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HONORS Directed the Project) *Early Childhood Parent Education as Early Intervention, 1994-95, $5,000. Funded by the South Carolina Educational Leadership and Policy Center. (Developed and Directed the Project) *South Carolina Parent Education/Family Literacy Program Evaluation, 1993-94, $76,000. Funded by the South Carolina Department of Education. (Developed and Directed the Project) *Focus: A Parent Education Program, 1989-1992, $240,00. Funded by the South Carolina Department of Education. (Grant Writer and Project Researcher) (In collaboration with Allendale County School District and the Salkehatchie Consortium. *Project First: An Early Childhood Family-School Involvement Model, 1988-89, $200,000. Funded by the U..S. Department of Education. (Co-writer and Project Director) *Math-Technology in Early Childhood Education, 1987-88, $58,000. Funded by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (Eisenhower Funding). (Grant Writer and Project Director) *USC-Child Care Center Operating Grant, 1986-1990, $125,000 per year. Funded by the South Carolina Health and Human Services Finance Commission. (Grant Writer and Center Director) *Experimental Preschool Model for Hearing Impaired Children, 1988-89, $41,000. Funded by the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. (Grant Writer and Project Director) *Minority High School Early Childhood Teacher Cadets Internship Project, 1987-90. Funded by the South Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. (Grant Writer and Project Director) Note: During my tenure at Southern Illinois University (1970-76), I developed and directed two innovative Head Start Training Centers, funded by Head Start. I also had three university funded research grants in early childhood education. *South Carolina Department of Education Award for Educating Teachers of Homeless Students (1998) *The Ralph Witherspoon Award for contributions to young children, their families, and teachers. (South Carolina AEYC, 1998) *Association for Childhood Education International Service Award. *Southern Early Childhood Association Distinguished Service Award. *South Carolina Early Childhood Association Distinguished Service 14 Kevin J. Swick ...............Complete Vita................
Award. *Who's Who in America Education *International Bibliography in Education *Note: I have received a letter from the Vice President for Student and Alumni Affairs at USC each year since 1989 commending me as being recognized by graduating students at USC as a professor who had a very positive influence in their academic success. SELECTED EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE *Member, South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service, 1999-2002. (The Commission meets regularly to plan for effective integration of service learning into all educational endeavors in South Carolina. *Co-Director, Service-Learning: Empowering Teacher Education Conference, June - 1999, Clemson University, National Dropout Prevention Center. *Research Presentation, Association for Childhoodd Education International, "Empowering future teachers through service learning," Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April, 1999. *Presentor for South Carolina Association for Teacher Educators Fall Conference, "Half-Day, Service Learning and Teacher Education Workshop," Charleston, South Carolina, October, 1998. *Presented three programs at the American Association for Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Conference, "Service Learning in Teacher Education," Washington, DC, February, 1999. *Member, USC Office of Community Service Advisory Team, Helped in the development of several university-wide service learning programs for faculty and students, 1998-1999. *Member and Writer, United Way of the Midlands Task Force to develop a White Paper on Parent Education in Early Childhood Education, 1998-99. *Co-chair, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Service Learning Research Committee, 1998-2000. *Visiting Lecturer, Early Childhood Summer Institute, "Supporting Families in Difficult Situations," Muskingum College, Muskingum, Ohio, June, 1998. *Presentor of at least one research paper per year at the Annual Conferences of the Association for Childhood Education International, 1988 - 1999. *Consultant, South Carolina First Steps Program, (Parent Education and Family Literacy Committee), 1999-2000. *Consultant, South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, (Parent Education/Family Literacy Report for 1998-99). *Consultant and Community Advisory Board Member, Junior League of Columbia Smart Matters Program, (Assisted in the development of the program and in the evaluation process), 1996-2000. *Consultant and Evaluator, Estill Event Start Program, Hampton School District Two, Estill, South Carolina, 1995-1997. *Consultant, USC-Penn Center Early Childhood At-Risk Family 15 Kevin J. Swick ...............Complete Vita................
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