning Center	Andrea Anderson Director Learning Ladder Early Childhood Center
Terryl Rajcevich Director Windy Tots Play School and Day Care Center	Jill Andrews, Ph.D. Owner / Administrator Kiddie Kollege of Fairfield, Inc.
Stacy Katsibaros Director Little Angels II	Lazetta Farnham Director Richland Community College Child Development Center
Michael Davey Executive Director Mt. Prospect Child Care Center	Barbara Godsil Coordinator / Part-Time Instructor The Children's School @ Carl Sandburg College
Jill Moore Owner / Director Early Learning	Gale Reinitz Senior Director - Early Childhood Services Jewish Community Center of Chicago
Doris Knuth Director Concordia University Early Childhood Ed. Center	Kimberly Hare Assistant Director Catch A Star Learning Center
Deborah Rogers-Jaye Site Director Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago - Valentine A.S.D.C	Pat Meeker Independent Consultant
Erin Cetera Executive Director Weekday Children's Center	Maryellen Waters Director / Owner Sugar Plum Tree Preschool, Inc.
Joleen Patton Program Director Blessing Hospital Child Care Center	Delores Malone Site Director School for Little Children of Evanston
Kathy Hardy Director Winnetka Community Nursery School	Elaine Hullinger Director Faith Lutheran Child Care
Kerri Nolan Independent Consultant	Sue Moustakas Executive Director Sandbox Schools of Early Care & Education

If you would like to featured in the IDC Spotlight, please download the appropriate form:

Indivdual | Colleges

and mail it with a picture of yourself to Gateways to Opportunity .