Annual Report

Mission Statement

The faculty of the School of Education and Professional Studies constitute a professional school dedicated to the quality preparation of professionals in education and other human service settings. As an integral part of Central Connecticut State University’s history and traditions, the faculty in the school embrace the university’s mission and commitment to “encourage the development and application of knowledge and ideas through research and outreach activities.” Guided by the purpose of preparing leaders for service in our communities, it is our mission to provide leadership for:

· Preparing beginning teachers to serve in the region, the state, and the nation;

· Preparing entry level, culturally competent, generalist social workers for practice;

· Providing advanced preparation to administrators, teachers, counselors, specialists, and other educational leaders;

· Providing advanced preparation to specialists in physical education, counseling, and nursing;

· Applying principles of learning and assessment through a variety of technologies to guide our own best practice and that of practitioners in the professions;

· Developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for professional practice and community service through learning experiences that are rich in diversity of perspectives, values, attitudes, and beliefs and that are enhanced by active reflection;

· Influencing educational and social policies at the local, State, and national levels.

Principles of the School of Education and
Professional Studies

In pursuit of its mission, the School has been guided by a set of principles and beliefs that stem from basic values such as educational quality and intellectual integrity, high standards and distinction, and respect for diversity and social justice.

Specifically action rests on the following principles:

· High Standards
All professional preparation programs should be characterized by distinction and those being prepared should be encouraged to aspire to and to meet the highest of standards;

· Respect for Diversity
All professional programs should be committed to strategies that foster understanding and respect of all persons a multicultural society;

· Educational Access and Social Justice
All professional preparation programs should promote access for a diverse learning community of students and serve as an advocate for groups that have been traditionally discriminated against;

· Collaboration
All professional preparation programs should recognize the need for evolving partnerships with educational and human service institutions within the region and state for the purpose of working together toward improvement and change and for enhancing our own teaching and scholarship;

· Expanding Opportunities
All professional preparation programs in education should be developed so that graduates are committed to providing first-rate and expanded educational opportunities to all learners in society.

· Effective Teaching
All Faculty should be committed to serving students and providing for them the highest quality of teaching supported by appropriate intellectual and scholarly agendas;

· Student Development
The School should be committed to student development through specific activities aimed at developing reflective practitioners and life-long learners;

· Faculty Development
The School should be committed to faculty development through specific programs and by encouraging faculty to engage in scholarly inquiry within their professional fields.

Organization of the School of Education and
Professional Studies

The School of Education and Professional Studies is organized into eight academic departments:

· Counseling & Family Therapy

· Educational Leadership

· Nursing

· Physical Education and Human Performance

· Reading and Language Arts

· Social Work

· Special Education

· Teacher Education

The School offers programs leading to Bachelor of Science Degrees in Education, Nursing, Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Athletic Training, Social Work as well as Masters of Science Degrees in Educational Leadership, School Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Physical Education, Reading and Language Arts, Special Education and Teacher Education. In collaboration with colleagues in the Schools of Art and Sciences, Business and Technology programs exist in 12 specialty secondary education fields and NK-12 fields in art, business, English, History,/Social Studies, languages, mathematics and practical studies, music, sciences and technology education.

During the 2005-2006, the School of Education faculty was comprised of 93 individuals serving as administrators, professors, academic advisors, and administrative staff. Dr. Mitchell Sakofs continued to serve as Acting Dean; Dr. Joanne Walker, continued to serve as Acting Associate Dean.

New faculty members for the start of the Fall of 2005 included: Dr. Barbara Clark, Department of Teacher Education; Dr. Carlos McCray, Department of Educational Leadership; Cara Mulcahy, Department of Reading and Language Arts; Dr. Anita Sankar, Department of Counseling and Family Therapy; Dr. Robert Tamura, Department of Special Education; Dr. Lynda Valerie, Department of Reading and Language Arts; Dr. Sheldon Watson, Department of Educational Leadership; and Dr. Kenneth Weiss, Department of Reading and Language Arts.

