Maura Burke
Washington,CA
Summary
Highly adaptable and experienced early childhood educator with exceptional leadership, communication, organizational and grant management skills committed to professional development that focuses
on research to practice. Aiming to leverage my experience and expertise to further work with children, adults and in related research to promote overall health and wellness.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Early Childhood Consultant
Guidehouse
05.2024 - Current
- Research and identify best practices in the field of early childhood education, school age care, special education, child care subsidy and other content areas relevant for OCC
- Provide guidance and recommendations regarding technical assistance (TA) content and strategies, as well as serve on a team providing project management support for ongoing TA work
- Serve on various projects on an ad hoc and as needed basis
Early Childhood Consultant
Self Employed
01.2022 - Current
- Co-develop strategic growth plans for early childhood programs including Head Start, Early Head Start and Virginia Preschool Initiative using regional data for large diverse suburban public school system
- Collaborate on the creation of supplementary resources for Mind in the Making professional learning
- Develop and delivering professional learning and technical assistance to early childhood teachers in urban public school system
- Develop a grant proposal for teaching key learning skills (e.g., executive function) in a developmentally appropriate way to young children for an urban public school system
Director of Early Childhood
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2016 - 01.2022
- Led the growth of early childhood programming (birth -K) in Fairfax County Public Schools with a focus on play, equity, emotional and behavioral health, executive function, mathematics and literacy
Coordinator of Early Childhood
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2005 - 01.2015
- Created PreK inquiry based curriculum and assessments used by all PreK classrooms and aligned family engagement experiences with curriculum
Early Childhood Specialist
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Co-led the transition to full day kindergarten for all kindergarten classrooms including funding and professional learning
Course Instructor
George Mason University
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Co-designed graduate level course (EDUC 500 - How Young Children Learn) for early childhood educators with an emphasis on research to practice
Early Childhood Instructional Coach & Lead Professional Developer
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.1999 - 01.2004
- Initiated the used of data analysis in professional learning communities with administrators and teachers for Early Head Start, PreK/Head Start and kindergarten classrooms
Special Education and PreK Teacher
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.1991 - 01.1999
- Developed and taught a Reggio influenced inquiry based PreK curriculum in an inclusive classroom
Education
Master's of Education -
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VABachelor of Arts -
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DCSkills
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workplace
- Adobe
- Child Development
Certification
Commonwealth of Virginia, Professional Teaching License, Preschool Special Education and Early Childhood (NK-3)
Accomplishments
- Bridge to Kindergarten Program serving over 7,000 five year olds
- Full Day K implementation for over 13,000 students at 141 schools
- WeePlay playgroups in ten elementary schools serving over 100 families
- STEAM initiative in PreK program
- University of Virginia - Fairfax Prek-3 (FP3) research
- Behavioral Health initiatives for PreK and K students
- Crayons to Careers Scholarship
- Access to PreK program increased by 1000 students
- Early Childhood Equity Team
- Learning by Exemplar: Case Studies of Head Start Program
Affiliations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Head Start Association
Professional Development
- Cognitive Coaching Days 1-8
- Adaptive Schools Days 1-4
- Project Zero
- Mind in the Making
- Reggio Emilia Approach
- Fierce Conversations
- Courageous Conversation
- Carnegie Foundation Networked Improvement I
- Harvard's Race, Equity and Leadership in Schools
- Conscious Discipline I & II
- CLASS (PreK and K-3)
- Mindful Leadership
- UCLA's Head Start Management Fellow
Publications
- Combining a Kindergarten Readiness Summer Program with Self-Regulation Intervention Improves School Readiness, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 42, 291-300, 2018
- Early Learning Through the Visual Arts
Timeline
Early Childhood Consultant
Guidehouse
05.2024 - Current
Early Childhood Consultant
Self Employed
01.2022 - Current
Director of Early Childhood
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2016 - 01.2022
Coordinator of Early Childhood
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2005 - 01.2015
Early Childhood Specialist
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2004 - 01.2005
Course Instructor
George Mason University
01.2001 - 01.2004
Early Childhood Instructional Coach & Lead Professional Developer
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.1999 - 01.2004
Special Education and PreK Teacher
Fairfax County Public Schools
01.1991 - 01.1999
Master's of Education -
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts -
The Catholic University of America