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Executive Team

Dan French Dan French, Executive Director, Former Director of Instruction and Curriculum for the Massachusetts Department of Education, and special educator. Ed. D. from UMass./Amherst. Author of 1998 Phi Delta Kappan article, “The State's Role in Shaping a Progressive Vision of Public Education.”
Dania Vazquez Dania Vazquez, Associate Director, Ed. D., Teachers College, Columbia University. Diverse experience in NYC as bilingual special education teacher, staff developer, facilitator, and principal of small schools from K to 12. Areas of interest and experience include ESL, language development, literacy, curriculum development, and school reform.

Boston Pilot Schools Team

Lenora Jennings Lenora Jennings, Acting Director , has worked as a teacher and administrator for over 30 years. She served as charter school leader, central office administrator, principal, and assistant principal in Cambridge. She is committed to helping schools improve student outcomes.
Nada Ahmed Nada Ahmed, Special Education Coordinator, started her work in education in Bronx, NY, with Teach For America. She has been a K-3 science teacher, a music and movement coach, a trainer of educators as a coordinator of curriculum and instruction, and an adjunct professor. She is passionate about creating equitable schools.

Meg Anderson

Meg Anderson, School Development Coach. See full listing below, in Principal Residency Network.

Amy Bayer

Amy Bayer, School Development Coach , Ed. D., worked as a teacher and a principal at the Met School in Providence RI for six years. Prior to the Met, Amy taught in schools and nonformal education programs in Massachusetts and in NYC. She is passionate about using the outside community to create authentic project-based learning and is committed to creating small, personalized schools where students play an active leadership role.

Ilene Carver Ilene Carver, Community and Family Engagement Coordinator, worked as a teacher in the Boston Public Schools for 13 years, and helped coordinate family outreach efforts at several schools. She is passionate about building partnerships between schools and families. Past experience includes work in community and union organizing.
Lawreen Garnett Lawreen Garnett, School Development Coach, has worked as a math teacher and administrator in public, parochial, traditional, and charter schools. She is committed to providing opportunities for all students to persistently uphold successful and sustainable habits. Her interests are school leadership, teacher coaching, and curriculum development.
Lynn Stuart

Lynn Stuart, School Development Coach , worked in the Cambridge Public Schools as a bilingual teacher, curriculum specialist, primary education coordinator and principal of the K-8 Cambridgeport School. She works with students, teachers and families to create strong learning communities. Lynn serves on the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future.

Dania Vazquez Dania Vazquez, Associate Director, Ed. D. See full listing above in Executive Team.

Pilot Schools Development Team

Christina Brown Christina Brown, Director, Ed. M. Harvard University Graduate School of Education, has worked in diverse educational environments as a teacher and school administrator with experience in charter, pilot, and traditional school settings from K-12. National Board certified in Early Adolescent English Language Arts. Areas of interest and expertise include school leadership, curriculum development, writing workshop, teacher evaluation, portfolio assessment, and multicultural education.
Annmarie Boudreau Annmarie Boudreau, School Development Coach , is an urban educator who has worked in the Boston area for the last 10 years. Her specialties include curriculum design, differentiated instruction, school-to-career programming, Facing History and Ourselves curriculum implementation, and new teacher training, She is committed to creating democratic classrooms where students have a voice, take ownership of their learning and are empowered to create their own successes.
Mary Cavalier

Mary Cavalier, School Development Coach , M. Ed. from Bank Street College of Education, K-8 teacher, former principal of Amherst, MA, Regional Middle School. She believes that schools are capable of creating learning environments that support high academic achievement for every single child entrusted to them.

Arnold Clayton, Ph.D.

Arnold Clayton, Ph. D., School Development Coach , works with teachers to develop strategies where all students become self-directed, engaged, skillful learners. For 32 years in Cambridge he worked with immigrant youth and their families and taught social studies and history courses in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Haitian Creole. He also founded and led the Academy, a Small Learning Community, and served as a restructuring coordinator.

Mary Anne Connery-Simmons Mary Ann Connery-Simmons, School Development Coach, has a special interest in curriculum development, teacher preparation, and urban school reform. She has more than 30 years experience working in the Springfield Public Schools, as district administrator, principal, assistant principal, curriculum specialist, and teacher. She has also taught a number of mathematics and education courses at Massachusetts colleges and universities.
Sara Freedman Sara Freedman, Ed.D., School Development Coach . is an experienced urban educator who has worked as a teacher, program director, and evaluator in sites ranging from elementary schools to doctoral seminars in urban education.
Courtney Harter Courtney Harter, School Development Coach, is a former high school humanities teacher and small school conversion headmaster. She is passionate about comprehensive school transformation as a route for greater student support and achievement. Areas of interest include curriculum, instruction, and assessment; teacher training and support; and strategic planning. MAT Tufts University.
Meenakshi Khanna Meenakshi Khanna, School Development Coach , has taught deaf children K-12, and, most recently, worked at the Urban Scholars Program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston as staff development coordinator for three Boston Public School high schools.
Susan Westlund Susan Westlund, School Development Coach, served as a school improvement coach with the Small Schools Project/CESNW in Seattle after many years as a teacher and administrator of small schools designed for underserved youth in Alaska and Minnesota.

