Sue Clark Wortham

Sue Clark Wortham is a Professor Emerita of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Prior to beginning a teaching career in higher education in 1979, she taught prekindergarten through second grade in public schools, worked as an administrator, and was a consultant at an education service center. She has authored numerous texts, including "Early Childhood and Curriculum: Developmental Bases for Learning and Teaching "(4th ed., 2006), Merrill/Prentice...See more

Sue Clark Wortham is a Professor Emerita of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Prior to beginning a teaching career in higher education in 1979, she taught prekindergarten through second grade in public schools, worked as an administrator, and was a consultant at an education service center. She has authored numerous texts, including "Early Childhood and Curriculum: Developmental Bases for Learning and Teaching "(4th ed., 2006), Merrill/Prentice Hall. She co-authored "Play and Child Development" (3rd ed., 2008) with Joe Frost and Stuart Reifel, also published by Merrill/Prentice Hall. Organizational publications include "Childhood 1892-2002," published by the Association for Childhood Education International, and "Playgrounds for Young Children: National Survey and Perspectives," co-authored with Joe Frost and published by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD). In 1992, she as a Fullbright Scholar in Chile. She was President of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) from 1995 to 1997. Since retirement, she has become very active in the development of the Global Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and Care that resulted from an international symposium held in Ruschlikon, Switzerland, in 1999. Subsequently she has a leadership role in the development, validation, and implementation of the ACEI Global Guidelines Self-Assessment Tool adapted from the original guidelines. To date it has been used in 20 countries and has been translated into Spanish, French, Chinese, and Portuguese. Dr. Wortham has served as Director of Educational Programs for World Children's Reliefand Volunteer Organization, a small nongovernmental organization (NGO) for the past four years. She is engaged in training teachers and principals in Haiti, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Sierra Leone. See less