Region 10

The Minnesota Centers of Excellence for Young Children with Disabilities is the statewide professional development system for early childhood special education (ECSE). Professional Development Facilitators (PDF) in each of the state's eight economic development regions work to connect, support and empower local leaders to build capacity. Through these joint efforts, young children and their families are accessing and benefiting from high-quality programs and services throughout the state.

In some instances, the boundaries of educational districts do not align with the eight economic development regions' boundaries. In instances when a cooperative or district's boundaries are found in more than one region, the district's PDF and service region are assigned based upon the county in which a program's leader is housed.

Counties: Dodge, Goodhue, Houston, Fillmore, Freeborn, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona

Tammy Queensland

tqueensland@zumbroed.org

Tammy Becker Queensland began her work as a Region 10 Professional Development Facilitator in 2014 after the modifications of the TACSEI Master Cadre'. Prior to the change, Tammy was a part of the TACSEI Master Cadre', which provided training and coaching support. Tammy believes professional development and coaching reflection are essential to quality programming and enhancement. Research has proven that teachers' knowledge and skills directly correlate with the quality and effectiveness of their service delivery.

Tammy brings with her knowledge of early education and early childhood special education through her experiences working with school districts, Head Start programs and child care settings as an early childhood teacher, mentor-coach, trainer, center director and higher education instructor.

She received her B.S. in Education from Winona State University and her M.A. Ed in Early Education from Concordia -St Paul.