Conference Advisory Group

 The Role of the TKC Advisory Team is: 
● To share their perspectives, opinions, and recommendations with honesty
● To ensure that the conference meets the needs of participants
● To deepen our understanding of teacher’s concerns and challenges across the country
● To explore programmatic and structural changes of the conference
● To broaden our reach for presenters and facilitators
● To reach out to us as well as other members of the Advisory Team with their ideas, thoughts, concerns, opinions and support. 

TKC Advisors are:
Kindergarten teachers, children’s librarians, researchers, university professors, consultants, authors, arts educators and administrators from schools and educational organizations across the country. 

Meet the Advisory Team

Arturo Argüero
– Manager of Educator Development;The New York Public Library, New York City
– MA: Cultural Studies in Education, University of Texas at Austin
– BFA: Visual Art Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Jaquetta Bustion
– Music Teacher, Kindergarten -5th grade: Community Roots Charter School
– MS: Music and Music Education, Teachers College
– BA: Music and Comparative Literature ( English and French), Brown University

Renee Dinnerstein
– Early Childhood Consultant
– MA: Early Childhood Education, Brooklyn College, CCNY
– BA: Sociology, Brooklyn College, CCNY

Anne Montero
– Kindergarten Head Teacher: Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
– MSEd: Special & General Childhood Education, Bank Street College;
– BA: American Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University

Soyoung Park
– Faculty: Director of Early Childhood and Childhood Special Education Online Programs: Bank Street College
– BA: Sociology, Brown University,
– MPS: Early Childhood General and Special Education, Manhattanville College
– PhD: Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education, Stanford University

Jane Parkes
– Demonstration Teacher, Pre-K & Kindergarten Teacher: UCLA Lab School, Los Angeles, CA
– MSEd: Early Childhood and General Childhood Education, Bank Street College
– BA: Literature, Yale University

Fanny Roman
– Kindergarten Teacher: The Active Learning Elementary School, Queens, NY
– MSEd: Early Childhood Literacy & Bilingual Education (Spanish), Queens College, CCNY
– BA: Early Childhood Education, Queens College CCNY

Laura Sedlock
– Early Childhood Instructional Coordinator: NYC Public Schools, Division of Early Childhood
– MSEd: Educational Leadership, Hunter College, CCNY
– MSEd: Early Childhood & Elementary Education, Bank Street College
– BA: English Literature, Wesleyan University

Meg Walker Smanick
– Transitional Kindergarten Teacher: Thames River Magnet School, Groton, CT
– MA: Childhood Education, New York University
– BA: Sociology, Franklin and Marshall College

Alisa Soriana
-Educational Consultant
-MSEd: Early Childhood Education, Bank Street College
-BA: Psychology, Wesleyan University