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TTHE
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT /
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY
12234 |
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TO: |
The Honorable the Members of
the Board of Regents |
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FROM: |
Johanna
Duncan-Poitier |
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COMMITTEE: |
Higher Education and
Professional Practice |
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TITLE OF ITEM: |
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DATE OF
SUBMISSION: |
August 25,
2004 |
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PROPOSED HANDLING: |
Approval (Consent
Agenda) |
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RATIONALE FOR
ITEM: |
Regents appointment
required |
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STRATEGIC GOAL: |
Goal
3 |
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SUMMARY:
Terms for members of the State Professional
Standards and Practices Board for Teaching are set forth in Regents Rule 3.14.
Members serve four-year, staggered terms. The expiration of terms of four
members not seeking reappointment and four additional resignations from the
Board have created eight vacancies in the categories of Educator (teacher,
higher education, and school administrator), Public and Teacher Education
Student. The following individuals are recommended for appointment to the vacant
positions: Eric R. Gidseg (teacher member), Adam D. Kinory (teacher member),
Kathleen M. Taylor (teacher
member), Stephanie F. Leeds (higher education member), Sally A. Thompson (school
administrator member), Anne Marie Tryjankowski (public member), and Chelsea Lynn
Caraco (teacher education student member).
One
vacancy remains in the public member category which we expect to fill as soon as
possible. Short biographies of the
nominees and a list of current Board members are attached.
VOTED: That Eric R. Gidseg (teacher member),
Kathleen M. Taylor (teacher member), Chelsea Lynn Caraco (teacher education
student member), and Anne Marie Tryjankowski (public member) be appointed
to terms beginning September 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2008; that Stephanie F.
Leeds (higher education member) be appointed to an unexpired term beginning
September 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2007; that Adam D. Kinory (teacher member)
be appointed to an unexpired term beginning September 1, 2004 and ending June
30, 2006; and that Sally A. Thompson (school administrator member) be appointed
to an unexpired term beginning September 1, 2004 and ending June 30,
2005.
Attachments
The University of the State of
New York
The State Education
Department
Addendum to Member Biographies
Eric R. Gidseg
Membership Category: Educator
Teacher
Arlington Central
School District
Poughkeepsie, New York
Eric Gidseg has taught
kindergarten and first grade in the Arlington Central School District for the
past fifteen years. He also serves as the school’s Webmaster. Prior to this, Mr.
Gidseg founded, directed, and taught kindergarten at the Mountain Laurel School
in New Paltz, from 1983-1989. He began his career in 1978 teaching kindergarten
at the Rudolph Steiner School in New York City.
Mr.
Gidseg has received various grants, including the Richard Gazzola Teacher
Fellowship Grant in 2003 for teachers pursuing advanced study in education. He
is active in professional organizations, including the International Reading
Association, National Kindergarten Association, Alliance for Childhood, and
American Education Research Association.
Mr. Gidseg
has a B.A. in Secondary Education/English and an M.S. in Early Childhood
Education from State University of New York College at New Paltz and is enrolled
in a Ph.D. program in Educational Theory and Practice at State University of New
York at Albany.
Adam D. Kinory
Membership Category: Educator
Teacher
The School of the
Future
New York, New
York
Adam D.
Kinory has taught at the School of the Future in New York City’s Community
School District #2 for the past ten years, teaching both math and, most
recently, humanities, at the high school level. In 2001, Mr. Kinory achieved
certification in Adolescent and Young Adult English Language Arts from the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
(NBPTS).
Mr.
Kinory’s professional activities include serving as an instructor in the New
York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Effective Teaching Program, on a Test Review
Committee in English for the State Education Department, and as a member of a
Content Advisory Committee for the State Teacher Certification Examination
Program. This past year he participated in the Digital Edge Project, a joint
project in technology integration between NBPTS and Apple Computers. In
2003-2004, Mr. Kinory was named an Apple Distinguished Educator, and was
selected to mentor teacher colleagues in curricular technology
integration.
Mr. Kinory
has a B.A. in English Literature from State University of New York at Albany,
and an M.A. in English Education and an M.S. in Educational Administration from
City College of the City University of New York.
Stephanie F. Leeds
Membership Category: Educator
Director, Education
and Child Studies Program
Cazenovia
College
Cazenovia, New York
Stephanie
Leeds has served as director of the Education and Child Studies Program at
Cazenovia College for the past five years, and has taught at Cazenovia since
1992. Previously, Dr. Leeds was an elementary vice principal in the Syracuse
City School District for four years. She also served as director of the Syracuse
University Cooperative Laboratory Nursery School from 1979-1988.
Dr.
