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TeachNY Statewide Roundtable

Achieving sustained improvement in the preparation of teachers and leaders and renewal across the education system will require unprecedented partnership between P-12 and higher education leadership and practitioners, along with support from the governor and legislature, and other stakeholders with a role in the educator preparation pipeline.

That is why SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher and State Education Department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia have convened the TeachNY Statewide Roundtable, which is comprised of representatives from key stakeholder groups who can help chart a course forward for educator preparation policy statewide.

The Roundtable has committed to five meetings through June 2017 and has the following charge:

• Review the recommendations of the TeachNY Advisory Council and build consensus on the potential for action;
• Identify promising recommendations that require partnership across agencies and determine strategies for implementation;
• Solicit feedback from their organizations’ memberships to inform policy development and advancement;
• Provide statewide perspective and data to support policy improvement; and
• Collaboratively address pressing education workforce development issues.

Co-chaired by Chancellor Zimpher and Commissioner Elia, TeachNY Statewide Roundtable membership includes:

SUNY and SED:

• H. Carl McCall, Chairman, SUNY Board of Trustees
• Kathleen M. Cashin, Member, New York State Board of Regents

New York State Government:

• Carl L. Marcellino, Chair, Senate Education Committee
• Catherine Nolan, Chair, Assembly Committee on Education
• Kenneth P. LaValle, Chair, Senate Higher Education Committee
• Deborah J. Glick, Chair, Assembly Committee on Higher Education
• Roberta Reardon, Commissioner, New York State Department of Labor
• Caroline Gold, Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

P-12:

• Kevin Casey, Executive Director, School Administrators Association of New York State
• Carol Conklin-Spillane, President, Empire State Supervisors and Administrators Association
• Carmen Fariña, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
• Charles S. Dedrick, Executive Director, New York State Council of School Superintendents
• Timothy G. Kremer, Executive Director, New York State School Boards Association
• Ernest Logan, President, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators
• Valerie Lovelace, Executive Director, Greater Capital Region Teacher Center
• Jolene DiBrango, Executive Vice President, New York State United Teachers
• Jeffrey Matteson, District Superintendent, Capital Region BOCES
• Evelyn DeJesus, Vice President for Education, United Federation of Teachers
• Kyle McCauley Belokopitsky, Executive Director, New York State PTA

Higher Education:

• Mary Beth Labate, President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
• Nancy Dubetz, President, New York State Association of Teacher Educators
• Frederick E. Kowal, President, United University Professions
• Ashleigh Thompson, University Dean for Education, City University of New York
• Joanna Masingila, President, New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education