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Katherine V. Ratliff

Spring Hollow Community Early Learning Center 4207 Arno Road, Franklin, Tennessee 37064
Tel: 615 5576799 email: katherineshclc@gmail.com
PROFILE
Katherine has committed her life to the field of early childhood education opening her first school at the age of eleven in the back yard of her home in Davidson, North Carolina, setting up easels for children of need in the community and holding after school art classes. She spent four years of her younger life in Lahore, Pakistan, where as a senior in high school, discovered from her fa- ther’s Pakistani professor colleagues that Peabody Teachers College in Nashville Tennessee had the best international reputation in those years as the premier college for teachers. She began fulfillment of her vision as a teacher and her life in middle Tennessee based on this recommenda- tion and has always believed in the goal of friendship and the arts as the basis of her education philosophy. She began an early childhood school in Bangkok in 1981 that continues on as Bangkok Early Learning Center, http://www.elc-bangkok.com/school/city.htm. She stumbled upon the Reggio Emilia Approach through her granddaughter’s attendance at a Reggio Emilia inspired school in St. Louis and began her journey attending workshops stateside and in Reggio Emilia, Italy in preparation to begin another school in Franklin Tennessee, Spring Hollow Community Learning Center, www.springhollowschool.com. Through her Reggio Emilia journey, she discov- ered that the Early Learning Center in Bangkok now follows the Reggio Emilia Approach which she feels is a validation of her own life long education philosophy based on fostering friendships and the arts. Presently, Katherine is a consultant to Spring Hollow, facilitating workshops for teachers and parents, presenting at nationwide early childhood conferences, and creating in the field of writing, clay, and beaded jewelry, www.springhollowstudio.etsy.com. and www.obscurityarts.com.

EXPERIENCE
Davidson County Public Schools, Nashville, Tennessee Kindergarten Teacher, Glengarry Elementary School
Bangkok International School, Bangkok, Thailand
Kindergarten Teacher
Bangkok International School, Bangkok, Thailand
First Grade Teacher
American Method Early Learning Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Founder, Teacher
Singapore American School
Kindergarten Teacher

Houston City Schools, Houston, Texas
Kindergarten Teacher, Warren Wilson Elementary School
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Research Assistant, Observer Trainer for State Class Size Study
University of Houston, St. Thomas University, Houston, Texas
Adjunct Professor
Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Tennessee State
Adjunct Professor
Epworth United Methodist Young Children’s School
Director
Spring Hollow Community Learning Center, inc., Franklin, Tennessee
Founder, Director, Teacher
Spring Hollow Community Learning Center, inc., Franklin, Tennessee
Founder, Consultant
EDUCATION
Lahore American School, Lahore, Pakistan High School Diploma
Peabody Teachers College, Nashville, Tennessee
Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education with Kindergarten Endorsement
Peabody Teachers College, Nashville, Tennessee
Masters of Science in Early Childhood Education
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Education Specialist Degree in Early Childhood Education
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Education Doctorate in Early Childhood Education