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TeachNY Steering Committee

SUNY’s Provost has empaneled a TeachNY Steering Committee to build on the work of the TeachNY Advisory Council and more broadly engage the SUNY community in our efforts to transform policy and practice around teacher preparation. The work of the Steering Committee will be further informed by a series of regional P-20 gatherings already underway.

The members are a distinguished panel of SUNY presidents, chief academic officers, deans, faculty, and professional staff from across Education and Arts and Sciences, faculty and student governance leaders as well as representation from SUNY’s P-12 teacher and leader partners.

The Committee’s charge is to:

• Examine SUNY’s existing educator preparation policy (A New Vision for Teacher Education);
• Consider the TeachNY Advisory Council’s Report of Findings and Recommendations (enclosed), as well as other resources;
• Consider the local, regional, and state needs for educator preparation and development;
• Develop recommendations regarding revisions to existing policy and proposed language for a renewed, enabling policy framework and action agenda; and
• Offer recommendations regarding how to sustain and assess efforts post-promulgation of new policy.

Committee members:

• Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Chair
• Diane L. Brooks, Teacher Education Associate, Early Childhood and Childhood, University at Buffalo
• Nancy Brown, Dean, School of Education, Old Westbury
• Teresa Brown, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Fredonia
• Donald P. Christian, President, New Paltz
• Marc Cohen, Student Assembly President, Master’s Student, Public Administration, Albany
• Nicole A. Conant, Assistant Director, Center for School Partnerships and Teacher Certification, Potsdam
• Katherine Conway-Turner, President, Buffalo State
• Stephen Danna, Dean, SUNY Plattsburgh Branch Campus at Queensbury
• Susan Deer, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Rockland; Convener of Chief Academic Officers
• Thomas L. Gais, Director, Rockefeller Institute of Government
• Peter Knuepfer, UFS President, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, Binghamton
• Andrea Lachance, Dean, School of Education, Cortland
• Kenneth J. Lindblom, Associate Professor, English and English Teacher Education, Stony Brook
• Natalie Lucas, Director, SUNY Urban Teacher Education Center
• Dan MacIsaac, Associate Professor, Physics, Buffalo State
• Jose Maliekal, Dean, School of Science and Mathematics, Brockport
• Thomas Mastro, formerly Student Assembly President, Master’s Student, Public Administration/Student Affairs Administration, Binghamton
• Adrienne McCormick, Dean, Arts & Sciences, Oswego
• Belinda Miles, President, Westchester Community College
• Kenneth P. O'Brien, SUNY Provost Fellow, Associate Professor of History, Brockport
• Angela Pagano, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Cortland
• Annette Romano, Special Education and Early Childhood Teacher NBCT, Niskayuna School District, Co-Director of the National Board Council of New York State
• Josephine Salvador, Director, NYS Master Teacher Program
• Dennis Showers, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Education, Geneseo
• Anjoo Sikka, Dean, School of Education, Geneseo
• Denise Simard, Associate Professor, Childhood and Special Education, Plattsburgh
• James R. Stellar, Senior Vice President & Provost, Albany
• Lisa A. Strahley, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Broome Community College
• Linda Sturges, Professor, Mathematics, Maritime College
• Nina Tamrowski, FCCC President, Professor, Political Science, Onondaga
• A. Tina Wagle, Associate Professor, Foundations of Education and Languages other than English, Empire State
• Lois M. Weis, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Educational Culture, Policy and Society, University at Buffalo
• Leigh Yanuzzi, Director, Teacher Education, Empire State
• Meghan Yeager, Student Assembly Representative; Masters Student, Literacy 5–12, Binghamton University; Adolescent Education and English, Oneonta State; P-12 teacher, 9 & 10 English, Maine-Endwell High School
• Amanda Zullo, Chemistry Teacher NBCT, Saranac Lake, NYS Master Teacher, Hope Street Group Fellow, Geneseo, Class of ‘02

SUNY System Administration Representatives

• Elizabeth L. Bringsjord, Vice Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, SUNY
• David T Cantaffa, SUNY Provost Fellow for Teacher Education, formerly Assistant Dean for Teacher Education, University at Buffalo
• Deidre Clark, Associate Provost, Educational Opportunity Programs, SUNY
• Johanna Duncan-Poitier, Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline, SUNY
• Rebecca Grace, Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis, SUNY
• Jason Lane, Vice Provost and Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Planning and Strategic Leadership, SUNY
• Natalie Lucas, Director, SUNY Urban Teacher Education Center
• Deborah Moeckel, Assistant Provost for Assessment and Community College Education, SUNY
• Cynthia Proctor, Chief of Staff and Director of Communications, Provost’s Office, SUNY
• Jessica Todtman, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, SUNY