SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Committee Meets

December 10, 2019
South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean Dr. Andrea Oates is shown above (l to r) with the members of the Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Committee members at their recent meeting. They include: Macon County Elementary School Family Services Director Verneda Johnson, Sumter County Primary School Counselor Brandi Roland, SGTC Academic Affairs administrative assistant April Hilliard, SGTC Grants Coordinator Nancy Fitzgerald, Crisp County Primary School Principal Monica Warren, and SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education Instructors Lisa Penton and Jaye Cripe.
South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean Dr. Andrea Oates is shown above (l to r) with the members of the Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Committee members at their recent meeting. They include: Macon County Elementary School Family Services Director Verneda Johnson, Sumter County Primary School Counselor Brandi Roland, SGTC Academic Affairs administrative assistant April Hilliard, SGTC Grants Coordinator Nancy Fitzgerald, Crisp County Primary School Principal Monica Warren, and SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education Instructors Lisa Penton and Jaye Cripe.

   The South Georgia Technical College Early Childhood Care and Education advisory committee met recently in the conference room in the Odom Center on the SGTC Americus campus.

The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Early Childhood Care and Education program. SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education Americus Instructor Jaye Cripe and SGTC Early Childhood Cordele Instructor Lisa Penton provided the committee with updates and information about program changes, enrollment, community activities, and student news.

The advisory committee members provide information to SGTC faculty and staff about suggested improvements in curriculum, new training opportunities that are available in the early childhood care field, new technology, employment/internship opportunities available for students, and salary levels students may anticipate upon graduation. 

Members present at the advisory committee meeting included: South Georgia Technical College Early Childhood Care and Education instructors Jaye Cripe and Lisa Penton, Advisory Committee members Macon County Elementary School Family Services Director Verneda Johnson, Sumter County Primary School Counselor Brandi Roland, and Crisp County Primary School Principal Monica Warren.  Also present was SGTC Academic Dean Dr. Andrea Oates, Academic Affairs Assistant April Hilliard, and SGTC Grants Coordinator Nancy Fitzgerald.

The advisory committee is a crucial link that provides an avenue for South Georgia Tech instructors to learn about changing conditions or technology in the workplace that can then be passed along to students that will enable them to be fully prepared for a career upon graduation.