Kathie McAfee

Child Development Chair
Child Development Instructor
Family and Consumer Students Department

Mailbox: AHPS 251
Office: AHPS 104
Telephone: (530) 895-2550
Email: mcafeeka@butte.edu

Biography

Hello. I am pleased to be a member of the Butte College faculty. Prior to my employment as full-time instructor in 1994, I was a member of the Butte College associate faculty. I taught my first early childhood education/child development class at Butte College in 1988. Throughout the years, I have taught a variety of classes including the following:

• ECE Administration classes
• Directed Observation
• Practicum I and II
• Parenting classes
• Multicultural Education in ECE
• Curriculum Planning in ECE
• Creative Art Activities
• Literature and Language Arts
• Child Development
• Critical Issues in Child Development
• Child, Family, and Community
• Children's Cooking Activities

Additional relevant experience includes:

Butte -Glenn Community College District ( Oroville , CA )

• Family and Consumer Studies Chair (August 2006 - Present)
• Family and Consumer Studies Chair (January 1998 - May 2002)
• Child Development Coordinator (August 1997 - December 1997)
• Butte College Child Development Center , Co-Director (August 1994 - May 2002

Private Non-Profit Early Childhood Education Center (Little People Nursery School and Kindergarten, Chico , CA )

• Director (June 1993 - May 1994)
• Co-Director (March 1978 - May 1990)

Varied ECE Positions (1971 - 1978)

• Head Teacher in a private early childhood program (Redding, CA 1976 - 1977)
• Director/Teacher of a parent participation preschool (Cerritos, CA, 1971 - 1974)
• Preschool Teacher, Student Teacher, Dance Instructor (Anaheim and Long Beach, CA, 1963 - 1971)

Education and Credentials:

Master of Arts in Education, California State University, Chico, CA 1992

• Emphasis: Early Childhood Education Supervision/Cultural Diversity
• 4.0 GPA with Distinction

Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, California State University, Chico, CA 1987

• Major Emphasis: Family Relations
• Minor Emphasis: Developmental Psychology
• 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
• Lieutenant Robert Merton Rawlins Merit Award

Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education, Shasta College, Redding, CA, 1976

• 4.0 GPA, High Honors
• Board of Trustees Scholarship for Highest Grade Point Average

California Children's Center Suprevision Permit (Current)
California Life Community College Credential (Current)

Selected professional accomplishments include:

• Campus Coordinator, California Child Development Training Consortium, 2004-Present
• Advisor for students pursuing, ECE A.S. and Child Development A.A. degrees as well as ECE Certificate of Achievement, August, 1995 - Present
• Authored a variety of new Child Development and Family Relations courses, 1989-Present
• Member, Butte College Child Development Advisory Committee, 1988-Present
• Member, Child Development Mentor Teacher/Director Selection Committee, 1994 - 1998; 2005-Present
• Member, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Member, California Community College Early Childhood Educators
• Former Member, Executive Board of local (NAEYC) affiliate and representatives to the NorCal AEYC Board
• Member, National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, including local affiliate
• Member, Pre K Guidelines Curriculum Project Stakeholders Group
• Former Trainer, Advancing Careers in Child Development Project, Pacific Oaks College
• Served on hiring committees for Foster Care/Independent Living Program Facilitator and Child Development Full-Time Instructors
• Shared in coordination of NorCal AEYC annual conference, hosted by Butte College
• Former Member, Vocational Education GE Task Force
• Former Member, AmeriCorps Board
• Former Member, Early Alert Committee (Student Retention and Success)
• Former Member, Staff Development Projects Committee