Rochester Superintendent of Schools Jean-Claude Brizard recently formally introduced his cabinet to the public.
"In any organization it's important to have the right people in the right jobs. I believe we have accomplished that in the development of our cabinet team," said Brizard, who has been superintendent of the Rochester City School District since January 2008. "This team will lead our organization in providing the support our schools need to help all of our students become post-secondary ready. Our focus is on our core values of achievement, equity, and accountability for the success of every child."
In creating his cabinet, Brizard introduced five new titles while not increasing the number of cabinet positions. These include two Deputy Superintendents and positions responsible for Accountability, Youth Development & Family Services, and School Innovation.
The Superintendent's cabinet is as follows:
Marilynn Patterson-Grant
Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning
As
Deputy Superintendent of Teaching & Learning, Ms. Grant is responsible for
curriculum, instruction and assessment for all students in the district and provides
support for 39 elementary schools and 20 secondary schools. Previously she served
as Chief Academic Officer and Chief of Academics & Small School Development.
From
2002 to 2006, Ms. Grant was principal of Rochester's Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High
School. In 2003, a Newsweek-Washington Post poll ranked Wilson #56 among America's
Most Challenging High Schools. In 2006, the poll ranked Wilson #24. The ranking
was largely based on an analysis of the degree to which Wilson students were exposed
to rigorous academic study through Advanced Placement courses, International Baccalaureate
(IB) courses and dual-credit (high school/college) courses. Wilson was ranked
#1 among urban high schools in New York State and #5 among all urban high schools
in the nation.
Ms. Grant is a graduate of the University of Rochester where
she engaged in bachelor, masters and doctoral studies, with additional academic
work at SUNY Brockport, Harvard, and Oxford University in England. She is currently
enrolled in the doctoral program in Executive Leadership at St. John Fisher College.
John
Scanlan
Deputy Superintendent of Administration
Mr.
Scanlan is the former Chief Operating Officer of the Oklahoma City Public Schools,
a district serving more than 43,000 students in 90 schools. He managed all business
operations for the district including personnel, facilities maintenance, capital
improvement program, finance, athletics, child nutrition, transportation and security/safety.
Prior to joining Oklahoma City Public Schools, Mr. Scanlan had a 26-year career
in the U.S. Navy, retiring at the rank of captain. He served as Commanding Officer
for the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center Southeast where he led more than 4,500 engineers,
logisticians, technicians and mechanics encompassing 128 trades. In addition,
he directed all phases of the Navy's largest aviation industrial activity which
earned annual revenues exceeding $600 million.
A trained Six-Sigma Black-Belt
and Franklin Covey facilitator, Mr. Scanlan also teaches and speaks on leadership,
organizational transformation and change management. He holds a Bachelor of Science
in General Studies in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of
Kansas, and a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from the University
of Tennessee.
Mary Doyle
Senior Director of School Innovation
Ms.
Doyle is the former District Strategic Planner for the Providence Public School
District, serving approximately 24,000 students in 45 schools. Previously, she
was a senior associate for the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, where
she led a learning community of teachers and staff across 20 pilot schools serving
over 7,000 students in the Boston Public Schools.
She has also been a teacher
in the Boston Public Schools and a researcher at The Civil Rights Project at Harvard
University.
Ms. Doyle holds a Masters of Education in Education Policy
and Management from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Tufts University.
She is a graduate of Rochester's East High School, Frederick Douglass Middle School,
and Schools No. 28 and 46.
Kim Dyce Faucette
Chief of Staff
Dr.
Dyce Faucette has served as the Chief of Staff since 2004 and previously served
as Special Assistant to the Superintendent.
From 2000 to 2003, she was principal
of Benjamin Franklin High School where she was part of a transition team that
reorganized the school into three career schools to better meet student needs
and support achievement. She also served as vice principal of East High School,
house administrator at Monroe Middle School, and social studies teacher at the
middle and high school levels.
Dr. Dyce Faucette holds a Doctorate in Educational
Administration, Master's degree in Educational Administration and Education, and
a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, all from the University of Rochester.
Raymond
Giamartino
Chief of Schools (NE Zone)
Prior
to joining the Rochester City School District, Dr. Giamartino was an Associate
Professor of Education in the Literacy Department of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.
School of Education at St. John Fisher College. He taught in the areas of Literacy,
Special Education, and Childhood Education and in the Executive Leadership Doctoral
Program.
Dr. Giamartino is a former reading, social studies, and mathematics
teacher. He was also an assistant principal and principal in the Churchville-Chili
and Greece school districts and an administrator for Curriculum, Instruction,
and Data Analysis in Churchville-Chili.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Political Science from St. John Fisher College, a Masters in Social Studies
Education from Syracuse University, a Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational
Administration from SUNY Brockport, and a Doctorate in Education/Educational Administration
from the University of Rochester.
Susan Kaufmann
Chief
of Schools (NW Zone)
Mrs.