Los Angeles Pilot Schools

Rachel Bonkovsky Rachel Bonkovsky, Director, Los Angeles Pilot Schools Initiative , has worked as a teacher-leader and principal in the Boston Public Schools, including work in Pilot, vocational, and alternative schools.  She is passionate about serving the underserved of our communities and is eager to support schools that give all students a chance for academic success.
Agustin Vecino Agustin Vecino, School Development Coach, has worked in LAUSD and NYC public schools as a teacher and literacy coach, both in large, traditional and small, alternative schools. WIth the arrival of Pilot schools in his home town, his work has shifted from classroom-based to school-wide based development of personalized, equitable schools in Los Angeles.

Principal Residency Network

Meg Anderson

Meg Anderson, Director, was a teacher and director in alternative education for high risk urban youth for 16 years in Michigan, and Dean of Curriculum for Cambridge Rindge and Latin in Cambridge for three years. She is a passionate advocate for student voice and the right of all people, children and adults, to learn in ways that best support their understanding.

Marilynne Quarcoo Marilynne Smith Quarcoo, Ph.D.,Associate Director, was a k-5 principal in Newton, a voluntary desegregation program director, a classroom teacher, multicultural specialist, and reading teacher. She brings a commitment to equity and excellence for all students and all adults.
Larry Myatt Larry Myatt, Advisory Board, founder of Fenway High School, co-founder and Senior Associate of CCE, and consultant on small schools and leadership.

Los Angeles Principal Residency Network

Irene Herrera- Stewart Irene Herrera-Stewart, Director.

Program Services

Vivian Unterweger Vivian Unterweger, Comptroller. Diverse past teaching experience in private school, Head Start, clinic for autistic children and one-room schoolhouse in Africa, and administrative experience in public and private schools and universities.
Bob Frank Robert Frank, Director of Communications and Technology, has taught high school, Upward Bound, and university courses, and is committed to multiculturalism and to maintaining high expectations for students. He has written and edited for a variety of print publications and web sites.
Leah Rugen Leah Rugen, Director of Publications, has worked at CCE since 1997 as writer, change coach, and program director of the national Turning Points network. Her other education experience includes Expeditionary Learning, the New York City Outward Bound Center, and teaching English and writing in public school. She received her M.A.T. in English from Brown University.
Suzanne Wallen Suzanne Wallen, Director of Development and External Affairs, has previously been a development professional at WGBH Educational Foundation, Brandeis University, and the City of Boston’s Office of Jobs and Community Services.  In addition, she has over 15 years experience in program planning and grant making for international organizations.
 

Research and Evaluation

Rosann Tung Rosann Tung, Director, studied teacher professional development, standards based curriculum implementation, and museum exhibit design; passionate about urban issues and social justice; belief in the use of data to inform school change; Ph.D. in biochemistry/biomedical research; dancer and jewelry maker.
Laurie Gagnon Laurie Gagnon, Senior Research Associate, has taught English in Fukui, Japan, and history at Charlestown and Framingham High Schools. She earned an M.A. from the Fletcher School where she focused her studies on human security, social justice and processes of change.
Pamela Stazesky Pamela Stazesky, Senior Research Associate. Ph.D. in Educational Psychology focused on quantitative research methods. She has taught mathematics at the middle and high school level as well as college. Areas of expertise include program evaluation, assessment, data-informed decision making, and statistics.
 

Administrative Support

Alethea Pratt Alethea Pratt, Office Manager, Chief Event Organizer and Orderer of Food for the masses.  With a background in both office administration and human services, Alethea is part administrator, part office machine technician, and even a little bit counselor when needed.  She is a resource for CCE staff as well as those we work with.
Calvina King Calvina King , Administrative Assistant, is one of the go-to people on our staff. Calvina has a background in reprographics, working at non-profits, tutoring, and facilities management. She loves to cook, walk around the city, and help others any way she can. She’s excited about working at CCE.

Special Initiatives

Turning Points Network

Mary Cavalier

Mary Cavalier, School Development Coach . See full listing in Pilot Schools Development Team, above.

Sara Freedman Sara Freedman, Ed.D., School Development Coach. See full listing in Pilot Schools Development Team, above.
Meenakshi Khanna Meenakshi Khanna, School Development Coach . See full listing in Pilot Schools Development Team, above.
  Dan Watt, Ph.D., Senior Writer, Strengthening Mathematics Teaching and Learning for English Language Learners Project.

Coalition of Essential Schools

Susan Westlund Susan Westlund, School Development Coach. See full listing in Pilot Schools Development Team, above


Board of Directors


Executive Committee
Jim Darr
, Chair
Joe Dello Russo, Treasurer; Retired Senior Executive - MFS Investment Management
Joan Connolly, Recorder; Academic Director of Professional Programs, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Irwin Blumer, Chair, Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education, Boston College Lynch School of Education
Avram Goldberg, President, AvCar Group, Boston
Peggy Kemp, Headmaster, Fenway Pilot High School, Boston

Members
Deb Goldberg
, Member, Board of Directors, Commonwealth Covenant Fund
Terry Herndon,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rob Hollister, Dean, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University
Deborah L. Johnson, Director of Youth Programs at the Boston Center for Community & Justice
Karen Mapp, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
Linda Nathan, Headmaster, Boston Arts Academy, Boston
Bak Fun Wong, Principal, Quincy Upper School, Boston

Emeritus members of Board:
Vito Perrone, Director of Teacher Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ted Sizer, Professor Emeritus, Brown University

Advisory Board (forming):
Paul Reville,
Massachusetts Secretary of Education; President, the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor
Sam Yoon, Boston City Councilor


 

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