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Jean Mandelbaum
Education: BA, University of Michigan; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; PhD, New York University
Practitioner background: music and movement specialist; early childhood consultant for NYS Education Dept; early childhood school director
Academic interests: leadership development in early childhood education; observation and recording; emergent curriculum development in early childhood curriculum
Kristin McCracken
E-mail: kmccrack@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4460
212-875-4678 (fax)
Education: BA, University of Virginia; MA, New York University
Practitioner background: higher education administrator - admissions, student services, career development
Academic interests: graduate student writing; enrollment management; student support
Ann-Marie Mott
E-mail: ama@bankstreet.edu
Academic interests: art education
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Kathleen Nolan-Kasal
E-mail: nolankasal.km@gmail.com
Education: BA, Temple University; MSEd and EdM, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: 3rd grade teacher; 1st grade teacher
Academic interests: reading and literacy
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Elizabeth Park
E-mail: epark3848@earthlink.com
Education: BA, Art University of Montevallo; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: teacher of English-language learners, grades 7-8
Academic interests: language acquisition; indigenous languages and cultures; identifying students' vocabulary strengths and needs
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Laura Roberts
E-mail: laura@lauraroberts.com
Education: BA, Harvard University; MA, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY; MBA, Boston University
Practitioner background: Director of Education, history museums; Executive Director, New England Museum Association and Boston Center for Adult Education; nonprofit management consultant
Academic interests: organizational development; museum education
Diane Rode
E-mail: diane.rode@mountsinai.org
Education: BA, University of Maryland; MA, Pratt Institute
Practitioner background: director, Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department in a major hospital
Academic interests: video therapy; creative arts therapy; Child Life practice; illness and hospitalization
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Ann Schaumburger
Education: BS, Skidmore College; MS, New York University
Practitioner background: K-8 art teacher (presently at Little Red School House); practicing and exhibiting public artist
Academic interests: art education for grades K-8
Ellis Scope
Education: BS, Lehman College/CUNY; MS, Brooklyn College; PhD, Fordham University
Practitioner background: teacher of PreK-junior high; evaluator and administrator for NYC special education programs; staff developer
Academic interests: professional development; educational psychology; modifications for students with special needs
Amy Sugin
E-mail: asugin@yahoo.com
Education: BA, SUNY Binghamton; MA, New York University
Practitioner background: academic support services
Academic interests: anthropology and education in comparative settings
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Patricia L. Weiner
E-mail: pbwchild@aol.com
Education: BA, Adelphi University; MS, Adelphi University
Practitioner Background: teacher; special education teacher (N-3); educational consultant to children with special needs and to children with brain and spinal cord tumors; health-education consultant to children with a chronic condition; child life specialist, director
Academic Interests: broadening the scope of child life services in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and providing advocacy for children with special healthcare issues; mentoring child life specialists; helping professionals and families navigate the complex education system