The Essential Literacy Workshop Book

Holly Seplocha, Associate Professor of Early Childhood, William Paterson University, was honored as the NAECTE/Allyn & Bacon Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator of the Year 2005. Beginning her career as a preschool teacher, she has been working for over 25 years as a teacher, administrator, university professor, teacher educator, consultant, researcher, and advocate for children and families. Judy Jablon is a nationally recognized educator and author with more than 25 years of experience in early childhood and primary education. Judy Jablon has a M.S. degree from the Bank Street College of Education and advanced degree credits in cross cultural education and communication from the University of Pennsylvania. Janis Strasser holds graduate degrees in early childhood education, educational leadership, and curriculum and teaching. For more than 20 years she taught in preschool, kindergarten and primary grade settings. For the past eight years she has been a professor of early childhood education at William Paterson University.