CMAE Presents Chartering the "APPStacle Course" of Digital Learning by Dr. Govan-Hunt

Chartering the "APPStacle Course" of Digital Learning 

Incorporating digital learning into everyday lessons can seem like an "obstacle course". We will visit several types of learning, make it plain, and explore Apps that will be easy to navigate using the Chromebooks since that is the general piece of equipment CMS uses in the classroom. Participants will earn 1 CEU with the completion of post training activities. This is a FREE event for members and $20 for non-members.

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When: Saturday December 14, 2019

Time: 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Location: Newell Elementary, 325 Rocky River Road West, Charlotte, NC 28213

 Space is limited, please register early!

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Dr. Govan-Hunt earned her Bachelor's degree from Claflin University in Child Development where she took on a second major in History. She attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio where she earned a Master's in Education in Curriculum & Instruction and a Specialty in Teaching. During her research assistantship at Bowling Green State University she taught reading and writing at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio. She served as a 5th grade teacher in an alternative school in Toledo and as a part-time preschool teacher for four year old children at a Marazon preschool.

Serving in so many different levels of education helped her really understand and witness the importance of a solid early childhood foundation as well as the importance of parental support and advocacy.

After taking up residency in the Queen City she served as a site coordinator for the Dell Curry Foundation, a high school challenge tutor for Communities in Schools, and an assistant director for Wesley Child Development Center. She then found a home as a child development specialist with one of the lead resource and referral agencies in the area. That is where she fostered her love for helping affect change in the early care and education community. Work done in the field encouraged her to earn a Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education at Walden University and open an early education consulting agency, Govan-Hunt Staff Development, LLC & Critical Curriculum Consulting, in 2011.

She takes pride in learning how systems work and how culture and cultural competency drives many of these systems. Her research and passion for under-represented children, youth, and communities have allowed her to present at various national conferences such as Smart Start, NAECY, NBCDI, and NAA.

Dr. Hunt is a member of Uplift Christian Ministries where she manages community outreach efforts. She is president of the Mecklenburg Child Care Association, the President the National Black Child Development Institute- Charlotte, and a board member (Family Program Committee Chairperson) for Charlotte Bilingual Preschool. For the past 2 years she served as a chair person of the Ready for School committee with Read Charlotte and the Chair Person for the Kindergarten Ready team during the implementation phase of the project; an effort to double the percentage of children reading on grade level by the end of third grade by 2025.. She assisted in creating the framework and launch for the Data Collaborative focused on gathering literacy data for early care and education programs in Mecklenburg County. She played a critical part in designing the Innovative Classroom at Charlotte Bilingual preschool.

Dr. Hunt was a participant in the feasibility study looking at the ways in which universal pre-k can become reality in Mecklenburg County. She is also a leader on the Pathways Design Team focusing on high quality early education programs and literacy.

Hunt believes that she was created to serve children, families, and communities.  She says, “I can truly say that my genuine belief is that I am exercising my purpose in life. My goal is the help bridge the gaps between home, school, and the community by connecting and growing support systems through parental education and advocacy”.