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Meeting of the Board of Regents | October 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 9:15am

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

TO:

Higher Education Committee

FROM:

Johanna Duncan-Poitier

 

SUBJECT:

Appointments to the State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching

DATE:

September 29, 2008

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 3

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Should the Board of Regents approve the proposed appointments to the State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching?

 

 

Reason(s) for Consideration

 

Required by State regulation.

 

 

Proposed Handling

 

This question will come before the Higher Education Committee at its October 2008 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the Full Board at its October 2008 meeting for final action.

 

 

Procedural History

 

Terms for members of the State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching are set forth in Regents Rule 3.14. The Board of Regents appoints members to four-year terms, with the exception of the teacher education student member, who is appointed to a two-year term. Board co-chairs are appointed for two-year terms.

 

Currently, four vacancies exist on the Standards Board. The individuals below are recommended for appointment to fill two of these vacancies.

 

 

Background Information

 

The following persons are recommended for appointment as new members: April D. McKoy (school administrator member) and Diane L. Rowe (public member). Brief biographical sketches of the new members and a list of current members are attached.

 

 

Recommendation

 

It is recommended that the Board of Regents approve the following appointments to the State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching: April D. McKoy (school administrator) to a four-year term beginning October 21, 2008 and ending June 30, 2012; and Diane L. Rowe (public) to an unexpired term beginning October 21, 2008 and ending June 30, 2010.

 

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

Members’ terms will begin immediately upon appointment.

 




The University of the State of New York

Attachment 1

The State Education Department

 

State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching

 

April D. McKoy                                                                           Membership Category: Educator

Bushwick
Community High School

Brooklyn
, New York

 

              April McKoy has served as assistant principal at the Bushwick Community High School in Brooklyn for the past three years. She supervises all academic departments, and also serves as the school’s professional development coordinator and staff developer. Ms. McKoy began her career in education as a social studies teacher. She taught at both the Brooklyn College Academy and the Basis Young Adult Borough Center, a center for young adults who, having left school, return to complete graduation requirements.

 

              Ms. McKoy has been an adjunct at Mercy College since 2000, teaching graduate courses in the teacher residency component of the New York City Teaching Fellows Program. She also serves as a cap assessor, assessing Teaching Fellows’ required final projects.

 

              Ms. McKoy has a B.A. in history from Hampton University, VA; an M.A. in social studies education from New York University; and an Advanced Certificate in admini-stration and supervision from the College of Saint Rose.

 

 

Diane L. Rowe                                                                               Membership Category: Public

Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo

Buffalo
, New York

 

Diane Rowe has served as chief professional officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo for the past eleven years. During her tenure, club sites have expanded from 5 to 16 club sites throughout Buffalo. From 1992-1997, she served as associate executive director of the YWCA of Western New York and prior to this, served as executive director of the Anorexia Bulimia Buffalo Association.

 

              Ms. Rowe was founder and now serves as board president of the Buffalo United Charter School, a K-8 school that has been in operation since 2003. She also chairs the Western New York Coalition of Charter Schools. She is active in a number of community organizations, including United Way, the Greater Buffalo Gear Up Coalition, Community Health Center, and the Agency Executive Association. She has received numerous awards for her work with Boys & Girls Clubs, as well as the 2005 Annie E. Casey Family Support Program of Excellence Award, and the 2006 Dean Service Award from SUNY Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education.

 

Ms. Rowe has a B.S. in education from the State University of New York College at Buffalo, a certificate in supervisory studies from Cornell University’s Extension Program, and a Micro-MBA Certificate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.




                                                                                                                      Attachment 2

 

State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching

                                           

As of September 2008

Dr. Debra A. Colley, Co-Chair

Niagara University

College of Education, O’Shea Hall, B-9

Niagara University, New York 14109

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

Dr. Eric R. Gidseg, Co-chair

Arlington Central School District

696 Dutchess Turnpike

Poughkeepsie, New York 12603

Term Expires: June 30, 2012

Mr. Richard R. Ahola

4568 Lakeview Road

Dundee, NY 14837

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

Ms. Sheila Appel

IBM

2455 South Road

Poughkeepsie, New York 12601

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Ms. Allison Cugini

New York City Department of Education

715 Ocean Terrace

Room 319, Building A

Staten Island, New York 10301

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

Mr. Richard G. Feller

Board of Education

Monticello Central School District

227 Forestburgh Road

Monticello, New York 12701

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Ms. Catalina R. Fortino

UFT Teacher Center

52 Broadway, 18th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Term Expires: June 30, 2009

Mrs. Cheryl Lee Freedman

7 Cedar Drive

Tuxedo Park, New York 10987

Term Expires: June 30, 2012

Ms. Rosemary B. Harrigan

The Greater Capital Region Teacher Center

1580 Columbia Turnpike

Castleton, New York 12033

Term Expires: June 30, 2009

Ms. Aseba Harris

Union Graduate College

807 Union Street, Lamont House

Schenectady, NY 12308

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

Dr. R. Lloyd Jaeger

Millbrook Central School District

P.O. Box AA

Millbrook, New York 12545

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

 

Dr. Gerald M. Mager

School of Education

Syracuse University

150 Huntington Hall

Syracuse, New York 13244-2340

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Michelli

The City University of New York

The Graduate Center

365 5th Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Term Expires: June 30, 2009

Ms. Susan W. Mittler

Ithaca Teachers Association

Ithaca City School District

1375 North Cayuga Street

Ithaca, New York 14850

Term Expires: June 30, 2009

Mr. Joseph F. Perez

Southern Westchester BOCES

Sprain Brook Academy

P.O. Box 10

Valhalla, New York 10595

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Dr. Susan D. Phillips

University at Albany, SUNY

ED 212, 1400 Washington Avenue

Albany, New York 12222

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Dr. Evelyn J. Rich

205 West End Avenue #4N

New York, New York 10023

Term Expires: June 30, 2009

Ms. Patricia E. Roberts

Stewart School

501 Stewart Avenue

Garden City, New York 11530

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

Mr. Walter Robertson III

Dunkirk  City School District

Dunkirk, NY 14048

Term Expires: June 30, 2012

Dr. Pamela A. Sandoval

SUNY System Administration

State University Plaza

Albany, New York 12246

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Mr. Frank S. Scelsa

Lewiston-Porter High School

4061 Creek Road

Youngstown, New York 14174

Term Expires: June 30, 2012

Ms. Gale Sookdeo

Susan B. Anthony IS 238 Q

88-15 182nd Street

Hollis, New York 11423

Term Expires: June 30, 2011

Ms. Kathleen M. Taylor

Ulster County BOCES

Career & Technical Center

P.O. Box 601, Rte. 9W

Port Ewen, New York 12466

Term Expires: June 30, 2010

Dr. Stephen J. Uebbing

Warner Graduate School of Education

and Human Development

University of Rochester

Box 270425, Dewey Hall

Rochester, New York 14627

Term Expires: June 30, 2009