Advisory Workgroups
PLAN Pilot Advisory Input Process
NYSED has convened an assembly of experts reflective of the diversity of New York State’s school community, to advise program staff on the design and implementation of the pilot.
Charge and Role
Members of PLAN Pilot Advisory Workgroups are being selected from a diverse pool of Advisors with expertise and experience relevant to the key elements of the pilot program.
The Advisory Workgroups are charged with collaborating to make recommendations on various aspects of pilot design and implementation, including but not limited to school readiness and onboarding processes, pilot network design, and creating professional learning experiences. Read the full charge here. Workgroups are being convened as needed to delve into particular issues related to the pilot’s design and implementation.
Throughout the process, information will be exchanged with experts from model network organizations and a panel of New York State education stakeholder organizations.
Active Workgroups
- Assessment Technical Advisory: Members of this workgroup are charged with providing project staff with expert advice on matters related to assessment development, administration, and use, such as task models, scoring/evaluation rubrics, moderation studies, and issues of inter-rater reliability and validity.
- Pilot Networks: Members of this workgroup are charged with providing project staff with advice on the matching process for pilot schools and mentor schools to be formed into networks across the state, and how to implement PLAN's vision for a network approach to supporting schools and educators in adopting, adapting, and implementing approaches to PBLA.
- Professional Learning: Members of this workgroup are charged with providing project staff with advice on professional learning experiences and activities that should be developed for educators in interested schools as they begin exploring PBLA, including advice on the formation and launch of communities of practice (CoPs) and professional learning communities (PLCs) around PBLA, strategies for supporting assessment literacy throughout school communities, and the coordination plans for contracted professional learning providers to operate PLAN technical assistance centers (TACs).
- Research: Members of this workgroup are charged with providing project staff with advice on continuous program improvement and pilot implementation, based on the Year 1 evaluation; quantitative and qualitative data collection needs and research questions for the ongoing evaluation and future studies relate to the PLAN Program; design and implementation of research methods and processes in the New York education context; and curating the research section of the PLAN website.
Future workgroups will be formed as needed, including a Student Focus Group.
Completed Workgroups
- School Readiness (2022-23): Members of this workgroup were charged with providing project staff with advice on what makes a school "ready" to undertake the transformational change to PBLA, to help inform the PLAN Pilot application and selection criteria.
Last updated 11/2023
PLAN Pilot Advisors
..................Name.................... | Title | Affiliation |
...........Term............. |
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Heather Adams | Assistant in Research & Educational Services | New York State United Teachers | 2022 - Present |
Katrina Allen-White | Principal | Syracuse City School District | 2022 - Present |
Richard Altabe | Principal | Hebrew Academy of Long Beach | 2022 - Present |
Jo Anne Antonacci | District Superintendent | Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES | 2022 - 2024 |
Kathryn Bailey | Assistant Director, Professional Learning & Innovation Center (PLIC) | Broome-Tioga BOCES | 2022 - Present |
Roseann Bayne | Assistant Superintendent | CiTi BOCES | 2022 - 2023 |
Danielle Bouton-Wales | Director of K-12 STEM and Secondary Instruction | Saratoga Springs Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Shannon Budin | Professor / Assistant Dean for Assessment & Accreditation, Teacher Education Unit | Buffalo State College | 2022 - 2024 |
Tara Caraco | Administrative Coordinator of Instructional Services | Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES | 2022 - Present |
Alan Cheng | Superintendent | New York City Department of Education | 2022 - Present |
Veronica Coleman | Principal | A School Without Walls | 2022 - Present |
Alexandria Connally | Director of Equity, Inclusion & Innovation | Nyack Public Schools | 2022 - Present |
Jill Cook | Literacy Specialist | Office of Special Education Educational Partnership, Mid-Hudson Regional Partnership Center | 2022 - Present |
Stephen Cudzillo | International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program Coordinator | Hilton Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Jennifer Dardzinski | Department Chair of Liberal Arts & Sciences / Assistant Dean of Instruction | Five Towns College | 2022 - Present |
Monique Darrisaw-Akil | Superintendent | Uniondale Union Free School District | 2022 - Present |
Marnie DeJohn | International Baccalaureate (IB) Coordinator / Science Department Chair | Queensbury High School | 2022 - Present |
Ronli Diakow | Director of Data Analytics, Research & Innovation, Office of Assessment | New York City Department of Education | 2022 - Present |
Amy DiMeola | Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction | Sayville Union Free School District | 2022 - Present |
Tracey Edwards | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator | Western Suffolk BOCES | 2022 - Present |
Emmanuel Esperance, Jr. | Director of Recruitment and Admissions | College of Staten Island of the City University of New York | 2023 - Present |
Howard T. Everson | Professor | City University of New York Graduate Center | 2022 - Present |
