Meeting of the Board of Regents | October 2008

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