Nicole Buchholz, MS

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

402-559-7368
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Professional Summary

Nicole has served as a program evaluator on multiple projects since 2010. She completes classroom observations and individual child assessments with early childhood programs in the Omaha metro. Nicole also assists the bilingual team with Spanish assessments. She is a lead contact for KIPS (Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale). Nicole’s previous work experience includes working for eight years as a pre-kindergarten teacher for the Omaha Public Schools, as well as working as a Step Up to Quality Coach for the Nebraska Department of Education.

Education

• MS, Early Childhood, Concordia University, Seward Nebraska, 2007
• BA, Early Childhood/Elementary ESL Endorsement, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska, 2004
• Education, Reading Endorsement, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 2001

Publications and Presentations

• Zweiback, R. & Buchholz, N. (2015). Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS) Clarifications Manual. Developed a manual to accompany this national tool that has been used internally at MMI, UNMC. The KIPS tool authors include the Clarification Manual in their training materials and share it with KIPS users across the country.

Professional Affiliations

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

Awards

• Munroe-Meyer Guild Grant recipient with colleague Rosie Zweiback (2015)
• Munroe-Meyer Stand Out Award (2018)