All DECE staff members may be reached by telephone at (609) 777-2074 or by fax at (609) 777-0967.

Our mailing address is:

New Jersey Department of Education
Division of Early Childhood Education
PO Box 500
100 Riverview Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500

Division of Early Childhood Education Staffing

ASSIGNMENTS

Ellen Wolock, Ed.D.
Director, Office of Preschool Education

1. ELIC Coordinator
2. Curriculum Area/ Specialization: Assessment & Research
3. Head Start

Suzanne Burnette, State Director of Head Start Collaboration

1. Head Start
2. Oral Health
3. BUILD
4. Early Learning Council
5. Cross Sector
6. State Department/Local Community Collaboration
7. Disability Interagency Collaboration
8. Head Start/Local School District Agreements

Tonya Hall-Coston, Manager

1. Department of Human Services and Children & Family Liaison
2. NGA “Ready, Set, Grow” project\Interagency & Department collaboration
3. BUILD
4. Cross Sectors
5. New Jersey’s Early Childhood Comprehensive System
6. Early Learning Council

Susan Bruder

1. Counties: Morris, Mercer, Passaic
2. State Board of Education 
3. Code
4. Contracts
5. Waivers
6. New Master Teacher Training
7. Veteran Master Teacher Training
8. Curriculum Area/Specialization: Science

Vincent J. Costanza

1. Counties: Essex, Ocean
2.  ELIC Coordinator
3. Specialization: Assessment
4. Preschool Leadership Track Trainings
5. Supervisors’ Meetings
6. Kindergarten Committee

Tonia Davis

1. Counties: Burlington, Gloucester
2. Professional Development/ CPIS & Nurses
3. Specialization: Comprehensive Services 
4. SAVS Coordinator
5. Preschool Quality Enhancement Award Coordinator
6. PIRT

Karin Garver

1. Budget Assistance
2. Budget Guidance
3. Work Group on Provider Budgets
4. Data/Research
5. Policy
6. OPRA Requests
7. Website

Rosanne Hansel

1. Counties: Warren, Hudson, Sussex
2. Professional Impact New Jersey Policy Advisory Board Liaison
3. Liberty Science Center liaison
4. Curriculum Area/Specialization: Creative Arts, Science, Outdoor Learning Reggio Emilia
5. Curriculum Committee
6. Supervisors’ Meetings
7. Kindergarten Committee

Karen Nemeth

1. County: Bergen, Union
2. Needs Assessment Contact
3. ELLI Coordinator
4. Curriculum Area: English Language Learners
5. Higher Education Liaison
6. Budget assistance backup
7. World Languages Standards

Eric Rodney

1. Counties: Salem, Monmouth
2. CPIS & Nurses
3. Curriculum Area/Specialization: Comprehensive Services, Physical Development, Health and Safety.
4. Curriculum Committee

Diane Shoener

1. Counties: Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon
2. Administrative Code
3. Contracts
4. Development of Implementation Guidelines
5. Standards
6. Policy Development
7. Kindergarten Issues
8. Budget Assistance (back-up)
9. CESP group Oct. 2009

Helen Tinsley

1. County: Atlantic
2. Curriculum Area/Specialization: Literacy
3. Kindergarten Guidelines, Programs & Guidance
4. English Language Learners
5. PIRT

Elizabeth Vaughan

1. County: Camden
2. PIRT
3. Curriculum Area/Specialization: Creative Arts, Transition
4. Special Education/ Inclusion
5. Curriculum Committee

Renee Whelan

1. Counties: Cape May, Cumberland
2. New Master Teacher Training
3. Supervisors’ meetings (south)
4. Curriculum Area: Math
5. Curriculum Committee
6. Professional Development
7. Website
8. Higher Education Assistance