Partners

The Expanding Repertoires project brought together several organizations that are committed to early childhood learning, dual language learners, and/or the teaching and learning of science in various environments.

Seven museums in addition to COSI were partners in the project. They participated in the quarterly virtual meet-ups and 2-day in-person convening, bringing their expertise and experience in doing innovative work with community and school partners in early childhood science education for linguistically diverse communities.

• Bay Area Discovery Museum
• Children’s Museum of Houston
• Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
• Exploratorium
• Long Island Children’s Museum
• Marbles Kids Museum
• Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science (formerly Miami Science Center)

We also partnered with two professional organizations:

• The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM)
• The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)

 In Central Ohio, COSI and OSU worked with local early childhood education providers:

• Child Development Council of Franklin County Head Start
• Columbus City Schools’ Early Childhood Education Program
• YMCA of Columbus/Head Start

The Board of Advisors to the project included:

• Martha Allexsaht-Snider, Associate Professor of Elementary Education, University of Georgia
• Victoria Garvin, Senior Director of Professional Development, ACM
• Margaret Glass, Director of Professional Development, ASTC
• Laura Huerta Migus, Executive Director, ACM
• Kimberlee Kiehl, Executive Director, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center

In addition, we had a Committee of Visitors:

• Cecilia Garibay of the Garibay Group
• Maureen Callanan, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Lisa Lopez, University of South Florida