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The Penn Center for Educational Leadership in the Graduate School of
Education at the University of Pennsylvania, Putnam/Northern Westchester
BOCES, Center for Educational Leadership and Manhattanville College,
School of Education are pleased to announce the creation of a new collaboration
to expand the scope of professional development opportunities
to school leaders in the region. Nationally known experts comprise the
delivery of these outstanding programs and services.
Penn Literacy Network English Language Learners Institute
The three-day workshop series will be based on Penn Literacy Network’s
curriculum to address the needs of English Language Learners.
An optional 20 hours of additional independent work under the direction of
Manhattanville College faculty will lead to three graduate credits.
The New York Consortium for Excellence and Equity
A network of participating school districts will work toward improving
achievement among diverse student populations through training, technical
assistance, consulting and ongoing support.
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PUTNAM/NORTHERN WESTCHESTER BO-
CES’
CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Public Engagement Initiative
One Day Workshop in Community Engagement
The one-day workshop will introduce participants to productive and proven
practices to engage the various “publics” in their districts.
School Leadership in Civic Engagement (SLiCE) Workshop Series
The five-day workshop series will present key concepts about constructive
public engagement and explore application to specific public school
organizations.
On-Site Consulting Services
On-site consultants will be available to provide a range of public engagement
services for school districts as well as training and coaching to build
district capacity.
Program Evaluations & School District Audits
PCEL team members will be available to provide customized program
evaluations and audits.
Institutes for Chinese Educators
Chinese teachers, principals and ministry of education personnel will
travel to the United States to attend a variety of professional development
institutes. Connections with local school districts in the region will
be facilitated.
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PROGRAM & SERVICES
Penn Literacy Network English Language Learners (ELLs) Institute
Penn Literacy Network (PLN) will provide three days of professional
development workshops for public school teachers with the support
of Manhattanville College and Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES.
The content of the three, non-consecutive workshop days is based on
PLN 9: Forming & Reforming Reading/Writing/Talking Across Curriculum:
Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners (ELLs).
Presented activities are informed by research on second-language
acquisition, bi-literacy development, and content-based second
language instruction, and they are blended with discussions of current
research-based literacy concepts as outlined in many state language
arts frameworks. Participants will begin the process of understanding
how to address language, literacy, and learning needs of English Language
Learners in their classes through active, hands-on experiences
that model the concepts and strategies that are to be applied in their
schools.
Facilitator: Dr. Maria Ghiso, Penn Literacy Network at the University
of Pennsylvania
Audience: School Teams (teachers, ELL coordinators, principals, etc.)
Cost: $400 per person for three day series
Location: Manhattanville College
Dates: October 3, November 4 and December 9 (9:00-3:00)
OPTIONAL GRADUATE CREDITS AT MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE
Teachers and administrators interested in applying the knowledge
and skills gained in the three day institute can enroll in a three credit
Manhattanville graduate course during the accelerated Winter Session
term in January. The twenty additional course hours will include a mixture
of face-to-face meetings, electronic tasks, and one-on-one and
small group literacy workshops and tutoring with ELLs. Participants
will be eligible for a tuition reduction of 50%. Tuition for three credits
will be $1,340.
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The New York Consortium for Excellence and Equity
The Lower Hudson Valley Consortium for Excellence and Equity represents
school districts with forward leaning leadership dedicated to
nurturing the extraordinary performance of every child in their charge,
assuring equity and access to high level learning for all students, and
supporting creativity and continuous improvement in the delivery of
their educational programs. Member districts will receive training,
technical assistance, and ongoing support to enhance their efforts and
capacities to attain their excellence and equity goals through ongoing
technical assistance and support and participating in a series of seven
workshops (1 workshop on district organizing for equity and closing
the gaps, 2 workshops for job-alike professionals and 4 workshops
with national and regional experts) which focus on:
• evidence-based professional learning from nationally and
regionally recognized scholars and practitioners, who will
offer creative and innovative strategies for addressing
student underachievement
• district/school administrator and teacher leadership
development that promotes meaningful and impactful
school and classroom change, and effectively using
disaggregated data to inform transformation of school
and class room policies and practices that will ensure
accelerated achievement for all students
• improving all students’ language, literacy and learning at high
level skills
• engaging underachieving and reluctant diverse learners
• supporting development of student leadership and
support initiatives
• building school and classroom cultures of high expectation,
care, belonging and inclusion
• sharing promising systemic strategies that have proved to
be successful in addressing and closing the achievement and
attainment gaps locally, regionally and throughout the country
Facilitator: Dr. Robert Jarvis, Center for Educational Leadership at the
University of Pennsylvania
Audience: District Teams (superintendents, principals, teachers, etc.)
