1. CURRICULUM VITA
Susan B. Gunnewig
susangunnewig.ecars@yahoo.com
Present Title: Director Product Development
Office Address: 4606 FM 1960 W, Suite 433
Houston, Texas 77060
Telephone: 281.315.8813
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1968 University of Houston B.S.
Houston, TX Education
1972 University of Houston M.Ed.
Houston, TX Education
1986 University of Houston Doctoral Program
Houston, Texas Administration
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
1968.1995 Elementary Classroom Teacher-North Forest ISD, Klein ISD, Houston ISD
1995.2001 Asst. Reading Manager-Houston ISD-Under the direction of Dr. Rod Paige
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2. 2001-2008 University of Texas Medical School-Pediatrics
Children’s Learning Institute
Assistant Professor
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2003 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Children’s Learning Institute
Department of Pediatrics,
the University of Texas Medical School
ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
2002- Co-creator and trainer of the Head Start STEP training conducted in 13 Head Start Regions
across the United States and Puerto Rico
2003- Co-creator of the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM). Mixed delivery model of early
childhood programs in Head Start, public schools and childcare (for profit, non-profit, and faith-
based
2004- Served on the International Reading Association Early Childhood Advisory under the direction
of Dr. Lesley Morrow, Rutgers University
2007- Served as a resource witness for Texas early childhood for the Texas House.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2000 - Present Houston Association for Education of Young Children
2000 – Present Texas Association for Education of Young Children
2000 - Present National Association for Education of Young Children
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
1984 - 2006 Christ the Good Shepherd – Food Ministry
1996 - 2000 Houston Independent School District- Volunteer Reading
2007 Blood Donor and Food Ministry-St. Edward’s Catholic Church
2007 Adopt-A-Highway – Don’t Mess with Texas Campaign
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3. PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
Referred Publications
1. Landry, S. H., Swank, Paul R., Smith, Karen E., Gunnewig, Susan B. Enhancing Cognitive
Readiness for Pre-School Children: Bringing a Professional Development Model to Scale.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39 (4), 306-324, 2006.
2. Assel, M.A., Landry, S. H., Swank, P. R., Gunnewig, S. B., An Evaluation of Curriculum,
Setting, and Mentoring on the Performance of Children Enrolled in Pre-kindergarten. Reading
and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 20, 463-494.
3. Landry, S.H., Gunnewig, S.B., Swank, Paul R., Anthony, J., McManis, L.D., The Texas Early
Education Model: Achieving School Readiness in Cost Effective Ways, (in submission)
4. Landry, S.H., Gunnewig, S.B., Swank, Anthony, J., Assel, M., McManis, L.D., An
experimental study evaluating a state funded prekindergarten program: Bringing together
subsidized childcare, public school, and Head Start. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
(in press)
Presentations
1. Gunnewig, S. “Data from CIRCLE Projects: Cognitive Readiness,” UT CARS Developmental
Pediatrics, November 7, 2003
2. Gunnewig, S, “Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76,” Texas Association for Education of Young
Children, Austin, Texas, November 19, 2003
3. Gunnewig, S., “What Research Tells About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children, Baker
Institute panel, Rice University, January 23, 2004
4. Gunnewig, S, “Year One Results from Preschool Curriculum Education Research Grant,” IES,
Washington D.C., February 2-4, 2004
5. Gunnewig, S., “Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76,” Texas Association for Early Childhood
Supervisors, Austin, Texas, February 26, 2004
6. Gunnewig, S., “Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76,” Region VII Head Start Senior Staff,
Dallas, Texas, March 12, 2004
7. Gunnewig, S., “Overview of Teachscape and the IERI Grant, East Baton Rouge Senior Staff,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 19, 2004
8. Gunnewig, S., “What Research Tells Us About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children”, Gila
River Tribal Council, Phoenix, Arizona, April 22, 2004
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4. 9. Gunnewig, S., “Using Research to Support Early Childhood Programs with Quality Language
and Learning Components” IRA Convention, Reno, NV, May 6, 2004
10. Gunnewig, S., Overview of Texas Senate Bill 76”, Texas Association of Community Action
Agencies Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, May 13, 2004
11. Gunnewig, S., “What Research Tells Us About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children”,
Brownville Child Care Workforce Conference, Brownsville, Texas, May 17, 2004
12. Gunnewig, S., “What Research Tells Us About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children,”
Miami School Readiness Coalition, Miami, Florida, June 1, 2004
13. Gunnewig, S, “Building Portfolios for Children Using a Handheld Computer,” NAEYC
Leadership Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 2, 2004
14. Gunnewig, S., “The Texas School Readiness Rating System,”
Texas Association for Early Childhood Supervisors Council, Austin, Texas, June 11, 2004
15. Gunnewig, S., “The Texas School Readiness Rating System,”
Texas Licensed Child Care Association Board, Austin, Texas, July 10, 2004
