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Front row(left to right): Caitlin Hannon; Lisa Coppola; Priscella Leonard; Loretta Draper; Marie Etsity; Cynthia Bates.
Back row (left to right): Saul Yanofsky (Co-Coordinator); Wesley Thomas; Justin Snider; Regan Kelly; Ana Reluzco; Thomas Bennett; Priscella Weaver; Irvin Morris; Courtney Gorman; Michael Sowul; Bradley Shreve; Tim Begaye; Chengde Wang; Terri Lamotte; Bob Monson (Co-Coordinator).
Not pictured: Joanne Marien; Benita Miller; Nadia Edwards; Karen Drezner; Elvira Largie; Sherrish Holloman; Carmen Bardequez-Brown.
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 New York Metro site welcomes applications from educators in pre-K-12 and higher educations as well as those working in public service in the greater New York metropolitan area. Approximately 610 former EPFP Fellows hold positions of educational, public policy, and corporate leadership in the Tri-State region. 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 in Education Leadership
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. Currently, he is developing education leadership programs for schools in India, Bhutan, and China. 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, public engagement and global education policy.
Saul Yanofsky (EPFP 72-73)
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Westchester Community College
Library Building 245
75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914) 606-8539
Saul.Yanofsky@sunywcc.edu
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.