40 years as a K-12 Educator, 30 years as a central office K-12 district administrator (Executive & Director of Student Services)  

Education

• BA Franklin & Marshall College
• M.Ed Arcadia University
• ABD Nova University

Accomplishments

• Awards/Honors:  CASE National Exemplary Practice Award for Inclusion (1995)
• NJ Developmental Disabilities Council Exemplary Practices in Inclusive Education (1996; First Award  in New Jersey)
• Spruce Run School New Jersey Star School Award (1998)
• Spruce Run School Exemplary Reading Award (1996)
• Patrick McGaheran School Exemplary Reading Award (2000)
• US Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Award Round Valley Middle School (2000)
• Round Valley Middle School New Jersey Star School (2000)
• US Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Award (2014) New Hope-Solebury High School
• US News and World Report Rankings #2 in Pa. (2016) New Hope-Solebury High School

Publications

• Welcome to Inclusion – Using Co-teaching for Classroom Improvement for All Students, InspirActionWeb, Com., A distance learning curricula for Educators; October 2001
• Creating a Learning Community to Meet the Diverse Needs of All Members, Paper presented at the Presidents Committee on Mental Retardation: Next generation Leadership Symposium; Washington D.C. August 7-9, 1998
• A Common Sense Approach Toward Inclusion, Focus On Education, Key Challenges on the Landscape of School Reform, NJASCD, 1995

Areas of Expertise/Interest

• Special Education
• Inclusion
• Educational Administration