Cost: $9,800 per team
Dates: To Be Determined
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Public Engagement Initiative
One-Day Workshop in Community Engagement
Participants will be introduced to productive and proven practices to
engage the various “publics” in their districts to gain their deliberative
judgment, as opposed to top of the head, individual opinions, on
difficult issues facing the district and community. In this way school
districts can build common ground for action across different perspectives
and use that common ground to support educational programs.
Participants in the workshop will:
• clarify what they need the public for and how best to get what
they need
• explore different metaphors and models for engagement
• identify the kinds of issues they face that are best
addressed by different kinds of engagement
• understand how to move the public from individual opinion
to public judgment
• learn one process to engage their public in deeper ways
Facilitator: Dr. Harris Sokoloff, Center for School Study Councils at the
University of Pennsylvania
Audience: Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents and other
administrative staff that work on community outreach
Cost: $190 per person
Location: P/NW BOCES – School Services Building
(North Conference Room)
Date: November 3 (9:00-3:00)
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School Leadership in Civic Engagement (SLiCE)
This five-day workshop series will present key concepts in constructive
public engagement and explore their application to public school organizations.
Participants will learn how to productively engage with the
full range of stakeholders (supporters as well as critics) in new ways, in
more contexts and around more issues while building capacity to more
deeply engage their communities via participation in different committees
and task forces. SLiCE will allow district teams to design and
conduct engagement projects for their district through the application
of additional perspectives, tools and coaching including:
• exploration of different models of community engagement
(National Issues Forums, Study Circles, AmericaSpeaks,
Annenberg and other organizational models)
• learning different processes (problem identification and
framing, uncovering key motivating values, create rich and
creative deliberation, transition from talk to action)
• training in skills of facilitating and moderating
Facilitator: Dr. Harris Sokoloff, Center for School Study Councils at
the University of Pennsylvania
Audience: Up to 3 people per school district
Cost: $2,575 per team
Location: P/NW BOCES (9:00-3:00)
Dates: November 30, January 5, February 2, March 1, March 29
(Projects Building)
Snow Date: April 26
(School Services Building – Front Conference Room)
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On-Site Consulting Services
The Penn Project for Civic Engagement provides a range of “public engagement”
services for school districts and communities. Each project
is customized to help engage the range of stakeholder groups from the
disengaged to those consumers of or partners with the school district.
All of the projects are structured to enable diverse stakeholders to
come together to identify and act on problems in their communities.
Those projects unite stakeholder values with expert knowledge and
leadership to produce publically supported momentum for real solutions
and can include one or more of the following activities:
• identification of issues
• identification of values-based principles for policy and
implementation
• framing issues based on community values and principles
• framing alternative ways to understand and address issues/
challenges
• work through different perspectives to develop communitysupported
directions for action
• training and coaching to build district capacity in all
of the above
Lead Consultant: Dr. Harris Sokoloff, Center for School Study Councils
at the University of Pennsylvania
Audience: School Districts
Cost: $3,500 per day
Dates: Scheduled Upon Request
Institutes for Chinese Educators
Chinese teachers, principals, and ministry of education personnel will
travel to the United States for two or three weeks to attend separate
professional development institutes. Exchanges and innovative,
international programming are anticipated outcomes of this initiative.
More information to follow.
Coordinator: Dr. Yiping Wan, Manhattanville College
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Program Evaluations and School District Audits
The Penn Center for Education Leadership (PCEL) will provide evaluation
services that are customized to meet organizational needs to
address targeted curricular programs (literacy, numeracy, science,
technology, vocational education) as well as management issues such
as business operations, transportation, facilities, and leadership. At
the school level, the process has the capacity to look at such areas as
curricular design, curriculum commitment, climate for learning,
assessment systems, and staff personnel practice. At the district level,
specific programs or district processes can be addressed and analyzed
across programs and schools. The evaluation provides an audit of the
targeted areas based on interviews, observations and data analysis
allowing school districts to use the report for extensive planning
following the on-site visit. The audit articulates and celebrates
patterns of strengths of the targeted program, recognizes needs,
and provides practical recommendations in response to those needs.
The evaluation process provides a model for building and sustaining
capacity for self-evaluation for participating schools and districts.
PCEL provides external facilitators who spend an average of three
days in a school or district to lead the evaluation process and develop
a report of findings. Support in addressing the recommendations can
also be provided as requested.
Lead Consultant: Dr. John DeFlaminis, Penn Center for Educational
Leadership (PCEL) at the University of Pennsylvania
Audience: School Districts
Cost: Approximately $30,000 per evaluation (costs to be finalized
between school district & PCEL)
Dates: Scheduled Upon Request
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Workshop and Institute Facilitators & On-Site Consultants Biographies
Dr. Maria Paula Ghiso
Penn Literacy Network Facilitator
Dr. Ghiso received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania’s
Reading/Writing/Literacy program and is the recipient of the Morton
Botel Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Practice in the Literacy
Education of Young Children. She is currently an Assistant Professor
of Literacy Education at Teacher’s College at Columbia University in
addition to working as a facilitator for the Penn Center for Educational
Leadership. Dr. Ghiso is a former dual language teacher in the
NYC public school system, and currently teaches graduate courses in
the field of literacy and language development. A language learner
herself, Maria is committed to advocating for students from immigrant
and language minority backgrounds, and works with teachers to
inquire into their own histories and the cultural and linguistic resources
of students.
Ed.D. (Reading/Writing/Literacy), University of Pennsylvania
M.A. (Early Childhood and Elementary Education with Bilingual
Specialization), New York University
B.A. (Latin American Studies), New York University
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Dr. Robert L. Jarvis
Director (Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium);
Co-Director (New Jersey Network to Close the Achievement Gaps)
Dr. Jarvis brings to his work at PCEL many years of experience in
educational leadership and professional development and consultation
in K-12 and Higher Education, as well as Business and Industry. His
current professional interests involve working with regional and national
district/school administrators and teachers in better attending
to the developmental and learning needs of diverse students through
district-wide leadership development and policy and district/school
organizational change initiatives.
Dr. Jarvis developed and currently directs the Delaware Valley Minority
Student Achievement Consortium, a collaborative inquiry and professional
development based organization, that is in its 7th year, is dedicated
to supporting 30 school districts, county intermediate units and
a state teachers’ association in effectively increasing the number of
students of color among the “most successful,” and actively reducing
the gaps in achievement and school engagement defined by race/ethnicity
and economics. He has further worked to develop other regional
school district collaboratives dedicated to enhancing minority student
achievement in Michigan and New Jersey (The New Jersey Network to
Close the Achievement Gaps- currently 16 districts in southern NJ).
In prior professional experiences, Dr. Jarvis has directed and administered
multiple school improvement initiatives, and taught for Syracuse
University, Remington College (LA), University of Portland (OR), and
the Portland (OR) Public Schools. At the University of Portland, he
developed the University’s first student learning support program and
administered successful graduate degree programs in educational leadership
and instructional development for K-12 teachers and administrators
that were offered throughout Oregon, Washington, Canada, Hawaii
and Guam.
Ph.D. (Educational Psychology) Michigan State University
M.A.(Educational Psychology) Michigan State University
B.S. (Psychology and Criminology/Corrections) Western Oregon State
University
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Dr. Harris Sokoloff
Executive Director (Center for School Study Councils, Penn Project for
Civic Engagement, PennSearch)
Harris Sokoloff has been Executive Director of the Center for School
Study Councils (CSSC) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate
School of Education since 1981. The Center, which is currently comprised
of more than 90 affiliated school districts, works with superintendents
to help them keep pace with state-of-the art educational and
management theory, research and practice. He has also worked with
more than 70 educational organizations across the country on a range
of organizational development and improvement projects. In 2006
Dr. Sokoloff cofounded the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, which
works with communities and organizations to identify and do something
about problems in their community or organization. PPCE is a
cross-university collaboration working with community organizations,
government agencies and businesses to plan, conduct, and report deliberative
dialogues about important issues. PPCE has a close partnership
with WHYY radio and television which enables the Project to work
with news media to amplify the citizens’ voices.
Ph.D. (Foundations of Education) Syracuse University
M.Ed. (Philosophy of Education) Temple University
B.A. (Philosophy (Sociology & Psychology minors)) Temple University
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Dr. John A. DeFlaminis
Executive Director (Distributed Leadership Initiatives; PennSearch)
Prior to joining Penn’s Graduate School of Education
Dr. DeFlaminis was superintendent of the Radnor Township School
district for 17 years. Through those years, he provided leadership in
the direction and development of extensive planning processes in the
district, including strategic plans, capital improvement plans, comprehensive
staff development plans, curriculum development plans, and
district-wide technology plans. Dr. DeFlaminis has consulted with the
U.S. Department of Education, several state departments of education,
rural and urban school districts, administrative organizations,
private business organizations, and the Kettering Foundation.
Dr. DeFlaminis’ primary interests and projects include providing leadership
for the Penn Center for Educational Leadership; conducting training
in organizational process areas, especially motivation and leadership;
advising students on dissertations; coaching new administrators; and
working with GSE faculty and programs to bring their work to the
field. With funding from the Annenberg Foundation, he developed a
$5 million project on distributed leadership with the School District of
Philadelphia and 16 schools, and is currently working on a $3.4 million
project with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Ph.D. (Educational Administration) University of Oregon
M.Ed. (Educational Administration) State College at Bridgewater, MA
A.B. (Pre-Med) College of The Holy Cross
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Shelley B. Wepner
Dean and Professor, School of Education at Manhattanville College
Shelley B. Wepner has 36 years experience in K-12 and higher education;
9 years as a teacher and administrator in K-12 education, and 27
years as a faculty member and administrator in higher education. Most
recently, she was Director of the Center for Education, Associate Dean
of the School of Human Service Professions, and Professor of Education
at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. Previously, she was a
professor, chairperson, and administrator at William Paterson University,
Wayne, New Jersey. She has taught undergraduate and graduate
courses in literacy education and technology in education, and has
served as a supervisor of student teachers. She has published over 115
articles and book chapters and 9 co-edited or co-authored books related
to literacy and technology, connections between K-12 education
with higher education, and leadership skills for effectively supporting
teacher education and literacy development. She has served as editor
of The Reading Instruction Journal of the New Jersey Reading Association
and a column editor for The Reading Teacher of the International
Reading Association. She served as the chairperson of the Technology
and Teacher Education Committee of the American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education.
Dr. Wepner is the author/coauthor of three award-winning software
packages for elementary and adolescent literacy development, Read-
A-Logo, Reading Realities, and Reading Realities Elementary Series.
She also co-created 45 booklets containing literature based plans that
also use software. Her most recent book publications are Beating the
Odds: Getting Published in the Field of Literacy (2006, International
Reading Association) and The Administration and Supervision of Reading
Programs 4th edition (2008, Teachers College Press). She currently
is co-editing the book, Leading Collaboratively, Partnering Successfully,
K-16 for Teachers College Press.
Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania
M.S.Ed. University of Pennsylvania
B.S. University of Pittsburgh
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Dr. Yiping Wan
Professor and Coordinator of Doctoral Program in
Educational Leadership at Manhattanville College
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Wan has coordinated two successful doctoral
programs at Roosevelt University and at the University of North
Florida. Dr. Wan also led the faculty in the development of the first
doctoral program at Kennesaw State University: a Doctor of Education
with Education Specialist embedded and with 5 concentrations in Early
Childhood Education, Adolescent Education, Diversity, Educational
Leadership, and Instructional Technology. Dr. Wan has worked with
over 200 doctoral students over the years, and has finished chairing
and co-chairing 8 doctoral dissertations in addition to serving on many
doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Wan has a student-centered,
faculty-focused and community-minded teaching philosophy. His
teaching philosophy is deeply rooted in servant-oriented philosophy,
a long-standing oriental philosophy that Confucius created over 2,550
years ago.
Dr. Wan has held several faculty and administrative positions at various
institutions of higher education in both the USA and China, including
two college deanships for over eight years in the USA. Dr. Wan earned
his Ph.D. and master degrees, both in Educational Administration,
from the University of Texas at Austin. He was awarded tenure at the
University of North Florida in 1996, and was awarded tenure at Kennesaw
State University in 2003. His research and teaching interests
include diversity and global education; program evaluation & staff
development; higher education and administration; curriculum development
and instructional leadership; planning & change process; and
partnership and community relationships. He has presented academic
papers at many national and international conferences, has published
over 20 articles/monographs, and over a dozen book/book-chapters, in
both Chinese and English. Dr. Wan was a distinguished visiting professor
at Johnson & Wales University, and a distinguished international educator
in Mainland of China and Taiwan. He has won several awards on teaching,
research and services. He trained not only educational leaders, but also
business and civic leaders, including MPA, MBA and EMBA students.
He also assisted in the establishment of the first graduate program in
Education in Belize.
Ph.D. (Educational Administration) University of Texas at Austin
M.Ed. (Educational Administration) University of Texas at Austin

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Center for Educational Leadership
Renée Gargano, Executive Director, at (914) 248-2395
E-Mail: rgargano@pnwboces.org
OR
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E-Mail: jothompson@pnwboces.org
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AND GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
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E-Mail: mmarello@pnwboces.org
James Langlois, Ed. D., District Superintendent
John McCarthy, Assistant Superintendent