Kim Fontana | Superintendent | Pawling Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Nicia Fullwood | Head of School | Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School | 2022 - 2024 |
Liana Gertzer | Science Teacher | Clarkstown High School North | 2022 - 2024 |
Jonah Martinez Goldstein | Research Associate | Brown University | 2022 - Present |
Simone Gonyea | Principal | Onondaga Nation School Leadership - Haudenosaunee Educators/Education | 2022 - Present |
Matthew Gonzalez | Executive Director of Inquiry, Social Studies & Sciences | Yonkers Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Julie Gorlewski | Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Teacher Education | University at Buffalo, The State University of New York | 2022 - Present |
Amy Gotham | Special Education Teacher | Lake Placid Middle High School | 2022 - Present |
Crystal Griffith | Director of Workforce Development | The Business Council of NYS | 2022 - Present |
Gail Grigg | Special Education Coordinator | Rochester Academy Charter School | 2022 - Present |
Martha Group | Superintendent | Vernon Verona Sherrill Central School District (Sherrill City School District) | 2022 - Present |
Tracy Gyoerkoe | Western NY Field Associate | NYS Career & Technical Education Technical Assistance Center | 2022 - 2024 |
Stanley Harper | Superintendent | Salmon River Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Susan Hart | Principal | LaFayette Central Schools | 2022 - Present |
Jennifer Hayden | Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction | Waterloo Central School District | 2022 - 2024 |
Sonia Hood | Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction | Elwood Union Free School District | 2022 - Present |
David Jacob | Regional Science Education Coordinator | Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES | 2022 - Present |
Brittany Jensen | Transition Specialist | Office of Special Education Educational Partnership, Mid-West Regional Partnership Center | 2022 - Present |
Katie Jones | Director of School Improvement | Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES | 2022 - Present |
Laura Kelley | Chief Academic Officer | Syracuse City School District | 2022 - Present |
Lisa Kissinger | Academic Administrator, Social Studies | Shenendehowa Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Leah Lembo | Education Policy Analyst | New York State United Teachers | 2022 - Present |
Jacqueline Levine | Director of Curriculum & Instruction | Putnam Valley Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Roma Liani | Director of STEM, Science Department Chair & Physics Teacher | Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science | 2022 - Present |
Carrie Lipenholtz | Principal | Commack High School | 2022 - Present |
Joe Luft | Chief of Educator Development | New York City Department of Education | 2022 - Present |
Stephen Marositz | Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning | Archdiocese of New York | 2022 - 2023 |
Laurie Midgette | Founding Principal-CEO | Cultural Arts Academy Charter School | 2022 - Present |
Claire Miller | Vice President of Education Policy & Chief of Staff | Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities (CICU) | 2024 - Present |
Diane Nickerson | School Founder & Director | Castle Island Montessori | 2023 - Present |
Alan Oliver | Principal | Massena Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Vincent M. Papandrea | Director, Office of Admissions | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 2023 - Present |
Jerry J. Parisi | Director of Special Education | Salamanca Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Amy Perepletchikov | Director of Design & Content, Office of Assessment | New York City Department of Education | 2022 - 2024 |
Linda Perry | Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education | Corning Painted Post Area School District | 2022 - Present |
Patricia Ramos | Director of Admissions & Recruitment | City University of New York, Queensborough Community College | 2022 - Present |
Sharon Rencher | Senior Executive Director, State/Federal Education Policy & Planning | New York City Department of Education | 2022 - Present |
Ed Rinaldo | Staff Development Director | Madison-Oneida BOCES | 2022 - 2024 |
Saida Rodriguez-Tabone | Executive Director of Operations for CSA | Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) - NYC | 2022 - Present |
Paul Romanelli | Superintendent | West Islip Public Schools | 2022 - 2024 |
Sara Said | Social Studies Teacher | Claremont International High School | 2022 - Present |
Ray Sanchez | Superintendent | Public Schools of the Tarrytowns | 2022 - Present |
Jonah Schenker | District Superintendent | Ulster BOCES | 2022 - Present |
Keith Schenker | Principal | Mt. Pleasant Central Schools | 2022 - 2024 |
Maria Sommer | Assistant Superintendent | Sullivan BOCES | 2022 - 2024 |
Chris Sperry | Director of Curriculum & Staff Development, Project Look Sharp | Ithaca College | 2022 - 2024 |
Lisamarie Spindler | Superintendent | Florida Union Free School District | 2022 - Present |
Greg Traugh | Automotive Instructor | Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES, Otsego Area Occupational Center | 2022 - Present |
Craig Tucker | CTE Instructor | Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES, Northern Catskills Occupational Center | 2022 - 2024 |
Sarah Vakkas | Assistant Superintendent for Instruction | Greater Southern Tier BOCES | 2022 - 2024 |
Ron Woo | Executive Director | NYS Statewide Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network | 2022 - Present |
Jennifer Wu-Pope | World Language Teacher | Half Hollow Hills School District | 2022 - Present |
Jessica Yawney-Kohler | Director of Guidance | Connetquot Central School District | 2022 - Present |
Martha Young | K-12 Instructional Coach | Newburgh Enlarged City School District | 2022 - Present |