Anderson, Andrea
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5150
Department: Early Childhood Education
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B229
Education: B.S., The Ohio State University
M.Ed., The Ohio State University
About: Andrea Anderson’s career in education started in 2001 and she has been in higher education since 2013.
She has worked with children from birth through 12th grade in both teaching and administrative roles. She spent most of her teaching career working with preschool-aged children at a Head Start agency.
Goulandris, Karen
Associate Professor
(216) 987-5589
Department: Early Childhood Education
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B137
Education: A.A., Cuyahoga Community College
A.A.S., Cuyahoga Community College
B.S., Cleveland State University
Ed.S. in Early Childhood Education, Walden University
M.Ed., Cleveland State University
About: Karen Goulandris joined Tri-C in 2010 as an adjunct instructor and then as a full-time faculty member in 2012. Before coming to Tri-C, she worked in the education field for over 41 years, with experience as a preschool and toddler teacher, music teacher for infants and toddlers and caregiver classes, summer camp coordinator for elementary school children, youth leadership coordinator for teens, robotics instructor for after-school kindergarten through third-grade students and as an instructor and consultant to other early childhood educators.
Goulandris teaches a variety of early childhood and education topics, including Introduction to Child Development, Child Behavior and Guidance, Music and Movement for Young Children, Working with Families and Educational Technology.
Her teaching is enhanced by real-life experiences from her early childhood teaching career. Goulandris enjoys helping shape future professional educators who will join a field she has loved for many years.
McDowell, Annette
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-4105
Department: Early Childhood Education
Office Location: Metropolitan Campus, MLA 118H
Education: A.A., Cuyahoga Community College
B.S., Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
M.Ed., Cleveland State University
About: Annette McDowell has a foundation in early childhood education with a background as a former preschool and kindergarten teacher. Annette promotes integrated curriculum strategies and has a firm understanding of the importance of early childhood development in shaping lifelong learners. Annette provides subject-specific knowledge that will allow students to enhance their academic pursuits to help them to be more prepared for the profession of working with children in an early childhood education classroom.
As a former student and graduate of the Early Childhood Education program at Cuyahoga Community College - Metro Campus, Annette McDowell can personally relate to many of her students because she understands the student perspective of having a busy home life and still having the desire to further her education. Knowing that education is important, and perseverance is essential, Annette will always encourage her students to keep climbing and striving to reach their personal and career goals.