School of Education
Brooklyn College of the City of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue,
Brooklyn NY 11210-2889
(718) 951-4800

Higher Education

1963

AB, History and English, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1964

MA, Education, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1964-70

Post-graduate work, Education and Social Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

1970-71

Post-graduate work, Education, SUNY at Cortland, Cortland, New York

1983

Post-graduate work, Education Administration, Bank Street College, New York, New York

Work Experience

Certification & Credentials

Honors, Professional Memberships and Awards

• Woodbury Scholarship, Stanford University (undergraduate)
• Graduated with Great Distinction, Stanford University
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Maxwell Fellow, Maxwell School of Public Affairs, Syracuse University
• Member, National Council for the Social Studies
• Member, National Council of Teachers of English
• Member, Phi Delta Kappa
• Member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• Founding Member, National Academy of Alternative Education

During tenure as Superintendent, Alternative High Schools and Programs, Adult and Continuing Education, we achieved many successes:

• Appointed as first Superintendent, Alternative High Schools and Programs

• oversaw transition of the Superintendency from one serving exclusively drop-outs and high risk students to "schools of choice" model, serving students of all ability levels, special education, and Limited English Proficient students, included.

• Led expansion of Superintendency from 13 diploma-granting high schools and non-diploma-granting programs (serving 9,000 students at 45 sites) to total of 63 schools and programs (serving 45,000 and 65,000 adults at 472 sites);

• Responsible for design, supervision, and opening of 46 State-registered, diploma-granting alternative high schools;

• Expanded LYFE in-school day care for student mothers to 43 sites, serving more than 500 infants and toddlers on a daily basis; transitioned Schools for Pregnant Teens into full-service Program for Pregnant and Parenting Students;

• In Collaboration with the Center for Collaborative Education and Coalition of Essential Schools, supervised redesign of 3 large comprehensive high schools into "educational condominiums", with small schools, grades 7-12;

• Designed innovative high schools and curricula with a wide variety of collaborators, including Fund for New York Public Education (New Visions); Center for Collaborative Education, Boys Choir of Harlem, Cooper Union, Phoenix House, Center for Educational Innovation, Outward Bound of New York City, New York Mission Society, Hetrick-Martin Institute, Fordham University;

• Designed and opened five grades 7-12 secondary schools, in collaboration with a variety of non-Board of Education entities and K-8 Community School Districts.

• Increased on-campus high schools through collaboration with La Guardia Community College, Hostos Community College, Brooklyn College, and Bronx Community College;

• Responsible for programs serving 3000+ homeless youth, youth in foster care and in juvenile facilities.

• Expanded education for adolescents incarcerated on Rikers Island, growing from a single school for 250 students to a complex of 5 schools, serving nearly 2,000 adolescents and adults a day;

• developed on-site educational programs at more than 200 drug-rehabilitation and social service agencies, serving @4,000 students each day. Collaborations include working with Phoenix House; Daytop, Inc,; J-Cap; Argosy; Covenant House; Youth DARES; Salvation Army and Good will Industries;

• Expanded GED-preparation programs to serve more than 15,000 students each day.

• Managed, supervised, and allocated budgets comprising @ $750 Million/year.

• Direct report and rating officer for 62 principals, central office staff of 22 professionals and non-pedagogical support.

Teaching responsibilities:

Brooklyn College

Ed. 612: Survey of Secondary Curriculum: Middle Schools

Ed 722: Methods and Materials in Adolescence Education

Ed 775: Administrative/Supervisory Theory and Practice II

Program Head - Guidance and Counseling Program