Leadership

The IFS is led by the Presiding Board and an international Executive Committee comprising practitioners, university-based researchers, early years providers, and others with a professional interest in child-centred early childhood education.

Officers

President Grace Choi, Beijing Rainbow Education Training School, China

Vice President Prof. Dr. Andrea C. Schmid,  President of IFS-Deutschland, University of Erfurt, Germany

Acting Secretary Dr. Kristen D. Nawrotzki, Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany


Current Executive Committee

Dr Tina Bruce, University of Roehampton, UK

Grace Choi, Beijing Rainbow Education Training School, China

Laoise Ní Chléirigh, Maynooth University, Ireland

Andrea Matheis, Germany

Dr. Kristen D. Nawrotzki, Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany

Dr Yukiyo Nishida, University of Aberdeen, UK

Dr Amanda Norman, University of Winchester, UK

Sacha Powell, Froebel Trust, UK

Professor Dr Larry Prochner, University of Alberta, Canada

Prof. Dr. Andrea C. Schmid,  President of IFS-Deutschland, University of Erfurt, Germany

Dr Fengling Tang, University of Roehampton & Froebel Trust, UK

Yumiko Taoka, Ryukoku University Kyoto, Japan

Professor Dr. Helge Wasmuth, Mercy University, USA