Meet Marcia
- She helps transform expectations of what children can achieve when the adults surrounding them interact in meaningful ways
- She shows parents how to turn everyday moments and conversations into enjoyable learning and play experiences
- Her deep expertise in children’s literature enables her to bring a unique focus to using books that build background knowledge and vocabulary
- She has proven time and again that children respond to this purposeful attention
Results That Speak for Themselves
She co-created and directed a national research-based and result-driven training organization providing professional development in teaching strategies for both parents and educators in early childhood center, kindergarten, and state literacy programs. Through multi-million-dollar projects, this organization reshaped teachers’ practices, remade classrooms into productive learning and play environments, and provided hundreds of thousands of quality book collections and literacy tools. Marcia co-led a team that created the Mrs. Bush’s Story Time radio shows, a unique four-year collaboration with First Lady Barbara Bush which aired on ABC Radio Networks nationwide to promote reading aloud and family literacy.
Marcia was also instrumental in creating and raising funding for a city-wide organization in Providence RI which had built comprehensive early literacy systems including professional development, literacy training for parents, librarians, and early childhood educators.
During all these projects, Marcia has worked with educators, politicians, corporate and organization funders and has deep experience training scores of parents and caregivers to fulfill their roles as their children’s first and most important teachers.
