FROG STREET PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS

Ali Oliver is the Vice President of Professional Development for Frog Street. She has been in the educational field for over 25 years. Her career began as a classroom teacher and then as a reading specialist. Her true passion lies in Early Childhood Education where she went on to train, mentor and coach teachers. Ms. Oliver earned her Master’s degree in Administrative Leadership and spent 10 years as an Elementary School Principal in a large urban school district.

In her commitment and dedication to creating a safe and nurturing culture for her staff, children and families, she became a Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor. The Early Childhood Center and Elementary School that she led became model schools for Conscious Discipline.

Claudia is one of Frog Street’s Professional Learning Bilingual Specialist and an Adjunct Faculty at San Antonio College. She has 24 years of experience in the Early Childhood Education field, obtaining a Master of Education in Early Childhood with Bilingual Specialization from Texas A & M University – San Antonio.

Her career experience includes Head Start and Early Head Start administration, teaching, coaching, mentoring as a reliable certified Infant/Toddler /PreK CLASS observer, Master Trainer for the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System, and Family Engagement. She serves as the President for the San Antonio Chapter of TXAEYC. Claudia is an advocate for high quality early childhood education and a support for Early Childhood Educators.

Lisa Steinbauer joined Frog Street over 10 years ago and is currently the Manager for Professional Learning. Her career spans 30+ years in education, including several years in classrooms teaching children from ages three years old to 2nd grade. Lisa received her degree in Elementary Education from the University of North Texas, with a focus on Educational Administration in post-grad work. She is a Master Trainer for the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System and is also a registered trainer in other states. Lisa is a certified trainer in Zero to Three’s curriculum, The Growing Brain: From Birth to Five Years Old, as well as a certified Toddler CLASS observer.

She has developed and facilitated countless workshops internationally in all areas of Early Childhood, in addition to providing classroom coaching and presenting at conferences. Lisa’s joy comes from successfully equipping educators with effective resources and solutions, including the support and mentorship needed to provide classrooms where students are thriving, and a love of learning is instilled. She considers herself a life-long learner, striving for continuous growth, professionally and personally. This passion is followed second only to her family; her husband Mark of 35 years, their three grown daughters and her grandchildren: 3-year-old Harper and 1-year-old Riley.

Mark Jasso joined Frog Street with more than ten years of service in Texas public education. After moving back to the United States from Central America, Mark graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington and began teaching English and Creative Writing. In the past few years, Mark has worked in curriculum and instruction, data analysis, and testing coordination in Fort Worth, Texas.

Other than spending time with family, friends, and his eight-year old boxer mix, Mark enjoys a good book, live performances, and discovering new places that have great coffee and/or an interesting history.

Melody received her degree from Grambling State University and a masters from Grand Canyon University in Curriculum and Instruction. Melody is a dynamic, early childhood advocate with a passion for training, coaching, and providing engaging diverse professional development opportunities that grow and stretch educators. She believes teachers should model their love of learning. Melody’s philosophy on early childhood is to provide high quality, developmentally appropriate, and engaging activities that meet the needs of ALL children.

Melody is one of the Frog Street’s Professional Learning Specialist. She has 20 years of experience that spans from Early Childhood to 4th grade. As a teacher, Melody implemented Frog Street curriculum with three- and four-year-old students. Eventually, as an Early Childhood Specialist, she supported administrators, teachers, and students across 15 campuses with creating high quality early childhood classrooms. This support included providing professional development to administrators, teachers and parents, assisting campuses with the implementation of district wide instructional strategies and evaluating student assessment data to inform district level strategies for improving outcomes of early childhood students.

Monica Cordoba is the Professional Learning Bilingual Specialist for Frog Street. Her career spans 14 years in early childhood education, including several years in a Head Start classroom as a certified bilingual teacher, teaching children from ages three to five years old, while using the Frog Street PreK Curriculum. She also served as a PreK Instructional Specialist for a major school district in mentoring 20 PreK and Three’s teachers all of whom used Frog Street Curriculum.

Monica received her degree in Bilingual Elementary Education from Texas A&M University. She has also obtained a master’s degree with a focus on Educational Administration. Monica is a certified Toddler and PreK CLASS observer who has attributed to the development and facilitation of countless workshops in all areas of Early Childhood. In addition, she also provides classroom coaching to teachers across the continuum. Monica’s goal is to provide educators an engaging environment where she can share effective strategies in order to provide joyful classrooms where students are successful and a love of learning is encouraged. She considers herself a life-long learner, who strives to continually grow both professionally and personally.