Mary Wandschneider
Senior Instructor
Education
- B.A. in Psychology, Occidental College
Elementary Teaching Credential, University of California at Los Angles (UCLA) - M.A. in Family and Child Science, Michigan State University (MSU)
Courses Taught
- Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Directed Observations of Children
- Children and Death
- Parent-Child Relationships
- Professional Preparation
- Professional Skills for Working with Children and Families
- Internship in Human Development (graduate and undergraduate)
Interest Areas
- Early childhood education and care
- Professional development of child care providers
- Early childhood education for children at risk for school failure
- Program Evaluation
- Family literacy
- Transition to the workplace
Select Publications
Wandschneider, M.R. (2007).
University of Idaho Even Start Annual Evaluation Technical Report. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Human Development.
Wandschneider, M.R. and Boyd, B.J. (2007).
Impact of Head Start Resources on Child Care: Staff Quality Enhancement Project Final Technical Report.
Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Human Development.
Wandschneider, M.R. (2006).
University of Idaho Even Start Annual Evaluation Technical Report. Pullman, WA: Washington State University,
Department of Human Development.
Boyd, B.J. and Wandschneider, M.R. (2005).
Washington State Child Care Career and Wage Ladder Research and Evaluation: Post Project Technical Report
(Phase III). Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Human Development.
Boyd, B. and Wandschneider, M.R. (2004).
Washington State Child Care Career and Wage Ladder: Final Research and Evaluation Grant Technical Report. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Human Development. (National Child Care Information Center On-Line, NCCIC).
Boyd, B. and Wandschneider, M.R. (2001).
Washington State Child Care Career and Wage Ladder Research and Evaluation: Grant Interim Technical Report. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Human Development.
Wandschneider, M.R. (1998).
Careers in Human Development: Grant Report. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Human Development.
Wandschneider, M. (1998).
Washington Work place Improvement of Necessary Skills: Final Summative Evaluation. Pullman, WA: WSU.
Wandschneider, M. and Iglitzin, L. (1995).
Basic Skills in the Work place: A Handbook of Washington Employer Practices in 1995. Olympia, WA: Office of Adult Literacy, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Iglitzin, L. & Wandschneider, M. (1994).
Washington state even start 1993-1994: Final evaluation. Olympia, WA: Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Office of Adult Literacy. (ERIC Document Reproduction No. ED 378 411).
Wandschneider, M.R. and Peck, C.A. (1993).
Jack and Jill -- and Sam? In P.J. McWilliam and D. Bailey. Working together with children and families: Case
studies in early intervention . Baltimore: Paul Brooks. (NCEDL). (National Child Care Information Center On-Line,
NCCIC).
Peck, C.A., Hayden, L., Wandschneider, M.R., Peterson, K.L., & Richarz, A.S., (1990).
"Development of integrated preschools: A qualitative inquiry into sources of resistance among parents, administrators, and teachers." Journal of Early Intervention: Division for Early Childhood.
Peck, C.A., Richarz, A.S., Peterson, K.L., Hayden, L., Mineur, L. & Wandschneider, M. (1989).
An ecological process model for implementing the LRE mandate. In R. Gaylor-Ross (Ed.). Integration strategies for persons with handicaps . Baltimore: Paul Brookes.
Richarz, A.S., Peck, C.A., Peterson, K.L., and Wandschneider, M.P. (1988).
"Planning for lasting programmatic change." Proceedings of Planners Conference on Integration and the Least Restrictive Environment for Young Children. Chicago, IL.
Current Research
My primary areas of research focus on workforce issues. I am currently analyzing data from two recent studies of the early childhood education workforce (co author Brenda Boyd). One study is comparing the quality of programming in two sets of child care centers: child care centers receiving additional dollars to provide Head Start enhanced services, and centers operating without those enhancements.
The other study is a four year evaluation of a state pilot project to subsidize child care provider wages in an attempt to reduce turnover of employees and improve quality of care. Increased wages are based on employee early childhood education, length of employment, and level of responsibility (providing a career and wage ladder for child care providers). There are 125 pilot child care centers and a matched set of 125 comparison centers (and their approximately 3000 employees) involved in the study. Nine waves of data were collected over four years to analyze the effectiveness of the pilot.
Additionally, I am currently analyzing data collected through a telephone survey with 280 BA and MA WSU HD graduates. The survey included questions on: graduates' careers, perceptions of the job market for our graduates, and perceptions of strengths and possible needed changes in our curriculum.
Personal Information
My students say I "talk fast with lots of animation." As any family ecologist worth her salt, I attribute that to my family, community and culture of origin. I was born in the greater New York city area, the youngest (and by far the shortest...) of 4 children. Now I have a family of my own with 3 sons and a husband. My outside of work activities -- mainly traveling, gardening, skiing -- are in flux and developing as my husband and I adjust to the "empty nest" with our three sons in graduate school, working and independent.
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Curriculum VitaeMailing Address:Human Development Contact:Email: wandsch@wsu.edu |
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