Tracy Cheney is a wife and mother of a 25 year old daughter and four step-children. She is Vice President of Dr. Day Care Family, Inc. and is a professional consultant who has been in the field of early childhood education and school age care for the past 34 years.  Her experience includes teaching young children from 6 weeks to 12 years as well as being an administrator in a variety of different capacities. Over the last twenty one years, Tracy has been assisting with the management of a multi-site early childhood and school age organization.  In her dual role of Vice President of Education and Compliance, she supports many levels of early learning professionals with curriculum development and implementation, assessment, child development, classroom management as well as behavior management and the overall professional development of teachers.  In addition, Tracy oversees compliance with many state regulatory agencies, including DHS, RIDE, Bright Stars QRIS, CACFP and Department of Health.A focus of Tracy’s career for the past twenty-nine years has been on supporting the professional development of Administrators, Teachers, and Teacher assistants.  Tracy presents to many private early learning centers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut on a variety of topics, and has presented at the NAEYC Conference multiple times, as well as state AEYC affiliate statewide conferences, the World Forum Foundation and the McCormick Leadership Conference.  Tracy holds a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and is a member of NAEYC and the Rhode Affiliate, RIAEYC, and has served on many educational sub-committees, Tracy is also a CDA Specialist and a Conscious Discipline enthusiast .