2000-2001  Staff Summary

Principal:  Gregory T. Sinner

Associate Principal: Teri G. Schrader

Business Manager: Clare L. Jeannotte

Full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers:

            Arts and Humanities = 14.5

            Math/Science/Technology = 15.5

            Spanish = 5

            Wellness = 3

            Directed Studies/Special Education – 1

                        Total = 39 FTE teachers for 350 students

 (plus a coordinator of Student Services, a Technology Coordinator, a 0.5 FTE  Counselor, a 0.6 FTE Transition Counselor, and a 0.5 FTE Librarian)

2000 - 2001 Student/Teacher Ratio = 9:1

Of the 62 staff members employed at the Parker School and Teachers Center during the 2000-2001 school year, 44 will be returning to Parker for the 2001 – 2002 school year.  One staff member of the Teachers Center will be leaving to attend graduate school.  Of the teachers who will not be returning, one is taking a year leave of absence, two are staying home with new babies, three will be attending graduate school and one is entering medical school.  Eight teachers have accepted positions in other school districts and one has been granted a Commonwealth charter to found the North Central Charter Essential School. One teacher will be traveling for part of the coming year but hopes to return to Parker.  Another is looking for a position away from education.

Parker School Faculty 2000-2001

Gregory Sinner, Principal, B.S. University of Minnesota; M.Ed Antioch College; Ph.D. Dartmouth College

Teri Schrader, Associate Principal, B.A. University of Hartford, Wesleyan University; National School Reform Faculty; School Leadership Project, Northeastern Univ.

Arts And Humanities

Sophia Bell, B.A. Wesleyan University; Ed. M. Harvard University

Emma Blydenburgh, B.A. William Smith College; M.Ed Lesley College

Lise Brody, B.A. University of Massachusetts; M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts

Sabra Brown, B.A. Cornell University; candidate for Ed.M. Harvard University

Laura Copeland, B.A. Auburn University; M.A.T. University of Iowa

Peter Garbus, B.A. Brown University; Ed.M. Harvard University

Courtney Harter, B.A. Swarthmore College; M.A.T. Tufts University

Jed Lippard, B.A. Brown University

Martha McLure, B.A. University of Vermont; M.A. Lesley College

Deb Merriam, B.A. Williams College; Ed.M. Harvard University

James Nehring, B.A. University of Virginia; M.A.T., Brown University

Jordana Rubel, B.A. Haverford College; candidate for Ed.M., Harvard University

March Schrader, B.F.A. Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University

Matthew Smith, B.A. Brown University; Ed.M. Harvard University

Michelle Walther, B.A. Amherst College; candidate for Ed.M. Harvard University

Math, Science, And Technology

John Bohannon, B.S. University of Vermont; M.S. Florida State University

Ann Colligan, B.A. Mary Baldwin College; M.Ed. Fitchburg State College

Dawn Crane, B.S., M.A.T. Simmons College

Jon Davis, B.S., M.S. University of Wisconsin

Kenneth Daniels, B.A., B.S. Cornell University; M.A.T. Simmons College

Jessica Jacob, A.B. Dartmouth College; candidate for Ed.M. Harvard University

Sally Kent, B.S. Framingham State College

Diane Kruse, B.A. University of Illinois; Ed.M. Harvard University

Melanie Palma, B.A., MAT Union College, M.A. Boston College

Noah Raizman, B.A., B.S. Brown University

Brian Shoemaker, B.S. Pennsylvania State University

Brenda Simpson, B.A. Williams; M.A.T. Brown University

Christine Smith, B.A. College of the Holy Cross; candidate for Ed.M. Harvard University

Martha Sullivan, B.A. Boston College; A.M. University of Chicago

Tiffany Testa, B.S. Plymouth (NH) State College

Kate Walker, B.A. Swarthmore College

Dean Willis, B.S. Boston State College

Spanish

Alexia Maglione, B.A. Ithaca College; M.A. candidate Middlebury College

Deanna Paglia, B.A. Smith College; M.A. candidate Middlebury College

Ofelia Roman, B.A. Atlantic Union College

Ruth Whalen, B.A. Beloit College

Veronica Zepeda, B.A. Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, M.A. Kent State University

Wellness

Deborah Chamberlain, B.A. North Adams State College

Regina Jugowich, B. Ph. (B.S.) Penn State University; Institut de Tourraine; Universidad de Barcelona

Alan Laubenstein, B.A. University of Massachusetts; M.A. candidate, Cambridge College

Ben Benoit, Athletics Director, B.S., M.S. Univ. of Mass.

