Diane Trister Dodge, MS, is the founder and president of Teaching Strategies, Inc., a company dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood programs by providing the most effective resources in curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family connections. She is the lead author of The Creative Curriculum® and many other Teaching Strategies resources. She has been a preschool and kindergarten teacher; served as the education coordinator for Head Start and child care programs in Mississippi and Washington, D.C.; and directed national projects in education and human services. Diane served on the Governing Board of NAEYC (1990–1994) and the Center for the Child Care Workforce (1995–2002), and was a member of the D.C. Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Early Childhood Development (1984–2009). In 2004, she received the Bank Street College Alumni Association Recognition Award for outstanding accomplishments in the field of education, and in 2010, she was inducted into the Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame for her lifetime contributions to education.
