Publications

Early Childhood Chatter will always hold a special place in our hearts. What began as a passion project quickly grew into something much bigger than we ever imagined. As the podcast evolved, so did our vision, leading us to create a platform that offers greater flexibility, authenticity, and opportunities for meaningful conversations.

While Early Childhood Chatter will remain available to listen to, our journey is moving forward with unEDited chatter. This new chapter allows us to expand beyond early childhood education and engage in honest, unfiltered conversations about teaching, leadership, learning, and life in education.

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Honors and Acknowledgements

Presentations

Heald, S. (April 25, 2025). Connecting beyond the Classroom: Leveraging Digital Tools to Engage Modern Families in Early Childhood Education. International Institute for Research in Science and Technology. Glasgow, Scotland.

Heald, S. and Shipley, T. (June 2, 2024). Creating an early childhood education virtual learning community: sharing content, building capacity, creating connections, and building culture amongst early childhood educators. National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Development Institute. New Orleans, LA.

Heald, S., Lopez, H., & Simecek, M. (March 8, 2024). Fostering Belonging and Connection: Building Thriving Online Learning Communities. Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Conference. Valencia, Spain.

Heald, S., Lopez, H., & Simecek, M. (March 5, 2024). Fostering Belonging and Connection: Building Thriving Online Learning Communities.International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), Valencia, Spain.

Heald, S., Lopez, H., & Simecek, M. (Jan 24, 2024). Fostering Belonging and Connection: Building Thriving Online Learning Communities. Association for Distance Education and Independent Learning (ADEIL). Virtual Conference.

Heald, S., Lopez, H., & Simecek, M. (Nov 8, 2023). Early Childhood Education Learning Community Retention Study. The University of Arizona Global Campus Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC). Virtual Conference.

Heald, S., Lopez, H., Johnson, A., Simecek, M. & Zaur, J. (Apr 20, 2023). Early Childhood Student Retention Project at the University of Arizona Global Campus- Research Design, Methods, and Findings.

Heald, S. and Shipley, T. (2021). Course Design that is Innovative, Relevant, Practical, and Aligned to Standards. University of Arizona Global Campus Teaching and Learning Conference. November 4, 2021.

Heald, S. (2021). All Things ECE At Your Fingertips! A Digital Resources Exploration. University of Arizona Global Campus Early Childhood Education Virtual Conference. August 10, 2021.

Heald, S. (2020). Creating Digital Presence as a Professional. Ashford University Early Childhood Education Virtual Conference. August 3. 2020.

Heald, S. (2019). Exploring Digital Literacy Tools for Family Literacy Partnerships Ashford University Early Childhood Virtual Conference, January 22, 2019.

Heald, S. (2018). The Thinking Brain and What Students are WASC Annual Resources Conference. April 26, 2018.

Heald, S., Rich, N. and Shipley, T. (2017). Ashford University Faculty Webinar. September 15, 2016. Is it possible to have career services in every course? National Career Services Association Annual Conference, Orlando FL, June 29, 2017.

Heald, S. Shipley, T. (2016). ECE 203 Introduction to Curriculum and Instruction for the Early Childhood. Ashford University Faculty Webinar. February 17, 2016.

Heald, S. Shipley, T. (2016). A Day in an Early Childhood Setting. Ashford University Faculty Webinar. February 20, 2016.

Heald, S., Rich, N. and Shipley, T. (2016). Supporting Students Series. Ashford University Student Webinar. September 15, 2016.

Heald, S. (2015). Establishing Professional Presence with an ePortfolio. Teaching Colleges & Community Conference, University of Hawai’i. March 18, 2015.

Heald, S. Shipley, T. (2015). Joining the Education Student Organization. April 14, 2015.

Heald, S. (2015). ECE 405 Children and Families in a Diverse Society Course Series. Ashford University Faculty Webinar. August 6, 2015.

Heald, S. Shipley, T. (2015). Teach Each Child, Reach Each Family: Developing Relationships from Day 1: Ashford University Student Webinar. September 8, 2015.

Heald. S., Shipley, T. (2015). ECE315 Language Development. Ashford University Faculty Webinar. December, 2, 2015.

Heald, S., Shipley, T. (2015). Hot Topics in Education: New Year, New Ideas. Ashford University Student Webinar. December 9, 2015.

Campbell, C., Fitzpatrick, T., & Heald, S. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Development Series 1. Ashford University Faculty Webinar. April 15, 2014.

Campbell, C., Heald, S., Shean, A., & Truett, M. Engaging Faculty Using a Collaborative Learning Network. WASC Conference, Los Angeles, CA. March 14, 2014.

Campbell, C., Heald, S., & Shean, A. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Task Masters. Ashford University Faculty Webinar. January 8, 2014.

Data Driving Instruction 2009, 2010, 2011

Response to Intervention and Instruction 2008, 2009, 2010

New York State Reading Academy 2005, 2006, 2007

Differentiated Instruction 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Five Elements of Effective Reading Instruction 2005, 2006

Publications

Heald, S. (2024). Textbook Contributor. Making meaning, making sense: Children’s early language learning (Updated ed.). The University of Arizona Global Campus.

Heald, S. (2023). Textbook Reviewer. Cultural competence in early childhood education (updated ed.). The University of Arizona Global Campus.

Heald, S. and Shipley, T. (n.d.). University of Arizona Global Campus Center for Early Childhood Education

Heald, S. and Shipley, T. (n.d.). University of Arizona Global Conference Virtual Conference

Heald, S. and Shipley, T. (n.d.). University of Arizona Global Conference YouTube Channel

Heald, S. (2021). Take 5: A Moment for Reading.

Heald, S. (2021). One to the First Power. Education World. Available: https://www.educationworld.com/teachers/one-first-power

Heald, S. (2018). An Examination of the Implementation of Student Support Sessions and Student Retention in an Early Childhood Education Course. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED587580

Heald, S. (2017). A Multimedia Case Study about Diverse Learning Environments. Ashford University, College of Education, San Diego, CA.

Heald, S. (2017). The Thinking Brain: What was I Thinking? EdTalk. College of Education, San Diego, CA.

Heald, S. (2012). Language acquisition in education [Interactive game].

Heald, S. (2013). Standardized Guidance Template. Ashford University, College of Education, San Diego, CA.

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