Kaufmann formerly served as the district's Coordinating Director for School Improvement,
facilitating both school and district improvement initiatives and coordinating
a variety of curriculum projects. She also served as liaison to the New York State
Education Department for School Improvement. In addition, Mrs. Kaufmann has served
in the central administrative positions of Managing Director for Standards, Curriculum
and Assessment, Lead Principal for Curriculum & Professional Development,
and Director of Reading.
She is the former principal of Schools No. 14 and
No. 22. As principal, she empowered the staff and communities of the schools to
refocus improvement initiatives to provide a culture and climate that fostered
student achievement growth. Mrs. Kaufmann completed her undergraduate and administrative
studies at SUNY Brockport and received her Masters degree with supplemental literacy
studies from Nazareth College.
Elizabeth J. McDonald, Esq
General
Counsel
Ms.
McDonald has an extensive background in both the public and private sectors and
broad-based experience in legal and business matters. She holds a JD degree from
Albany Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Secondary
Education from Elmira College.
She is the former Vice President and General
Counsel of Choice One Communications, Inc. In addition, she previously served
as a New York State Assistant Attorney General.
Ms. McDonald is a board
member of the Volunteer Legal Services Project and currently chairs the Pro Bono
Subcommittee of the New York State Bar Association's Special Committee on Senior
Lawyers. She is also a member of the Monroe County Bar Association's Free Arbitration
Committee.
Michele Hancock
Chief of Human Capital Initiatives
Dr.
Hancock is leading the transformation of the Human Resources division into the
Office of Human Capital Initiatives. Previously she served as the district's Chief
of Professional Development & Diversity.
From 1999 to 2005, Dr. Hancock
was principal of John Williams Elementary School No. 5. In 2003, the school received
the National School Change Award and the New York State Business Council Pathfinder's
Award for improving student achievement and changing the school culture and climate.
In January, 2008, School No. 5's culture change journey was documented and published
in the book, Schools That Change: Evidenced-based Practices, authored by Dr. Lew
Smith.
Dr. Hancock received her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood
Education from the University of Illinois; her Master's in Education from National
Louis University; her Certificate of Advanced Study and School District Administrator's
license from Oswego State University; and her Doctorate of Education in Executive
Leadership from St. John Fisher College.
Cheryl McGruder-Holloway
Chief of Schools (South Zone)
Dr.
Holloway has been leading schools and supervising principals for the past six
years as a Division Chief, School Development & Academics, and an Associate
Chief,
Elementary Education.
Her career as an educator began in 1968
when she taught in Rapides Parish Schools in Louisiana. She also taught in Alexandria,
Louisiana, and Tallmadge, Ohio before coming to Rochester to teach elementary
school. She served as vice principal and principal of School No. 7 from 1992-2000
and principal of Nathaniel Rochester Community School from 1995 to 2002.
Dr.
Holloway earned her Master of Arts degree in School Administration from the University
of Akron, her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Southern University
(Baton Rouge, LA), and her Ed.D in Executive Leadership at St. John Fisher
College.
Gladys Pedraza-Burgos
Chief of Youth Development &
Family Services
Born
in what is now the Rochester Children's Zone in northeast Rochester, Ms. Pedraza
Burgos brings to the district nearly 13 years of experience in higher education.
She previously served as Director of Educational, Curricular & Diversity Affairs
and Co-director of the Center for Advocacy, Community Health, Education &
Diversity at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Ms.
Pedraza Burgos has been the President of the Board of Directors of Puerto Rican
Youth Development since 2007. She is a National Board Certified Counselor and
a Certified Diversity Trainer with the National Coalition Building Institute.
She earned her Bachelor's degree in Communications Studies from SUNY Brockport
and her Master's in School Counseling from the Warner School of Education at the
University of Rochester.
Tom Petronio
Chief Communications
Officer
Mr.
Petronio has been with the district's Communications Department for 16 years,
previously serving as director. He is responsible for providing daily communications
support for schools and central administrative departments as well as working
with the media on behalf of the district.
His experience in the communications
field includes having served as editor and reporter for a weekly newspaper, copywriter
with the advertising agency Wolff Associates, and publications director/writer
for the training division of RIT. He also has done freelance writing for a variety
of publications with local, regional, and national circulation.
Mr. Petronio
is a graduate of St. John Fisher College where he earned his Bachelor's degree
in Communication/Journalism. He also attended Rochester Schools No. 33 and 39
and Frederick Douglass Middle School.
Dr. Jeanette S.
Silvers
Chief of Accountability
Dr.
Silvers served as Director of Testing for the district for seven years and managed
the Department of Research, Evaluation & Testing (now the Office of Accountability)
for three years.
In her role as Director of Testing, Dr. Silvers served
as accountability liaison to the New York State Education Department. She has
also been in charge of the New York State Assessment Program in Rochester, administering
seven state testing cycles that are looked at as a model by the State Education
Department for how other school districts should operate.
Jeanette taught
in the Rochester City School District for over 22 years at both the elementary
and secondary levels including as an elementary reading teacher. She earned her
Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Elmira College and her Doctorate in Education
from the University of Rochester.
Rochester Superintendent of Schools Jean-Claude Brizard recently formally introduced his cabinet to the public.
