Director is named for childhood center

Alestle Staff Report

Rebecca Dabbs-Kayser was recently named director of the Early Childhood Center at SIUE, according to Narbeth Emmanuel, SIUE vice chancellor of student affairs.

Dabbs-Kayser, who had been acting director since July, officially took over the position March 1.

Dabbs-Kayser earned both a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in early childhood education at SIUE. She also has 12 years of experience working with children and their families and holds an Illinois teaching certificate. In addition to her work at the SIUE Early Childhood Center, Dabbs-Kayser has taught first grade and has been an early childhood inclusion specialist with the Child Day Care Association of St. Louis and a supervisor, parent educator and resource developer for Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois.