NEW
YORK
Front
row (L to R): Veronica Casillo, Megan Adams, Jamie Edelman;, Jean Fields,
Christine McCaffery
Middle
row: Jeffrey Matteson, Ileana Eckert, Robert Katulak, Malissa
Scheuring-Leipold, Angela Grille, Jennifer Pontillo, Renee Gargano, Winsome Gregory, Robert Monson (Co-coordinator)
Back
row: Saul Yanofsky (Co-coordinator), Rory McCourt; Gerald Young, Marc
Siciliano, Ned Hayes, Robert Pitts
Missing
from photo: Matthew Byrnes, Thomas Gill, Wayne Harders, Dorothy Thomas, Frank
Tolan, Walter Woodhouse
The New York Metro site of the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) is hosted by the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. The site is running two cohorts of Fellows: one recruited through Teachers College and the other through the Putnam/Northern Westchester (NY) BOCES. Approximately 545 former EPFP Fellows hold positions of educational, public policy, and corporate leadership in the Tri-State region. The New York Metro site invites applications from persons interested in leadership and public policy. New York Fellows engage in learning and networking opportunities with a wide variety of individuals with city, state, national, and international reputations for leadership. These opportunities complement the significant resources of the Columbia University community. EPFP Fellows enrolled at Teachers College may elect to earn academic credit for their participation. EPFP Fellows at either site may also choose to participate in the Executive Development Program, a comprehensive leadership assessment battery. They may also elect to apply for a Washington summer internship in education policy through Teachers College.
NEW YORK COORDINATORS
Robert J. Monson (EPFP 88-89)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Organization
& Leadership
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 67
New York, NY 10027
(212) 678-8118
rjm210@columbia.edu
Robert Monson is a senior lecturer in education leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. He holds a B.A. in political science, an M.A. in curriculum and instruction, and a Ph.D. in educational administration from Saint Louis University. In 1977, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Across seven states he has served public school children in the capacities of teacher, high school assistant principal, high school principal, and three superintendent positions in Ohio, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. From 1990 to 2000 he was taught in Lesley University’s national curriculum and instruction program. He has served as a member of the advisory board of the Harvard Principals Center where he also led dialogues among principals and superintendents. In 1997, he was a visiting faculty member at the Harvard summer institute on standards and accountability. In recent years he has served as a consultant for ASCD, Public Agenda, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, and the Tri-States Standards Consortium. He has co-authored two volumes on performance assessment for Zephyr Press and has published numerous journal articles on curriculum, assessment, and literacy education. His professional interests lie in leadership development, program development, accountability systems, and public engagement.
Saul Yanofsky (EPFP 72-73)
Assistant
Dean of Academic Affairs
Westchester Community College
Library Building 145
75
Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914)
606-8539
Saul.Yanofsky@sunywcc.edu
Dr. Saul M. Yanofsky is currently an Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Westchester Community College (NY), where his primary responsibility is to strengthen the linkages between the College and nearby school districts. Prior to this position, he served as an administrator in the White Plains (NY) City School District for over 20 years, the last twelve as Superintendent of Schools. Before coming to White Plains, Dr. Yanofsky worked for more than ten years planning and administering educational research and development at the National Institute of Education, the R & D arm of the federal Department of Education. From 1968-72, he was an administrator at an experimental middle school program in the Philadelphia Public Schools, and prior to that, he taught at both the junior high and high school levels. Dr. Yanofsky has also taught at Pace University, the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University and Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Yanofsky received his Bachelor’s Degree from Amherst College and both his Master’s and Doctorate Degrees from Harvard University.