Marcia  Kraft-Sayre is the NCRECE Professional Development Study Coordinator at the
University of Virginia, as well as the Project Coordinator for the MyTeachingPartner project.
Previously, she was the UVA Regional Coordinator for the National Center for Early Development
and Learning (NCEDL) Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the Study of State-Wide Early
Education Programs (SWEEP). She has also served as the coordinator for the NCEDL
Kindergarten Transition Project. Prior to her work at the Curry School of Education, she worked
as a clinical social worker with children and families in mental health and medical settings. Her
research interests include the transition into kindergarten and professional development in early
childhood education.

Publications:

Pianta, R. C. & Kraft-Sayre, M. E. (2003) Successful Kindergarten
Transition: Your Guide to Connecting Children, Families, & Schools. Baltimore:
Paul H. Brookes Publishing.

La Paro, K.M., Kraft-Sayre, M.E., & Pianta, R.C. (2003). Preschool to kindergarten transition
practices: Involvement and satisfaction of families and teachers.  Journal of Research in
Childhood Education, 17(2), 147-158.

Pianta, R. C., Kraft-Sayre, M.,E., Rimm-Kaufman, S., Gercke, N., & Higgins, T. (2001). 
Collaboration in building partnerships between families and schools:  The National Center for
Early Development and Learning's Kindergarten Transition Intervention.  Early Childhood
Research Quarterly Special Issue:  Partnerships in Inquiry:  New Models for Early Childhood Research Collaboration, 16, 117-132.