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Dr. Kathleen Beining
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Education Department
Title(s):
Assistant Professor, Director of Pre K-4 and Middle Grade Education
Office: Carey 21B
Phone: 724-805-2981
Email: kathleen.beining@stvincent.edu

Biography: Dr. Beining is currently an Assistant Professor of Early Learning at Saint Vincent College were she teaches courses on program design and development for early learning programs, designing and delivering instruction for the developing young learner, field experiences for early learning instruction, and early learning leadership administration. Her research interests include empathy and the role it plays in effect classroom instruction and student-teacher, student-student, and teacher-teacher relationships. Dr. Beining has over 20 scholarly state and national presentations as well as a small body of published work. She is very active in state level work to further the quality of early learning sites and serves on many professional Dr. Beining coordinates many education department initiatives that provide opportunities for current SVC students as well as alumni to pursue community service for children. She along with Dr. Franicola have initiated an Education alumni group to continue to support students. Dr. Beining brings a history of Early Learning Directorship to her courses. She has worked as a site director, area director, consultant, and quality assurance resource in many early learning agencies. She has practical experience in private, profit/non profit, and federal programs.

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D. Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2014
M. S., Curriculum and Instruction, Saint Vincent College, 2009
B. S., Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1982

Early Childhood Education, N-3
PA Early Childhood Director Credentail
Elementary Education, K-6
 
Graduate:
GCEL 612 Early Learning Leadership
GCEL 602 Design and Management of Early Learning Settings
GCEL 622 Creative Program Development for Early Learning

Undergraduate:
ED 122 Curriculum, Projects, and Play
ED 317 Program Development for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
ED 318 Field Experience III
ED 330 Early Leadership and Advocacy
ED 205 Strategies and Techniques of Instruction
ED 410 Field Experience

Ent, V. I. & Beining, K. (2012). Mister Fred Rogers: A TV Teacher-Educator Model for
             Pre-Service  Teachers, Selected Readings of the International Visual Literacy
               Association. Chicago, Ill.

Beining, K. (2011). Family-Teacher Partnerships: An Early Childhood Contract for
              Success, Association for Childhood Education International: Childhood
              Education, Washington, D.C.

2015 – The Pennsylvania Association of College Teachers and Educators,
              Harrisburg, PA.  Connecting through Coffee Klatches: Supporting Novice
             Teachers (co-presented with J. Franicola)

2014 - The Pennsylvania Association of College Teachers and Educators, Harrisburg, PA.  Connecting Education Service with Your County’s Children’s’ Bureau
           Wrapping Up Kindness (co-presented with J.Franicola)
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CONTACT the education department

Main Office: Ground Floor Prep Hall
​(below the Library)

Phone: 724-805-2096
Assistant: joan.roach@stvincent.edu
Hours: 9am-5pm