Kate Tarrant, M.P.A.

Kate Tarrant, M.P.A.

Kate Tarrant, M.P.A., Graduate Research Fellow, National Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 226, New York, New York 10027.

Kate Tarrant is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Teaching, concentrating on early childhood policy. As a graduate research fellow at the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF), Teachers College, Columbia University, Ms. Tarrant works on the National and International Transitions analysis and the Policy Matters Project. In addition, she worked on the Early Care and Education Workforce Initiative and previously served as the Assessment Coordinator for the NCCF project with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services to develop, field test, and evaluate a unified quality assessment tool for early care and education programs in New York City. Her research interests include the application of early care and education policy to practice in different types of early learning settings. She is also interested in the development of comprehensive and inclusive early childhood systems. Ms. Tarrant earned her master’s degree in public administration at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, with a concentration in social policy. She has been a consultant for New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services Division of Child Care and Head Start. Previously, she worked as the public policy specialist for Good Beginnings Alliance- Hawaii, an early childhood intermediary organization.