INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) has announced that Courtney Penn has been named director of the Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL). She is currently OECOSL’s director of child care licensing.
Penn has an undergraduate degree in child development and family life from Indiana State University and a master’s degree from Eastern Illinois University in human development, which spans all age groups from infancy on. She has worked in direct child care services as a Head Start teacher and center director.
She also has statewide and national-level experience at the Indiana Association for Child Care Resource and Referral, Early Learning Indiana, SPARK Learning Lab, and Child Care Aware of America.
