Phyllis M. Click
Phyllis Click obtained her bachelor and master’s degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in psychology and child development. Throughout a long career, she worked in various settings with children and adults. She has taught in preschools, worked in summer camps, and developed and taught in a program for autistic children. She has also worked with adults, taught college students, administered grant programs, and designed a curriculum for prospective teachers for a private college. Now retired, she has been a consultant who has helped others start or administer programs, and has published widely. Her publications include another textbook, articles in professional journals, and ancillary materials for other authors¿ texts. She belongs to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the California School-Age Consortium, and the Association for Childhood Education International.
Jennifer Parker
Jennifer Parker is currently a professor of Early Childhood Education Studies at Moorpark College, Moorpark, California. She recently was instrumental in adding a school-age component to the child development degree program. Her classes include students with diverse backgrounds and experience, ranging from entry level to those who are currently teaching in early childhood programs. She received her Master’s Degree from California State University, Northridge, and has had extensive experience working with children, families, and adults. She founded a parent-support program for infants and toddlers in a developmentally appropriate environment and has been a lead kindergarten teacher in an on-campus demonstration school. She is currently a member of an evaluation team using the School Age Environmental Rating Scale to evaluate a multi-site before-and-after school child care program.
Deborah Stone-Zukowski
Deborah Stone-Zukowski is a professor and coordinator in the Early Childhood Education Program at Conestoga College, Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, in Kitchener, Ontario. She developed the School Age Programs course and has been teaching it to second-year ECE students for 24 years. She also developed competencies for the school-age component of field placement. Colleagues and students at Conestoga College have awarded the Aubrey Hagar Award to her for teaching excellence in 1995. She has acquired a certificate of participation in School-Age Child Care Environmental Rating Scale. She holds a Masters of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and has had a variety of experiences with different age groups. She has written a number of articles for early childhood journals on effective school-age programs, helping school-age children cope with stress, the benefits of risk taking and the influence of media on school-age children. She is a great advocate for promoting diversity and the acceptance of differences and was instrumental in bringing awareness to Intergenerational Programs across Ontario.