Other Professional Staff

Crista Burrel, Director, Parker Teachers Center, B.A. Boston University; Ed.M. Harvard University

Danielle Cambria, Parker Teachers Center, B.A. Wheaton College

Mary Ann Gapinski, R.N., School Nurse, B.S.N University of Pittsburgh

Lee Guerette, Special Education, B.A. Franconia College; M.A. Boston University; Notre Dame and Rivier College

Harry Jacobsen, Technology Coordinator, B.A. Swarthmore College

Clare Jeannotte, Business Manager, B.S. Bentley College, Certified Public Accountant

Laurie Nehring, Librarian, B.S. College of Environmental Science and Forestry; M.L.S. SUNY Albany

Deborah Osofsky, Advisory Coordinator, B.A. Brown University; M.Ed. Harvard University

Kim Rausch, Teachers Center, B.A.

Laura Rogers, Coordinator of Student Services, School Psychologist, B.A. Mt. Holyoke College; Ed.D. Harvard University.

Joan Shulman, School Counselor, B.A. Hampshire College; M.A. Lesley College

Patricia Tuzzolo, School Manager, B.A. College of Saint Rose, M.Ed. Fitchburg State College

Susan Whalley, Transition Counselor, B.A. State University of New York, Buffalo; M.Ed. Boston College

Changes In Faculty 2001-2002

The following teachers left the Parker School faculty before or at the close of the academic year: Sophie Bell, Sabra Brown, Danielle Cambria (Teachers Center), Jon Davis, Ken Daniels, Peter Garbus, Jessica Jacob, Sally Kent (leave of absence), Jed Lippard, Alexia Maglione, Deborah Osofsky, Deanna Paglia, Jordana Rubel, Noah Raizman, Kim Rausch (Teachers Center), Brenda Simpson, Christine Smith, Martha Sullivan, Michelle Walther, Dean Willis, and Veronica Zepeda.

The following new members will join the Parker School faculty and staff for the 2001-2002 academic year:

Lorin Bohne (B.S. University of New Hampshire 1992, M.S. University of New Hampshire 1994) in Math, Science, and Technology

Derek Brown (B.S. Worcester State College) in Math, Science, and Technology

Karen Brown (B.S. Miami University, 1974) in Math, Science, and Technology

Julie Caccamise (B.A. Kent State University 1993, M.A. North Carolina State University 2000) in Arts and Humanities

Gary Heisermann (B.A. UC Santa Barbara 1975, B.A. California State University 1978, M.A. Boston University 1982, PhD. UC San Diego 1990) in Math, Science, and Technology

Clayton Hobart (B.A. Michigan State University 1991, M.S. University of Washington 1997, M.Ed. Antioch 2001) in Arts and Humanities

David Lucil (B.A. Hobart College 1990) in Spanish

Sarah Martin (B.A. Trinity University, 1998) in Arts and Humanities

Gena Merliss (B.A. Swarthmore College 1997, M.Ed. University of Pennsylvania 1998) in Math, Science, and Technology

Jack Peltz (B.A. Middlebury College 1996) in Arts and Humanities

Tassia Thomas (B.A. Hampshire College 1996) in Arts and Humanities

Timothy Wanzer (B.A. St. John’s College 1987, M.Ed. Antioch 1998) in Math, Science, and Technology

Rebecca Wilusz (B.A. Amherst College 1993, M.A.T. Brown University 2001) in Arts and Humanities

Tom Wolfe (B.S. Clarkson University 1988, M.S. Johnson & Wales University 1992, candidate M.Ed. University of Massachusetts at Lowell) in Math, Science, and Technology

“Teaching and learning are powerful and authentic. Teachers have high expectations and provide strong support. Structure of curriculum and individual assignments provide a challenge as well as opportunity.”

--Parker Parent