Carmen A. Medrano

Confident Early Childhood Professor delivering results-focused teaching for consistent, measurable academic achievement. Easily manages both large and small classes using adaptable strategies that appeal to diverse personalities, backgrounds and learning types. Accustomed to both in-person and online instruction environments, allowing for optimal lesson engagement and schedule flexibility.

Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence.

• Educator’s Temporary Certificate: Reading K-12, State of Florida Department of Education, Miami, Florida
• Lastinger Early Childhood Certified Technical Assistance Coach, University of Florida
• Outcomes Driven Training (ODT)
• Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) Bas Reliability Trainer
• CLASS 2008 Observer Infant
• CLASS 2008 Observer Toddler
• CLASS 2008 Observer PreK
• CLASS Group Coach I/T
• CLASS Group Coach PreK
• Affiliate CLASS Trainer Infant
• Affiliate CLASS Trainer Toddler
• Affiliate CLASS Trainer PreK
• The Growing Brain trainer, Zero to Three
• Creative Curriculum Trainer, Teaching Strategies

• Programs in Professional Education. Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Infant/Toddler Language and Literacy Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Learning to Talk by Talking: Developmental Approach to Maximizing Language and Literacy Skills, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Making Thinking Visible, International Conference, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 01/23
• One Goal Conference: Building the Future Together. Putting Families and Children First, Tampa, Florida, 01/22
• Children’s First Conference. Early Learning Coalition Developing Language and Thinking using Children’s Literature, Miami, Florida, 01/19
• International Conference of Thinking. Developing Language and Thinking using Children’s Literature and Teaching for Understanding Framework, Miami, Florida, 01/18
• National Association for the Education of Young Children: The Effects of implementing a Spanish Language and Literacy Program for Young Children of Hispanic, Atlanta, Georgia, 01/17
• Early Learning Coalition of Miami Dade County: The Effects of Implementing a Spanish Language and Literacy Program for Young Children of Hispanic, Miami, Florida, 01/16
• National Association for the Education of Young Children Bilingual Language and Literacy Study, Orlando, Florida, 01/15
• Early Learning Coalition of Miami Dade County: Bilingual Language and Literacy Study, Miami, Florida, 01/15
• Florida Child Care Home Association: The Effects of Implementing a Spanish Language and Literacy Program for Young Children, Clearwater, Florida, 01/15
• Florida Child Care Home Association: How to Create a Culture of Thinking Using Children’s Literature, Clearwater, Florida, 01/15
• Early Learning Coalition of Miami Dade County: Making Thinking Visible Through the Use of Children’s Literature, Miami, Florida, 01/14
• Florida Child Care Home Association: Making Thinking Visible Through the Use of Children’s Literature, Orlando, Florida, 01/13
• The Children’s Forum: Cultural Diversity, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 01/12
• Visible Thinking Miami: Creating a Culture of Thinking Through Visible Thinking Routines Using Children’s Literature, Miami, Florida, 01/11
• South Florida Association of Young Children: Jugando Aprendemos, Miami, Florida, 01/09
• Visible Thinking Miami: A New Approach to Learning, Miami, Florida, 01/08
• International Reading Association IRA: Oral Language Skills: A Basic Component to Develop Reading and Writing Skills in the Early Years, San Jose, Costa Rica, 01/08
• Miami Dade Community Action Agency Head Start/Early Head Start Program: Pregnant Women, Infant and Toddlers Conference: Early Literacy, Miami, Florida, 01/08
• International Reading Association (IRA). Scaffolding Students Writing Through Children’s Literature: A Teaching Perspective, Ontario, Canada, 01/07
• Child Development Education Alliance a Professional Early Childhood Organization (CDEA): Literacy for Children Birth to Three, Jacksonville, Florida, 01/07
• Children’s Forum. After School Symposium: The Road to Literacy, Orlando, Florida, 01/04
• Florida School Age Care Coalition Conference: One Goal Building the Future Together: Putting Families and Children First, Miami, Florida, 01/03

• Doctoral Dissertation, Effects of Implementing a Language and Literacy Program in Young Children of Hispanic Background.
• Visible Thinking Miami. Action Research, Making Thinking Visible in Young Children Through the Use of Children’s Literature.

• As the Early Childhood Chair responsible for the development of the National Credential Program CDA