Robin Gadsden-Dupree, Ed.D.
Family & Community Partnerships
Specialist

Robin is one of two Family & Community Partnerships Specialists for T/TAS. A native New Yorker, she comes from a family of strong community activists. Her career has been devoted to working with children and families by reaffirming their strengths, values, culture and community. Robin has worked in the Early Childhood profession for approximately 30 years as a pre-school teacher, Day Care Director, Infant/Toddler family home provider, college campus child care Director, college adjunct professor, Head Start home-visitor and Head Start Director.

Robin focuses on parent and community partnerships, Program Governance issues, ERSEA, family partnerships, parent involvement, Delegate agency and Grantee agency relationships, Early Head Start, early literacy and family literacy. Robin also has a special interest in working with programs on Re-Energizing the Parent Committee. Robin has worked with human service organizations and preschool program across the country as well as providing training and technical support to new pre-school programs in South Africa called Step-by-Step.

In a related area, Robin has provided training and technical assistance to Florida's Early Learning Coalitions in the areas of board involvement, mentoring/coaching and organizational development. She serves as a T/TAS liaison to several Early Learning Coalitions.

Robin has an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership and Higher Educational Leadership. Her B.S and M.S degree is in Early Childhood Education. She is a certified teacher in nursery and K-6 in New York and Tennessee, and holds certification in the Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers, Module IV-Families and Culture. Robin also served as a Learning Coach for Story Quest, grant to support emerging language and literacy for infants and toddlers. Robin is currently a cadre trainer and SPARC trainer for the National Head Start Family Literacy.