16. Gunnewig, S., “Curriculum Features of Doors to Discovery and Let’s Begin” PCER Grantees –
Round 1 and 2, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2004
17. Gunnewig, S., “Overview of Senate Bill 76,” Texas Head Start Directors,
Texas Head Start Assn., Dallas, Texas, July 26, 2004
18. Gunnewig, S. “ What Research Says About Cognitive Readiness in Children,” Cameron
Workforce Commission Child Care Conference, Brownsville, Texas, July 30, 2004
19. Gunnewig, S. “What Research Says About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children,” CLIO
Grant Participants, Los Angeles, CA, August 10, 2004
20. Gunnewig, S., “What Research Says About Cognitive Readiness in Young Children,” Tehama
County Child Care Conference, Red Bluff, CA. August 27, 2004
21. Gunnewig, S. “The Texas School Readiness Rating System” Harris County Department of
Education Early Childhood Conference, Houston, Texas, September 2, 2004
22. Gunnewig, S, “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Houston Association for Education of the
Young Child Conference, Houston, Texas, September 11, 2004
23. Gunnewig, S, “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Texas A&M University Early Childhood
Conference, San Antonio, Texas, September 28, 2004
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5. 24. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Texas Education Agency Grant
Meeting, Houston, Texas, October 5, 2004
25. Gunnewig, S “What Research Says About Texas Early Childhood & School Readiness”, Texas
Association for School Curriculum Directors, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 11, 2004
26. Gunnewig, S, “SB 76 Results for the Brownsville Project”, Brownville Chamber of
Commerce, Brownsville, Texas, October 20, 2004
27. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Children’s Museum Board of
Directors, Houston, Texas, December 6, 2004
28. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work”Ohio Department of Education,
Columbus, Ohio, December 16, 2004
29. Gunnewig, S. “Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood” Houston Independent School
District Elementary Principals, January 10, 2005
30. Gunnewig, S. “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce,
Dallas, Texas, February 2, 2005
31. Gunnewig, S. “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Texas Association for Supervisors and
Curriculum Directors. San Antonio, Texas, February 3, 2005
32. Gunnewig, S. “Research Data from Senate Bill 76” Texas Registry Summit, San Antonio,
Texas, February 7, 2005
33. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Education Coordinators Ohio Head
Start, Columbus, Ohio, February 15, 2005
34. Gunnewig, S. “How Research Impacts Texas Early Childhood,” Texas Association for
Education for the Young Child Conference, Austin, Texas. February 18, 2005
35. Gunnewig, S. “How Research Impacts Texas Early Childhood,” Texas Association for
Supervisors of the Young Child Conference, Austin, Texas. February 25, 2005
36. Gunnewig, S. “Sharing Results from the PCER Grant,” Department of Education,
Washington, D.C., March 2, 2005
37. Gunnewig, S. “Data and the Future for Texas Early Childhood”, Texas United Way.
San Antonio, Texas, March 8, 2005
38. Gunnewig, S., “Early Childhood Programs That Work” HELP for KIDS Partner Meeting,
Houston, Texas. April 1, 2005
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6. 39. Gunnewig, S., “Data and the Future for Texas Early Childhood” Texas United Way,
Austin, Texas, April 5, 2005
40. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Future in Texas” University of Texas at San Antonio, San
Antonio, Texas, April 6, 2005
41. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood Programs That Work” National Head Start Conference,
Miami, Florida, May 17, 2005
42. Gunnewig, S. “Impacting Language at Home Through Book Reading” National Even Start
Parent Literacy Conference, Albany, N.Y., May 26, 2005
43. Gunnewig, S. “Monitoring Children’s Progress in Early Childhood” National Assocation
for the Education of the Young Child, Miami, Florida, June 5, 2005
44. Gunnewig, S. “How Scientific Research is Guiding Texas Early Childhood Programs”
Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Assn., Austin, Texas, June 9, 2005
45. Gunnewig, S. “The Texas School Readiness Rating System-SB 23” Texas Education
Service Center Executive Directors Meeting, Austin, Texas, June 13, 2005
46. Gunnewig, S., “The Future of Texas Early Childhood-SB 23” Texas Education Agency Grant
Meeting, Houston, Texas, June 21, 2005
47. Gunnewig, S., “Early Childhood Programs That Work” Even Start CLIO Grantees Meeting,
Bethesda, Maryland, June 12, 2005
48. Gunnewig, S., “The Texas School Readiness Rating System-SB 23” Texas Education
Service Core Group, Austin, Texas, June 19, 2005
49. Gunnewig, S., “Data Results from SB 76 and SB 23” Texas Education Agency Grant
Managers Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 15, 2005
50. Gunnewig, S., “Parent Literacy-One on One”, Even Start Symposium, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, October, 2005
51. Gunnewig, S., “Parent Literacy-One on One”, Even Start Symposium, Albany, N.Y.
November, 2005
52. Gunnewig, S. “Even Start Web Cast- Symposium Follow up David Dickinson”,
Washington D.C., January, 2006
51. Gunnewig, S. “Data Results from SB 76-Year 2 and the School Readiness Rating System”
Harris County Department of Education Council Meeting, Houston, Texas, August 30,
2005
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7. 52. Gunnewig, S. “Early Childhood-Lessons Learned” Texas Elementary Principals
Association, Austin, Texas, June 7, 2006.
53. Gunnewig, S., “Teacher to Teacher Reading Aloud and Language” Department of
Education, Atlanta, GA, June 12, 2006
54. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, HEB School
Excellence Panel, San Antonio, Texas, June 15, 2006
55. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, Rural School Districts-
Central Texas, Stockdale, Texas, June 16, 2006
56. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, Central Texas Work
source, Temple, Texas, July 24, 2006
57. Gunnewig, S., “SB 76 and SB 23: Achieving Higher Levels of Success for Texas Young
Children, Houston Independent School District Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas, February
16, 2007.
58. Assel, M.A., Landry, S.H.., Swank, P.R., & Gunnewig, S. “Longitudinal investigation of
the implementation of two literacy focused curricula (i.e., Let’s Begin with the Letter
People and Doors to Discovery) during pre-K and kindergarten: The impact of setting and
mentoring”... Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Vancouver, Canada. July 2006
59. Swank, P.R., Assel, M., Anthony, J.L., King, T., Gunnewig, S., & Landry, S.H.
“Development of the CIRCLE-Phonological Awareness, Language, and Literacy System
(C-PALLS), a progress monitoring measure for preschool children”. Paper presented at the
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Vancouver, Canada. July 2006.
60. Landry, S.H., Gunnewig, S., Swank, P.R., & Anthony, J.L. “Integration among early
childhood service delivery programs in the context of research proven curricula, progress
monitoring, and ongoing professional development: The Texas Early Education Model
(TEEM)”. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Vancouver, Canada. July 2006.
61. Gunnewig, S., “How Research Impacts Early Childhood in Texas”, Southerland Head Start
Meeting, Beaumont, Texas, August 2, 2006
62. Gunnewig, S., “What Works in Early Childhood”, Child Care Group Conference,
Dallas, Texas, August 5, 2006
63. Gunnewig, S., “What Works in Early Childhood”, Texas Association for Education of
Young Child, Galveston, Texas, October 6, 2006
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8. 64. Gunnewig, S., “How Research is Driving Texas Early Childhood”, Texas Even Start
Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 9, 2006
65. Gunnewig, S., “How Research is Driving Texas Early Childhood”, Texas Education
Agency Meeting, Austin, Texas, October 10, 2006
66. Gunnewig, S., “High Quality PreK Programs,” Richardson, Texas, October 25, 2006
67. Gunnewig, S., “Integration of Early Childhood Systems: Who Pays for the Band-Aids?”,
National Head Start Assn. Conference, Washington, D.C., January 18, 2007
68. Gunnewig, S., “SB 76 and SB 23: Achieving Higher Levels of Success for Texas Young
Children, African American Family Support Conference, Austin, Texas,
February 9, 2007.
69. Gunnewig, S., “SB 76 and SB 23: Achieving Higher Levels of Success for Texas Young
Children, Houston Independent School District Grant Meeting, Houston, Texas,
February 16, 2007.
70. Anthony, J. L., Landry, S. H., Swank, P. R., Gunnewig, S., Assel, M. A., & King, T.
“Psychometrics of a palm-based progress monitoring tool for informing preschool
instruction”. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Research
Conference. San Diego, CA. February 2007.
71. King, Terri, Assel, M., Swank, P.R., Gunnewig, S., Landry, S.H., “The Impact of Literacy-
Specific Curriculum in Pre-Kindergarten: Findings Across Two Years of Implementation”.
Paper presented at the Society of Research in Child Development. Boston, MA. April,
2007.
72. Swank, P.R., King, T., Anthony, J.L., Assel, M., Gunnewig, S., Landry, S.H.,
“Development and Validation of a Progress Monitoring Measure for Preschool Children”.
Paper presented at the Society of Research and Child Development. Boston, MA. April,
2007
73. Anthony, J.L., Gunnewig, S.B., Landry, S.H., Swank, P.R., “Effectiveness of
Comprehensive Professional Development for Teachers of At-Risk Preschoolers”. Paper
presented at the Society of Research and Child Development. Boston, MA. April, 2007.
74. Gunnewig, S.B., Landry, S.H., Swank, P.R., Anthony, J.L., “Raising the Quality of Pre-
Kindergarten Programs in a Statewide Mixed Service Delivery Model with Research
Proven Practices”. Paper presented at the Society of Research and Child Development.
Boston, MA. April, 2007.
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9. 75. Anthony, J. L., Landry, S., Swank, P., Gunnewig, S. “What components are needed for
effect professional development? A large scale evaluation of four professional development
programs for teachers of at-risk preschoolers”. Paper presented at the Society for the
Scientific Study of Reading. Prague, Czech Republic. July 2007.
76. Gunnewig, S.B. “What is TEEM and School Readiness?” Texas Head Start Association.
Galveston, Texas, July 23, 2007.
77. Gunnewig, S.B. “How Online Professional Development Impacts Child Care”, Miami
Dade Childhood Coalition, Miami, Fl., November 4, 2007.
Grant Reviewer:
U.S. Department of Education, Early Childhood Educator Professional Development
Grant, 2004, 2005, 2007
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