Staff
318-677-3166
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Jenny Cowan
Jenny oversees the operations of the Louisiana Pathways including Career Development, Scholarhships and Trainer Approval. She is responsible for manageing the workload to ensure that processing standards are met. She works as liaison between Pathways, Louisiana Department of Education, and Louisiana Department of Revenue regarding the School Readiness Tax Credit (SRTC) for Directors and Staff and ensures that SRTC forms are distributed each year.
318-677-3126
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Donna Tanner
Donna ensures that members are placed on the appropriate career ladder levels for classroom/administrative tracks. She makes sure that processing timelines are met and answers members issues or concerns about SRTC, level placements and directors’ reports. She also processes mail and does data entry.
318-677-3161
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Vickie Jordan
Vickie’s primary responsibility is to process all Early Childhood Ancillary training scholarships, CDA Assessment Fee scholarships, and College Tuition scholarships. She ensures that you understand the scholarship process and submit required documents accordingly. Vickie also processes mail, does data entry, filing, and works on special projects.
318-677-3173
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Barbara Holmes
Barbara evaluates child care personnel records to determine correct placement on Pathways Career Development Ladder. She also ensures that staff meet requirements for School Readiness Tax Credits. She handles customer issues and questions while promoting a better understanding of the Pathways Career Development System.
318-677-3171
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Gaynell Simmons
Gaynell has the responsibility of maintaining and updating Pathways web pages and social media updates. She is the Data Manager and serves as the Administrator of the Databases used by Pathways Career Development, Pathways Trainer Registry, and the Child and Family Network. Assists employees with the use of software, hardware and computer issues products as needed by Pathways and the Child and Family Network. She creates specific documents needed for better functionality as well as maintains the log of CDA class attendance. Receives and processes Pathways Trainer document packets for review and approval. She also maintains all Pathways Trainer files including sending out monthly approved trainer lists, renewal reminders and posts monthly web updates of trainers.