Who is Terry Solowey?
Terry Solowey
Terry Solowey has a wide range of expertise in early childhood/elementary education and children’s media. She is a writer and developer of print and multimedia programs with a focus on outreach, curriculum and content development.
As Assistant Director of the Sesame Street PEP (Preschool Educational Program), she coordinated national training and staff development to teach childcare professionals how to use “Sesame Street”, storybooks and related activities as educational tools. As Manager of Outreach for Thirteen/WNET, she launched The Ready to Learn Service and coordinated local efforts in New York and New Jersey as one of ten initial PBS pilot sites.
Ms. Solowey was Program Director for KIDS FIRST! – The Coalition for Quality Children’s Media in Santa Fe, NM, where she managed a national jury for review and evaluation of children’s videos, DVDs and CD-ROM programs. She also served as East Coast Outreach Director for KIDS FIRST! National Neighborhood Film Festivals, where she presented critical viewing workshops and moderated junior film critic panels.
She has consulted on various television, video and film projects including Nick Jr’s. “Dora the Explorer”. As a developer and writer for print and multimedia projects, she has worked with Access Learning Magazine (formerly Cable in the Classroom), Early Childhood Today, Nick Jr. Family Magazine, Creative Classroom Magazine, Time for Kids-Big Picture Edition, National Geographic, Creative Wonders, JMH Education Marketing and the New York State Council on Children and Families – Head Start Collaborative.
Terry was a Literacy Mentor with The Knowledge Project and The New York Department of Education. She also served as Early Learning and Literacy Specialist with Booz Allen Hamilton providing technical assistance in support of the Administration for Children and Families and Region II Head Start programs in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands. She currently works as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College.
Throughout her career she has been an effective keynote speaker and workshop leader at national and regional conferences including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Western Regional Conference of the Professional Family Child Care Association and Head Start Conferences.
Terry began her career teaching in Head Start and childcare programs in New York City. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Education from The City College of New York. Her professional affiliations include National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and Women in Children’s Media (WICM).
