Front row (L to R): Jackie Boddie (Co-Coordinator), Eric Vicks, and Terri Schwartzbeck (Co-Coordinator)
Middle row: Rebecca Hare, Carrie Heath, Steph Cheng, Cynthia Overton, Najean Lee, Claudia Edmonson
Back row: Eboni Walker, Kate Blosveren, Anja Kurki, Courtney Tanenbaum, Sidd Vivek, Dileep Rajan, Jennifer Engle, Jeff Poirer, Tolani Adeboye, Noah Wepman, Raul Matos, Taryn Tyler, John Kraman, Josephine Franklin
Missing from photo: Elizabeth Spier, Meghan Jordan, Donnie Kenneth, Amy Walter

The Washington, D.C., EPFP provides unparalleled opportunities for Fellows to develop leadership skills and an understanding of public policy.  The program capitalizes on the area's wealth of resources, including an extensive DC metropolitan alumni network of over 700, as well as on the talented Fellows in the program each year.  Three areas of professional development are stressed: leadership development from personal and theoretical perspectives, understanding of policy issues and processes, and development of productive networks and relationships across a range of organizations.  A weekend retreat introduces Fellows to the programʼs substance and begins the process of team-building.  Fellows meet thereafter at evening sessions twice each month, and an extended, day-long session provides the opportunity for deeper study of significant issues or policy areas.  Seminars, site visits, book club discussions, and Leadership Case Studies engage Fellows in studying topics of current, as well as perennial interest, including issues of national concern and the more immediate challenges to policymakers and service in a metropolitan, cross-jurisdictional area.  The "Annapolis Policy Seminar" enables Fellows to explore the dynamics of state level policymaking.  Instrumented feedback through leadership and social styles inventories provide a range of alternative perspectives on each Fellowʼs profile of strengths and areas for development. The program is sponsored and supported by the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) and is coordinated by a team of three education policy professionals.  

WASHINGTON, DC COORDINATORS

Jacquelyn Lynnette Boddie, Ed.D.

Professor
Trinity Washington University
125 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20020
(202) 582-8323
Jb3135@yahoo.com

Jacquelyn (Jackie) Boddie is a Professor of Teacher Education at Trinity University in Washington, D.C. In addition to her work as a Co-Coordinator of DC EPFP, Jackie provides consulting and training services in professional development for the District of Columbia public school system. Previously, Jackie served for five years as the Principal for the Oxon Hill Middle Schools in Fort Washington, Maryland. While in this position, Jackie provided candidate support for National Board Certified Teacher Candidates in Reading and Language Arts and served as a member of the Superintendent’s Round Table. In the spring of 2004, Jackie was the recipient of the “Educator Extraordinaire” Senator Award honored by the Maryland State Senator Gloria Lawlah as well as a recipient of the “Principal of Excellence” award by Prince George’s County Council of PTAs.

Jackie earned her Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where she majored in Curriculum and Instruction. She received her M.S. degree at Drake University majoring in Teaching, and her B.S. degree from Minot State University majoring in English.

Elizabeth Partoyan

Director, Research, Training, and Member Services
National School Boards Association
1680 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
202-422-6627
epartoyan@nsba.org

Elizabeth Partoyan is director of Research, Training, and Member Services at the National School Boards Association.  She is responsible for providing leadership development for state school boards association executive staff and officers and oversees NSBA’s survey and evaluation research program, information and policy services, and various grant-funded capacity-building projects.

Partoyan began at NSBA as the program manager for Extended-Day Learning Opportunities.  Previously, she was a program officer with the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research at the Academy for Educational Development and a consultant and trainer with the Educational Research Service.  She has taught students with special needs in the District of Columbia Public Schools and the Chicago Public Schools, and worked as family educator with the Washington State Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program.

Partoyan has presented extensively on a range of education research, practice, and policy issues, and serves on several local, state, and national advisory committees.  She holds a Bachelor of Education degree in human development and social policy from Northwestern University and a Master of Education degree in educational psychology from Howard University.

Scott Spicer

Senior Analyst
U.S. Government Accountability Office
2607 Fenimore Road
Silver Spring, MD 20902
240-688-8806
Spicer_scott@yahoo.com

Scott Spicer is a senior analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). His research and writing at GAO have covered a spectrum of education issues, including public school choice and charter school policies, assessments for students with disabilities and the implementation of No Child Left Behind’s highly-qualified teacher requirements. Currently, he is leading a project about how FEMA and nonprofit organizations, such as the Red Cross, coordinated the provision of sheltering and feeding services after Hurricane Katrina.

Previously as an analyst at the National Governors Association, Spicer was responsible for providing technical assistance to governors on issues that included No Child Left Behind accountability policies and school choice. He has also conducted state policy research on early childhood education, standards and accountability, and educational technology for Education Week newspaper.

Spicer was a Fellow in the Institute for Educational Leadership’s Education Policy Fellowship Program in 2003-2004. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Earlham College , and a master’s in public affairs from Cornell University.

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