Richard Abraham

Jacqueline Agresta

Jessica Ahern

Sonya Alexander

Katie Alteri

Val Altieri

Francis Amara

Jillian Amato

Brandon Amoroso

Kathryn Anderson

Katie Anderson

Steven Anderson

Jenna Angello

Jason Apicella

Kyle Arico

Amy Arsenault

Laura Arzamarski

Kylee Atkinson

Ashley Bacote

Stacy Bagdikian

Sharon Bailey

Jennifer Baillargeon

Amanda Baker

Miranda Barilla

Kimberly Barker

Emily Bass

Valerie Bates

Jason Beauregard

Melinda Bedner

Ciara Bekier

Diana Benza

Lauren Benzinger

Jennifer Bergmann

Jessica Bethke

Sandy Bettencourt

Amy Bjurholm

Luke Blanchard

Darcy Blaszczyk

Craig Bobrowiecki

Catherine Bolduc

Michelle Bolduc

Gary Bonaldi

Erica Bordonaro

Kimberly Boris

Matthew Bornn

Amy Bostwick

Jessica Branciforte

Brian Brandt

Sabrina Brini

Andrew Brochu

Andrew Brown

Kristin Buley

Megan Buonfiglio

Jill Burns

Nicole Burrell

Kritzia Caban

Katelyn Calabrese

Timothy Callahan

Alison Campanelli

Heather Cannata

Christina Cantone

Joseph Cantone

Abbey Capobianco

Amber Carpenter

Melissa Carroll

Gina Casano

Michael Casinghino

Michelle Caul

Andrea Cerrigione

Alicia Champagne

Anne Charter

Sarah Chudzik

Susan Ciccarelli

Amy Clark

Michael Clark

Kristen Cleasby

Stephanie Clement

Alison Cohen

Rachel Cohen

Stephanie Colella

Stephanie Collin

Jessica Conway

Christopher Coonce-Ewing

Sara Coppola

Hilary Cornish

Bryan Cosham

Melissa Crescentini

Erin Crowley

Darcey Cunningham

Sarah Czarnecki-Brown

Anthony Czesak

Noreen Dallaire

Danielle D'Ambrosio

Craig DeAngelis

Alison DeCarli

Jamie DeCicco

Steven DeLaRosa

Kristen Deliman

AnnaLisa Deloy

Amy DesRoches

Stefanie DiBacco

Candace DiCarlo

Karen Dinsmore

Jeremy Dionne

Laura Dionne

Kimberly Doolittle

Amber Duenas

Tracy Dufour

Jamie Duhaine

Erin Dunn

Julie Dunn

Cristina Duquette

Lisa Durante

Shannon Ehle

Emily Ellingwood

Melissa Emanuel

Lisa Enxuto

Kathleen Ericson

Christopher Esposito

Lindsey Everin

Jennifer Fagan

Kelly Fagan

Vincent Faienza

Kerri Fairwood

Kyle Fedorovich

Jose Feliciano

Daniel Ferguson

Christina Finn

Jennifer Fischer

Kathleen Flaherty

Nina Flenke

Marian Flores

Laura Focarile

Deborah Fressola

Sarah Frick

Jennifer Frisch

Tina Fusco

Susan Gally-Lush

Kimberly Ganges

Sean Garvey

Christine Gauthier

Aaron Geddis

Stephanie George

Christine Germain

Amanda Gionfriddo

Lindsey Gladue

Jennifer Glass

Caitlyn Gleason

Hilary Godard

Allison Godbout

William Gombos

Lucia Goncalves

Sarah Gootnick

Kelly Gorton

Marissa Grande

Heather Green

Timothy Greer

Christen Gudelski

Katherine Guerci

Stephen Gustafson

Nancy Hackenyos

Jessica Hall

Barbara Hallak

Michelle Hannon

Alex Harrison

Jennifer Hayducky

Pamela Heller

Ashley Hill

Eileen Holden

Jennifer Holden

Danni Holyst

Kellie Hougasian

Robyn Hudak

Elizabeth Jamison

Tina Jock

Amanda Johnson

Michelle Johnson

Jacqueline Johnston

Amanda Jones

Pamela Jones

Gail Jorden

Jamie Juliano

