Expert educational consulting services for Early Education, Elementary Education, and Higher Education
Expert educational consulting services for Early Education, Elementary Education, and Higher Education
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Dr. Sylvester obtained her bachelors degree in early childhood education, her Illinois Professional Educator License, and ESL endorsement from North Park University. She obtained her masters in early childhood administration from National Louis University. She obtained a doctorate of education in early childhood education and Illinois Principal License from DePaul University. She is currently completing coursework towards her superintendent endorsement.
Dr. Sylvester has a significant amount of expertise pertaining to the field of early childhood education, elementary education, and higher education. She has been a classroom teacher, has worked with INCCRRA, Gateways, Start Early, ECRC, EC*REACH, has volunteered with ILTS, works with Birth to Five Illinois, was accepted to volunteer with NAEYC as a peer reviewer for higher education, worked with Chicago Public Schools, and has worked in higher education. With her expertise she provides a plethora of training to help early educators improve their practice so that our early learners can develop the tools they need during this critical period to be lifelong learners.
Dr. Sylvester has been working in the field of early childhood education for over 10 years. She began work as a full-time teacher in Pre-K - 2nd grade classrooms with Chicago Public Schools and is currently listed in their principal quality pool. Dr. Sylvester has taught early childhood education courses at Northern Illinois University and DePaul University. She is currently an adjunct professor at DePaul University and Lewis University. She has been a supervisor and observer for early childhood and elementary student teachers at Northern Illinois University, DePaul University, and Lewis University. She has been a Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Direct Route Reviewer with INCCRRA (Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agency) and an Early Childhood Education Content Test Reviewer with ILTS/ISBE (Illinois Licensure Testing System/Illinois State Board of Education). She is a certified teacher and principal evaluator with the Illinois State Board of Education. She has served on the advisory council for Birth to Five Illinois, was accepted to be a NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) peer reviewer for higher education. She has been a part of work groups for Northwestern's EC*REACH (Early Childhood* Research Alliance of Chicago) and ECRC (Every Child Ready Chicago) along with Start Early Chicago. She trains educators on many different topics with Illinois Action for Children (IAFC). She's a volunteer with Junior Achievement. She conducts research on college students who are parents, on-campus childcare, and Black homeschooling families and organizations. She speaks at different conferences across the country pertaining to her research findings. She is currently serving on a dissertation committee for one of DePaul's doctoral students. She has published research, and has her own self-publishing business - Pretty Nerd Publishing - that she writes and sells her 12 books in 7 different genres under. She has also published an empathic studies curriculum for Pre-K - 8th listed below.
Interview About My Homeschooling Journey with my Mom
Interview About Being a Leader in the Field of ECE
Interview About Career and Education for Junior Achievement Youth
Panelist for UIC From Surviving to Thriving Symposim
Panelist for Marillac St. Vincent's Beacon of Hope Event
Dr. Sylvester provides a wide range of educational consulting services to support early educators in early learning environments, elementary educators in elementary school environments, higher educators in teacher preparation programs, and early educators employed at on-campus child care programs. Her expertise includes training, professional development, teacher evaluation, principal evaluation, classroom environment evaluation, curriculum planning, kindergarten readiness for Pre-K students, and small group instruction and planning in math and reading for grades K-2. She understands that our early educators aren't given the compensation they deserve which makes it difficult to pay for university courses to obtain more education. Teachers shouldn't be denied knowledge pertaining to best practices just because their wages are too low to attend higher education institutions. With her consulting service she can offer the insight early educators need at a fraction of the cost. She understands that our early learners are in their critical years and need support during this critical period to have lifelong educational success.
The Three Hearts Curriculum was designed to give educators a guide on how to teach certain difficult topics to children in Pre-K - 8th grade classrooms while also teaching them to be empathic. Bloom’s Taxonomy was utilized for learning objectives that build with higher grades and age ranges. Guiding questions, guiding Bible verses, read alouds, Common Core State Standards for ELA, Illinois Social Science standards, Next Generation Science standards, and Illinois SEL and Early Learning standards are all included or embedded throughout the curriculum. The CASEL's SEL Framework was utilized as guide when designing units, lessons, and the assessment. There are a total of 10 units per grade. The units focus on topics such as; economics, community, climate, disabilities, race/ethnicity, language/identity, family, care & consent, activism, and religion. There are vocabulary words aligned to each unit and a script on how to teach the vocabulary words and introduce the topics in a developmentally appropriate way. There are at least 4-6 age-appropriate books with graphic organizers that align with the assessments and grade levels for each unit and activity. Also included is a pre- and post-Empathy test to give students before and after all units have been taught. It also includes presentations and newsletters for parents. This curriculum is meant to be flexible and implemented based on your classroom, students, beliefs, and time management.