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Ellen Gannett
Director, National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Ellen S. Gannett is Director of the National Institute on Out-of-School
Time at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College
(NIOST). NIOST is a national action/research project which
for the past 30 years, provides technical assistance, consultation,
and specialized training to schools and other educational organizations
throughout the U.S. In this capacity she directs a national
team of ten Education and Training Associates who travel across
the country to lead workshops for out-of-school practitioners
and directors. She previously held the position of Education
and Training Coordinator with the Project from 1981 through
1989 and will be celebrating her 25th anniversary working with
NIOST.
As a national speaker and trainer, Ellen has conducted hundreds
of seminars throughout the country. Her recent work has focused
on workforce issues and professional development. In that
capacity, she advises numerous groups, such as Achieve Boston,
Next Generation Youth Work Coalition, National Collaboration
for Youth, National Association of Elementary School Principals,
Council for Professional Recognition, National Afterschool
Association, and NAEYC’s National Institute for Early
Childhood Professional Development.
Ellen co-authored NIOST’s publications, Links to Learning:
A Curriculum Planning Guide for Afterschool Programs; City
Initiatives in School-Age Child Care, and chapters in the
following books: Employer-Supported Child Care: Investing
in Human Resources, by Burud et al, published by Auburn House,
Boston, and Yearbook in Early Childhood Education, Vol. 5:
Issues in Child Care, edited by Spondek and Saraho, published
by Teachers College Press. She also co-authored the 1998
edition of ASQ: Assessing School-Age Child Care Quality as
well as the Project’s publication, School-Age Child
Care: A Policy Report. Ellen has recently co-authored a web-based
training curriculum on after-school programming for a New
York City television station. She has been featured in numerous
local and national television and radio news and talk shows.
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