Brian Kalkreuth

Katherine Karcz

Megan Kavanaugh

Tara Keleher

Jessica Kelley

Lacey Killian

Melody Klein

Jennifer Kollwitz

Megan Korn

Lauren Kozlowski

Kyle Kramek

Renee Kroeber

Bernadette Krysiak

Marta Krzemien

Alix Kulanko

Katharine Kurze

Erik LaBranche

Derrick Lachance

Andrea Landry

Amanda Lang

Heather Langevin

Amorette Languell

Amber Lansing

Katelynn LaRoche

Monika Laudenberger

Tammy Lawrence

Brent Layton

Joshua Leder

Lindsay LeFort

Amy Lessard

John Leto

Stacy Limberger

Joyce Loehr

Leana Lopez

Lourie Luciano

Hannah Ludwig

Benjamin Mager

Ceara Maher

Jesse Maladouangdock

Katarzyna Maleszewska

Katrina Maloney

Natasha Manchester

Emily Mancini

Angela Mann

Amanda Manner

Christina Mannetti

Kelly Marino

Jenna Martin

Rocco Martino

Jolene Mascetti

Theresa Mastrianna

Jason Maule

Joelle Mauro

Nancy McCauley

Carolyn McClinton

Kari McClure

Sarah McGlone

Deborah McGrane

Jillian McKenzie

Kristen McNally

Maggie Meehan

Amanda Milardo

Nathan Milbrandt

Heather Mills

John Mills

Louise Monzon

Christopher Moore

Jeremy Morse

Ryan Morse

Stacey Mowchan

Craig Muzzy

Nicole Naclerio

Caitlan Nadolny

Richard Natlo

Amanda Neumann

Erica Neumann

Lawrence Nevins

Sarah Newsome

Gloria Nicholson

Colleen Nightingale

Stephanie Nold

Adrienne Oeschger

Nicholas Ogorzalek

Brianne Oleksiw

Kayla Olson

Christina Orie

Graciela Ortiz

Daniel Osipowicz

Wendy Ann Osipowicz

Natasha Owens

Sarah Pattis

Love Peace

Shelby Pelletier

Cynthia Pellicci

Matthew Pellicone

Julio Pena

Steven Pepe

Gianni Perugini

Krista Petersen

Megan Phinney

Margaret Pieniazek

Renee Pires

William Pizzuto

Danielle Poulin

Nick Primo

Lisa Ptak

Laura Ramond

Tiffany Rasmussen

Katie Rebeschi

Emily Reeve

Hilary Requejo

Catherine Ribas

Thomas Riccardo

Juanita Richardson

Victor Rivera

Derek Roberts

Felicia Roberts

Sarah Roberts

Amory Robinson

Megan Robinson

Daniel Roczniak

Amanda Roohr

Jessica Rosenbeck

Alison Rossi

Katherine Russo

Casey Ryba

Jennifer Rykowski

Sean Sailer

Ashley Salonia

Jessica Salvador

Danielle Sampson

Paul Sanborn

Maria Sanhueza

Sherrie Santangelo

Nicholas Santorso

Cassandra Sargent

Kaitlyn Saucier

Meaghan Sawyer

Angela Scampolino

Jennifer Scully

Jennifer Seabury

Eric Senger

Emily Sestero

David Seymour

Faiza Shahid

Emily Sherman

Sharon Skystimas

Heather Smolski

Brianna Smyth

Lindsey Snyder

Katherine Sohon

Marie Solimine

Annamaria Sollima

Meagan St. Amand

Dana St. Pierre

Laura Stalgaitis

Suzanne Stanforth

Kimberly Stanley

Kristina Stasaitis

Keith Stepney

Cassandra Stewart

Christopher Stokstad

Jennifer Stowe

Charlotte Stroud

Mary Strout

Molly Sullivan

Samantha Sullivan

Dustinne Sylvester

Holly Szewczyk

Heather Szymaszek

Sheri Tajmajer

Porsche Terrill

Mary Tew

Tiela Thibeault

Nichole Tierinni

Alla Timofyeyeva

Melissa Timura

Katherine Touchette

Lindsay Townsend

Stephanie Truksa

Tran Tu

Jennifer Vaill

