Jennifer Francois

Jennifer Francois is a Professor of Practice in the Early Childhood Education program at Kansas State University. Her research focuses on personnel preparation in early intervention and early childhood special education, childcare subsidy, and language acquisition. Recently, Dr. Francois's work was received recognition by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund as a distinguished project for her work on childcare subsidy. Dr. Francois has had diverse experiences in early childhood settings, including serving as a program coordinator for an early care and education and preschool intervention program at Rainbows United, Inc. in Wichita, KS. Currently, she serves on the State Interagency Coordinating Council as the KBOR representative and was recently selected to particiate in a professional learning community that is a project of the Fred Rogers Institute. 

Dr. Francois received her doctoral training in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Wichita State University. She received her bachelor’s and master’s training in Human Environmental Sciences, with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education at the University of Arkansas.