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Cynthia K. Buettner

Jim Pickett
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Submitted by Jim Pickett on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 13:53

Dr. Cynthia K. Buettner is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University and the Principal Investigator at the Virtual Lab School. Her research and outreach activities have focused on at-risk children, their families, and the educational and human service systems that support them. Dr. Buettner’s work includes projects on the use of data and evidence-based practices in academic settings, coaching-based professional development systems, and bringing research to policymakers. She conducted evaluation studies of Ohio’s childcare quality rating and improvement system, led the Ohio State Kid Corps project which paired hundreds of college students with children in Head Start centers, and directed the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Special Needs Education Directory for Children with Special Needs project. In addition to leading the DoD Child Development Virtual Laboratory School Project, she is currently engaged in research examining early childhood educators’ social-emotional capacity, the creation of social-emotional learning environments, and children’s outcomes. Dr. Buettner considers the VLS the most exciting project of her career and believes it will help transform professional development for early childhood and youth care professionals throughout the US.

Full name
Cynthia K. Buettner, Ph.D.
Position
Director, Principal Investigator