Nicole Valletta

Krista Vermeal

Michelle Verrastro

Kristin Videtto

Maria Viejo

Catherine Vitrano

Jennifer Vizcaino

Stephanie Volpe

Emily Waldron

Bridget Walsh

Lolita Wang

Carly Warriner

Katie Wartonick

Kimberly Wartschow

Amy Wayland

David Weber

Jaime Wegiel

Katelyn Welch

Taylor Whipple

Jennifer Wight

William Wight

Amy Wilhelm

Brie Wollman

Rebecca Wood

Stephanie Wood

Tara Yeske

Michaelknight Zayas

Antonio Zea

Sister M Josep Zimmerman

Nicole Zimyeski

Abraham, Richard Mathew

Agresta, Jacqueline Frances

Ahern, Jessica Shiree

Alexander, Sonya Michele

Alteri, Katie

Altieri, Val C.

Amara, Francis J.

Amato, Jillian Leigh

Amoroso, Brandon Maraczi

Anderson, Kathryn Elizabeth

Anderson, Katie Miles

Anderson, Steven Raymond

Angello, Jenna Elizabeth

Apicella, Jason Michael

Arico, Kyle C.

Arsenault, Amy Enderle

Arzamarski, Laura M.

Atkinson, Kylee L.

Bacote, Ashley Monique

Bagdikian, Stacy Lynn

Bailey, Sharon Elizabeth

Baillargeon, Jennifer Lee

Baker, Amanda Marie

Barilla, Miranda

Barker, Kimberly Ann

Bass, Emily Ann

Bates, Valerie Marie

Beauregard, Jason Mark

Bedner, Melinda S.

Bekier, Ciara K.

Benza, Diana

Benzinger, Lauren Marjorie

Bergmann, Jennifer Marie

Bethke, Jessica Louise

Bettencourt, Sandy A.

Bjurholm, Amy Lynn

Blanchard, Luke James

Blaszczyk, Darcy A.

Bobrowiecki, Craig Joseph

Bolduc, Catherine L.

Bolduc, Michelle Danielle

Bonaldi, Gary R.

Bordonaro, Erica Marie

Boris, Kimberly Marie

Bornn, Matthew Philip

Bostwick, Amy Elizabeth

Branciforte, Jessica Eileen

Brandt, Brian Alan

Brini, Sabrina Rosa

Brochu, Andrew Mark

Brown, Andrew Joseph

Buley, Kristin Allison

Buonfiglio, Megan Rose

Burns, Jill M.

Burrell, Nicole A.

Caban, Kritzia N.

Calabrese, Katelyn Ann

Callahan, Timothy Eugene

Campanelli, Alison Elizabeth

Cannata, Heather L.

Cantone, Christina M.

Cantone, Joseph Angelo

Capobianco, Abbey Jane

Carpenter, Amber Lee

Carroll, Melissa Ann

Casano, Gina

Casinghino, Michael James

Caul, Michelle Elizabeth

Cerrigione, Andrea Catherine

Champagne, Alicia Lee

Charter, Anne M.

Chudzik, Sarah C.

Ciccarelli, Susan Elizabeth

Clark, Amy Beth

Clark, Michael P.

Cleasby, Kristen L.

Clement, Stephanie Ann

Cohen, Alison Ryan

Cohen, Rachel Lynne

Colella, Stephanie Marie

Collin, Stephanie Jean

Conway, Jessica Lyn

Coonce-Ewing, Christopher T

Coppola, Sara Nicole

Cornish, Hilary Michele

Cosham, Bryan Edward

Crescentini, Melissa Kathryn

Crowley, Erin Anna

Cunningham, Darcey Dancer

Czarnecki-Brown, Sarah J.

Czesak, Anthony Donald

Dallaire, Noreen M.

D'Ambrosio, Danielle Amy

DeAngelis, Craig Patrick

DeCarli, Alison Mae

DeCicco, Jamie Lynne

DeLaRosa, Steven Michael

Deliman, Kristen Marie

Deloy, AnnaLisa

DesRoches, Amy E.

DiBacco, Stefanie Anna

DiCarlo, Candace Roberta

Dinsmore, Karen A.

Dionne, Jeremy R.

Dionne, Laura B.

Doolittle, Kimberly Jo

Duenas, Amber Lee

Dufour, Tracy L.

Duhaine, Jamie E.

