CONSULTANT
Suellen is a trilingual early childhood education consltant with a rich knowledge of ECE programs, as a mentor coach, trainer, family child care provider, assessor, and teacher. Her 15 years of experience include infant/toddler, preschool, center-based, Early Head Start/Head Start, and family child care programs. Suellen has expertise in QRIS quality improvements and assessments, Creative Curriculum, PITC, Teaching Pyramid/CA CEFEL, and CLASS master coaching.
Suellen coaches with positvity toward empowering educators to bring out their best. She is a skilled presenter and facilitator of professional learning activities, including PLCs. Her interest areas are in STEM, language & literacy, curriculum development, and adult-child interactions. Suellen fluently speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.
Suellen holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Early Childhood Education and a certificate in inclusive early childhood practice from San Francisco State University.
CONTENT EXPERTISE:
Leadership development
Diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI)
Early education and elementary supports
Inquiry-based evaluations
LANGUAGE EXPERTISE:
English
Chinese (written), Cantonese (verbal)