Early Childhood
This unique ESU 2 role provides in-district support to educators of the earliest learners. Early childhood specialists work directly with educators to meet their needs with a focus on behavior, special education, and overall best practices of early childhood.
For more information, please contact Karen Vontz at kvontz@esu2.org
Our Early Childhood Team
Intervention + Education
Our early childhood team is dedicated to using evidence-based improvement strategies, employing quality assessment and observation and collaborative routines-based visits to observe meaningful and measurable outcomes.

Early Childhood Specialist
Brittany Shackleton

Early Childhood Specialist
Erin Gangwish

EDN Coordinator + Early Childhood Specialist
Martha Ostrom

EC Speech Language Pathologist
Carissa Simonsen

EC Speech Language Pathologist
Dori Heitz