Leeds received Cazenovia’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 2003 and
the Friend of Children Award in 2001 from the Syracuse Association for the
Education of Young Children and the Child Care Council of Onondaga County. She
served as a delegate to the China-United States Joint Conference on Early
Childhood Education held in Beijing, China, in 1993. Dr. Leeds has been an
accreditation site visitor and validator for the National Association for the
Education of Young Children since 1985, and is a charter and active member of
the New York Task Force on Quality Inclusive Schooling, in conjunction with the
Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
(VESID) and the Systems Change Project at Syracuse University.
Dr.
Leeds has a B.A. in Philosophy from Le Moyne College, and a Ph.D. in Early
Childhood and Elementary Education from Syracuse University, and completed
post-doctoral work in Educational Administration at Syracuse
University.
Kathleen M. Taylor
Membership Category: Educator
Teacher
Ulster County
BOCES
Career & Technical
Center
Port Ewen, New York
Kathleen
Taylor has taught cosmetology at the Ulster County Board of Cooperative
Educational Services (BOCES) Career & Technical Center for the past ten
years. She is an active member of the High Schools that Work Program at the
BOCES. Her previous experience includes teaching cosmetology services and GED
classes at the Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES for three years. Ms. Taylor has
been a licensed cosmetologist for over thirty years.
Ms.
Taylor served on Ulster BOCES shared decision-making team for five years, three
as chair. She is vice president of
the local NYSUT chapter. She is a member of the Association for Career &
Technical Education, National Cosmetology Association, the American Cancer
Society’s Look Better, Feel Better Program, the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council’s
Political Labor Committee, and the Skills USA program. She is also active in the
community, participating in voter registration drives, AIDS awareness, and a
breast cancer awareness program at Kingston Hospital.
Ms.
Taylor has a B.S. in Vocational Technical Education from State University of New
York College at Oswego, an M.P.S. and graduate study in special education from
SUNY College at New Paltz.
Sally A. Thompson
Membership Category: Educator
Principal
Jackson Annex
School
Hempstead, New York
Sally
Thompson has been principal of the Jackson Annex Elementary School in the
Hempstead Union Free School District for the past two and a half years. Her
twenty-year service in the district has also included principal positions at two
other schools and three years service as director of research, planning, and
evaluation. Ms. Thompson has prior administrative experience in schools in
Amityville and in New Britain, Connecticut, and served as a school principal for
the Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services in Hartford,
Connecticut. She has administrative and teaching experience in the New York City
Schools and began her thirty-seven year career in education as a teacher of
English, drama and music in Brooklyn.
Ms.
Thompson is active in the National Association of Elementary School Principals,
New York University Roundtable, the National Alliance of Black School Educators,
and other professional organizations. She serves as a member of the Panel of
Experts with Harcourt Educational Measurement as an advisor in the creation of
the projected National Education Assessment. Ms. Thompson received the Educator
of the Year award from the National Council of Negro Women in 1999 and was named
Educator of the Year by the NAACP.
Ms.
Thompson holds a B.S. in Speech Education from Emerson College, an M.A. in
Guidance and Counseling from Long Island University, and a Professional Diploma
in Organizational Studies from New York University. She is currently pursuing a
doctoral degree in Educational Administration from Nova Southeastern
University.
Anne Marie Tryjankowski
Membership Category: Public
Managing Director
Education Innovation Consortium
Buffalo, New York
Anne Marie
Tryjankowski serves as managing director of Education Innovation Consortium,
providing educational consulting services to urban school districts. Previously,
Ms. Tryjankowski held administrative positions in the Buffalo City School
District for six years, including serving as supervisor of technology
integration and student evaluation, and coordinator for parent involvement. She
began her career in education as an elementary education teacher, serving six
years in the Buffalo public and diocesan schools.
Ms.
Tryjankowski is a member of the Buffalo area United Way’s Success by Six
Program, serving on its higher education committee. She also is an adjunct
professor at Canisius College and State University of New York at Buffalo,
teaching in the areas of early childhood education and technology integration in
education.
Ms.
Tryjankowski has a B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in Education from Canisius
College, and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Learning and Instruction at State
University of New York at Buffalo.
Chelsea Lynn Caraco Membership Category: Teacher Education Student
Teacher Education
Student
Gloversville, New
York
Chelsea Lynn Caraco is
currently a junior in the School of Education, College of Saint Rose in Albany,
New York. She is a childhood
education major with a concentration in mathematics. Ms. Caraco holds a Regents diploma from
Mayfield High School and was an early admissions candidate to the
Fulton-Montgomery Community College taking high school courses during the day
and college courses at night in her senior year of high school. Ms. Caraco serves as President of the
College of Saint Rose’s Chapter of Big Brothers/Big Sisters and started a weekly
volunteer program at the Sheridan Avenue Headstart in Arbor Hill in the Capital
District. She has also worked as a substitute teacher for the
Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES.
Ms. Caraco is highly recommended for membership on the State Professional
Standards and Practices Board by Crystal Gips, Dean of the School of Education
of the College of Saint Rose.
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University of the State of New York
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State Education Department
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Practices Board for Teaching