Michael S. Ashcraft

Dedicated to the Education and Development of Children

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• Children's Choice Child Care Services, Albuquerque NM, May 1996 - Present
  • Founder/Executive Director. Administration of quality elementary school-based, school-age care programs. Provider of child care services such as management, staff training, professional writing, and consulting to new and existing child care centers.
• Concordia University, Saint Paul MN, August 1999 - Present
  • Adjunct Professor. Teach college level courses in school-age care for students pursuing B.A. degrees in education.
• Family Focus Center, Albuquerque NM, August 1996 - January 1997
  
  • Executive Director. Provided overall administration: fiscal management, policy development and implementation, program development.
• Corporate Family Solutions, Albuquerque NM, June 1996 - Sept. 1997
  • Science Camp and Substitute Teacher. Curriculum development and implementation.
• YMCA, Mountainside Branch, Albuquerque NM, Jan 1990 -May 1996
  • Youth Program Director. Sept. '93. Eight child care programs, three day camps, four full-time staff, twenty-five part-time staff, thirty volunteers, six hundred participants.

EDUCATION:

• Nova Southeastern University: Doctoral candidate in an Ed.D. program in Organizational Leadership
• Concordia University: Master of Arts Degree in Education
• University of New Mexico: Bachelor of Science Degree
  o Major: Biology, emphasis in premedical.
  o Minor: Psychology, emphasis in children.

OTHER:

• New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children
  • President of Board of Directors, 2007 - 09.
• New Mexico School-Age Care Alliance
  • President of Board of Directors, 1996 - 98 & 2004 - 06.

BOOKS:

• Best Practices: Guidelines for School-Age Care Programs(2004). Sparrow Media Group.
• Best Practices Workbook(2004). Sparrow Media Group.
• Leading to Learn: Learning to Lead – Organizational Leadership for the Child Care and Youth Development Director (2011). Sparrow Media Group.

Missison Statement

Children's Choice Child Care Services, Inc. is dedicated to facilitating the positive development of children by developing and maintaining school-age care programs that are a model of quality care -- programs where children play, learn, grow, and make friends -- programs where children are nurtured and develop life skills. We will use these programs as a source of training and technical assistance for the larger community of school-age care practitioners.