Educational Philosophy
Linda Day
Associate Professor / Program Coordinator
Early Child Education
 
B.A. University of Bridgeport
M.A. Saint Joseph College
 
860.738.6305  email
 
 

Dispositions: Being, feeling and experiencing the creative. Discovery learning involves the use of imagination, playing with ideas. A challenging learner centered environment offers opportunities to practice critical thinking and integrating new knowledge with current perspectives

Course Specialties
Current Work
 
  • Executive Committee member CAEYC
  • Delegate from NW CT to CAEYC (CT Association for the Education of Young Children)
  • Conference Committee for CAEYC Fall Conference “Building Blocks to Quality in Early Care and Education”  October 28, 2006  North Haven CT
  • Member of Advisory Board for the NW Accreditation Facilitation Project,  Education Connection.
  • Member of Winchester Readiness Council
    Executive Committee member of Winchester’s Cradles to Classroom collaborative. Also a member of the education subcommittee
  • Parent Empowering Parents (Winchester)...Dr. Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline Training
  • Family Day Committee for Winchester’s Laurel Festival June, 2006, and June, 2007
  • An NCCC delegate to Winchester’s Collaborative for Community Learning
  • Executive Board (past co-chair) of 7 C’s (CT Consortium of Child Care Coordinators in CT Community Colleges)
  • A CT Community College delegate to the newly established (in CT) AECTE (Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, a national two year/four year professional collaboration.
  • NCCC delegate to 4 C’s Delegate Assembly
  • CT Charts A Course Trainer
  • CT Charts A Course Training Advisory Board member
  • Participant in Project STARS (Striving to Achieve Reading Success) Conference (for two and four year college instructors), CT State Department of Education, April 18, 2007
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