Lesia Oesterreich Lesia Oesterreich
Families Extension Specialist/Adjunct Assistant Professor

Education:
M.S. Texas Tech University, 1988
B.S. Texas Tech University, 1978

Office: 1093 LeBaron
Phone: (515) 294-0363
Email: loesterr@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Research and Programming Interests:

  • Early Childhood Leadership Development
  • Early Childhood Education Quality Assessment
  • Child Care Business Management
  • Family Child Care
  • Rural Child Care

National Offices/Journal Editorships:

  • Editor- Early Childhood Editorial Board, Children, Youth and Families, Education Research Network (CYFERNet) 1998 – present www.cyfernet.org
  • Director – National Network for Child Care www.nncc.org

Professional Organizations:
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • National Council on Family Relations

Recent Presentations and Selected Publications:

Oesterreich, L. (2007). Heartland Family Child Care Handbook 7th ed. Pm 1541 Iowa State University Extension

Oesterreich, L. (2007) Manual Heartland para el Cuidado Familiar de Niños. Iowa State University.

Oesterreich, L. & Hegland, S. (2006). Research Brief: Classrooms for Preschoolers with Disabilities Iowa State University Extension Pm 2031

Oesterreich, L. (2005). Partnering with parents: Understanding child and parent development. SP175 VI, Iowa State University Extension.

Oesterreich, L. & Hegland, S. (2005). Partnering with parents: Measuring program outcomes, did we make a difference? SP175 IX, Iowa State University Extension.

Van Horn, J., & Oesterreich, L. (2005) New Staff Orientation for Child Care Staff National Council on Family Relations Extension (NCFR) Pre-conference, Phoenix, AZ

Greder, K., Oesterreich, L., Barnes, T.G. (2005) Selecting Parenting Education Resources. Children, Youth and Families at Risk Conference, CYFAR, Boston MA.

Hegland, S. & Oesterreich, L.(2004) Effective Individualized Consultation through Assessing Caregiver Comprehension of and Dedication to High-quality Practices. National Association for the Education of Young Children: Professional Development Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Hegland, S. & Oesterreich, L. (2004) Facilitating Professional Development. Birth-to-Three Institute 8th Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.