Thelma Harms, Director of Curriculum Development
Emerita, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Harms is recognized internationally for her work on assessing
care and educational programs for children. Her early experience as
Head Teacher of the Harold E. Jones Child Study Center, UC Berkeley
for 15 years, and her subsequent role as Director of Curriculum
Development at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
prepared her to serve as lead co-author of the four Environment
Rating Scales (ECERS, ITERS, FCCERS, and SACERS). Much of her
recent training and consultation through the Environment Rating
Scales Institute (ERSI) has focused on preparing professionals in
the use of the scales for research, technical assistance, training,
and program assessment in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
(QRIS) and similar quality enhancement projects in the United
States and abroad.
Debby Cryer, Scientist Emerita, Frank Porter
Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Dr. Cryer is now retired from the University and works with the
Environment Rating Scales Institute. She was a principal
investigator for the national study on Cost, Quality and Child
Outcomes in Child Care Centers, continued those interests in the
European Child Care and Education Study, and has studied the
effects of providing continuity of caregiver to infants and
toddlers. She is the lead co-author of a curriculum called “All
About Preschoolers.” She regularly provides consultation on
establishing quality rating and improvement systems. Dr. Cryer
frequently lectures and provides training on the scales, both in
the United States and internationally.
Richard M. Clifford, Senior Scientist Emeritus,
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Clifford has written and consulted extensively on child and
family policy issues with special emphasis on the role of
government in the provision of early childhood services. In
addition, he has done research on early learning environments and
their impact on young children. He was Principal Investigator on
the National Center for Early Development and Learning study of
state funded pre-kindergarten programs and Co-Director of the
companion SWEEP study. He was also one of the principal
investigators on the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care
Centers study. He helped establish and served as the first director
of the North Carolina Division of Child Development. Dr. Clifford
is a past president of the National Association for the Education
of Young Children.
Noreen Yazejian, Senior Research Scientist, Frank
Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Yazejian has extensive experience conducting large-scale,
multi-site research and evaluation studies exploring questions
about early education quality and children’s outcomes, particularly
for children living in poverty. Her early childhood research and
program evaluation studies have focused on professional
development, models of programming birth to 5, home visiting,
quality rating and improvement systems, early childhood language
and literacy, and the use of data for continuous quality
improvement. Her research has been published in Child Development,
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Early Education and
Development, Social Policy Report, and NHSA Dialog.
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