Dunn, Erin H.

Dunn, Julie Ann

Duquette, Cristina Leigh

Durante, Lisa Marie

Ehle, Shannon

Ellingwood, Emily Alice

Emanuel, Melissa A.

Enxuto, Lisa Jo

Ericson, Kathleen Marie

Esposito, Christopher Francis

Everin, Lindsey Mary

Fagan, Jennifer Lin

Fagan, Kelly Pauline

Faienza, Vincent J.

Fairwood, Kerri Lynn

Fedorovich, Kyle Alan

Feliciano, Jose Ramon

Ferguson, Daniel P.

Finn, Christina M.

Fischer, Jennifer Lyn

Flaherty, Kathleen

Flenke, Nina Marie

Flores, Marian M.

Focarile, Laura Marie

Fressola, Deborah Michelle

Frick, Sarah A.

Frisch, Jennifer Anne

Fusco, Tina M.

Gally-Lush, Susan C.

Ganges, Kimberly Ann

Garvey,Sean, Timothy

Gauthier, Christine

Geddis, Aaron Wesley

George, Stephanie Lynn

Germain, Christine Grace

Gionfriddo, Amanda Jean

Gladue, Lindsey Ann

Glass, Jennifer Louise

Gleason, Caitlyn Kenny

Godard, Hilary Ruth

Godbout, Allison Marie

Gombos, William

Goncalves, Lucia D.

Gootnick, Sarah

Gorton, Kelly Ann

Grande, Marissa Ann

Green, Heather K.

Greer, Timothy W.

Gudelski, Christen N.

Guerci, Katherine Ann

Gustafson, Stephen Paul

Hackenyos, Nancy Ellen

Hall, Jessica Morgan

Hallak, Barbara H.

Hannon, Michelle Ann

Harrison, Alex Christopher

Hayducky, Jennifer Lynn

Heller, Pamela L.

Hill, Ashley M.

Holden, Eileen M.

Holden, Jennifer Lyn

Holyst, Danni L.

Hougasian, Kellie Ann

Hudak, Robyn Michelle

Jamison, Elizabeth Cathleen

Jock, Tina M.

Johnson, Amanda Elaine

Johnson, Michelle M.

Johnston, Jacqueline A.

Jones, Amanda Lee

Jones, Pamela Faith

Jorden, Gail Charlene

Juliano, Jamie L.

Kalkreuth, Brian Andrew

Karcz, Katherine Jane

Kavanaugh, Megan Kathleen

Keleher, Tara Nicole

Kelley, Jessica S.

Killian, Lacey Helene

Klein, Melody J.

Kollwitz, Jennifer Lorraine

Korn, Megan L.

Kozlowski, Lauren Elizabeth

Kramek, Kyle Joseph

Kroeber, Renee Rose

Krysiak, Bernadette Teresa

Krzemien, Marta

Kulanko, Alix Lorah

Kurze, Katharine Edith

LaBranche, Erik Tyler

Lachance, Derrick Claude

Landry, Andrea C.

Lang, Amanda Jeanne

Langevin,

Overview

Offices and Departments

Mission Statement

Principles of the School of Education and
Professional Studies

Organization of the School of Education and
Professional Studies

Student Enrollment Spring 2006

DEC Committees 2006-2007

Student Accomplishments

Graduation Statistics *

Student Grants and Scholarships

Minority Teacher Incentive Grants

Department Scholarships

Wirth Santoro Scholarship by the CT Association for Research in Reading

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Vera Butler Recruitment Grant

Iota Chapter-at-Large McRae Award

Nightingale Award for Nursing Excellence

Paul L. Jones Award in Nursing

Honor Societies

Kappa Delta Pi- Education

Phi Alpha Honor Society- Social Work

Sigma Theta Tau- Nursing

Alpha Upsilon Alpha- Reading

Fall 2005 Dean’s List

Spring 2006 Dean’s List

Mission Statement

Principles of the School of Education and Professional Studies

Organization of the School of Education and Professional Studies

Wirth Santoro Scholarship by the CT Association for Research in Reading

Kappa Delta Pi- Education

Principles of the School of Education and
Professional Studies

Organization of the School of Education and
Professional Studies