Becky Zessin, MEd

Education and Child Development
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

402-559-7368
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Professional Summary

Becky joined the UNMC MMI Education and Child Development Department in 2012. She serves as a Child Development Program Lead Evaluator and a developmental specialist for Nebraska’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) follow-up team (Developmental TIPS). She has worked with children from birth through third-grade teaching in University Child Study Centers and private and in-home childcare settings. She has coached and evaluated teachers and performed a variety of observations and assessments in early childhood classrooms and after-school settings.

Specialty Certifications

• CLASS-INFANT-3^RD-Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)-Infant, Toddler, Pre-K
• ITERS-Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, 3rd Edition (ITERS-3)
• TPOT-Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT)
• TPITOS-Teaching Pyramid Infant Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS)
• NAQCIS-The Nebraska Afterschool Quality and Continuous Improvement System (NAQCIS)
• CD-Conscious Discipline Rubric Progress Assessment
• KIPS-Keys to Interactive Parent-Child Interactions Scale (KIPS)

• PLS-Preschool Language Scale (PLS)-English
• BRACKEN-Bracken School Readiness Assessment
• PPVT-Peabody Picture Vocabulary (PPVT)
• ECI-Early Communication Indicator (ECI)
• MEFS-Minnesota Executive Function Scale (MEFS)
• CASAS-Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS)

Education

MEd, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 1997
BS, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 1996

Professional Affiliations

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Awards

• MMI Standout (2019)
• UNMC Chancellor's Silver U (2014)