Congratulations to assistant professor of Curriculum & Instruction Stephanie Smith, named the 2021 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator from Taylor and Francis (publisher) and the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Education (NAECTE) Foundation.
This national award goes to recipients who demonstrate the following in the field: leadership, as evidenced by providing direction, energy, organization, and efforts aimed at improving early childhood teacher education; professionalism, as demonstrated through advocacy, expertise, and high ethical standards; self-reflection practices, through the conscious commitment to the profession and to her/his own professional development; mentoring, by modeling dimensions of teaching that nurture the professional development of students, beginning teachers and faculty, and colleagues.
For more information on this award, visit the NAECTE website.
