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Lawrence
S. Feinsod, Ed.D., Superintendent of Cranford Public Schools, states that our school
district's Professional Development Partnership with Seton Hall University is an
outstanding example of a university and school district collaboration that has enormous
benefits for both. Indeed, Seton Hall University has the ability to place future teachers
in an environment that provides them with all the experience they will need to become
effective educators. In turn, the Cranford School System has the opportunity to work with
aspiring educators who are choice candidates for future positions. It is truly a win-win
for all concerned.
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Albert E. Mussad
Ph.D, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, views the
Cranford-Seton Hall partnership as a vehicle to promote sustained
professional development, data-driven decision making and reflective
practice. Dr. Mussad collaborates with Cranford Principals and Supervisors
to support the professional development schools and to expand this
initiative.
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Joseph
DePierro, Ed.D., Dean of Seton Hall College of Education and Human Services, has
stated that partnerships between colleges of education and school systems result in
positive outcomes for both institutions. He looks forward to the continuation of the PDS
partnership, and the ongoing involvement of the university faculty and students in this
invaluable project.
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 Manina Urgolo Dunn, Ed.D.
is the Associate Dean for Student, Community and Academic Affairs in the College of
Education and Human Services at Seton Hall University. For the past 10 years, she has been
responsible for quality field experiences for almost 500 students a year. "When first
approached with the idea of establishing a PDS, I was both excited and apprehensive.
Excited, because establishing a PDS has always been one of my goals; apprehensive, because
all the literature speaks to the difficulties in launching a successful PDS. Well, did we
ever prove the literature wrong!" She has found working collaboratively with the
Cranford staff a very rewarding experience.
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Lourdes Zaragoza Mitchel, Ed.D., is an
Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University, responsible for implementing the teacher
preparation program by teaching and supervising teacher candidates and preparing school
administrators as instructional leaders. Dr. Mitchel is the university’s PDS
Coordinator. She has extensive experience as an administrator, supervisor, teacher, and
professional developer. As a presenter, she has experience facilitating discussions of
such topics as the moral purpose of schooling, teaching in a democratic society, employing
developmentally appropriate practices, teaching mathematics, teaching reading,
understanding the change process and providing instructional leadership. She was principal
of the first PDS in New Jersey and has become a leader in the design and implementation of
professional development schools. mitchelz@shu.edu
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Lori Moonan became Cranford Public Schools PDS
Coordinator in the fall of 2003. Along with coordinating the growing number
of PDS partnership activities, Ms. Moonan teaches Cranford children in the
gifted and talented program. She formerly taught inclusive
classrooms at Brookside Place School since 1986. She was a founding
member of the PDS Partnership Committee and the Brookside Place School PDS
Oversight Committee, and is currently pursing a master's degree in
Professional Development from SHU.
moonanlo@cranfordschools.org
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Emalene F. Renna, Ed.D., Superintendent of Cranford Public Schools
when the PDS partnership began, feels that by creating professional schools in Cranford,
the Cranford Board of Education is demonstrating its pride in our staff and interns, its
desire to assist their growth, its concern for the future of the teaching profession, and
most important, its commitment to the success of Cranford students.
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Richard Ognibene, Ed.D., Acting Dean of Seton Hall College of
Education and Human Services when the partnership began, believes that the opening of two
professional development schools with the Cranford School District was among the most
important activities undertaken by the College of Education and Human Services in recent
years. He believes wholeheartedly John Goodlad's dictum that school and teacher quality
simultaneously improve when key personnel work together to achieve that goal.
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