Experience

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  Boston public schools

  Aug 1983 - Sept 2016

  Senior coordinator

  Over 25 years experience running school-within-school alternative and inclusion programs for adolescents with behavioral, emotional, learning difficulties, autism. Founding administrator at Boston Community Leadership Academy (BCLA) inclusion program for "emotionally fragile"​ students (diagnosed with depression, anxiety, suicidal, school phobia, etc) and supervisor of program for autistic students. Founding co-advisor of BCLA's Gender & Sexuality Alliance, co-lead community action seminar on LGBTQA+ issues, serve as resource person for staff and students. L/AB (Learning/Adaptive Behavior) Cluster coordinator at Madison Park Technical-Vocational High School, Brighton High School and Lewis Middle School, running school-within-school programming for court/DCF youth with serious behavioral issues. Recently serived as dministrator for Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) grant, overseeing locally based programs serving families with children birth through school age. Show less

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  Schools for children, inc.

  Sept 1984 - now

  Professional speaker, presenter, trainer

  Guest Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Keynote Speaker, Young Women's Leadership Program, Chisinau, MoldovaPresenter, Bowdoin College Education Symposium, Learning Disabilities Network “Value of Substantially Separate Education in the Era of Full Inclusion”Keynote Speaker, Women's International League of Peace and FreedomCoordinator/Moderator, Making Schools Work for Girls, Wellesley CollegePresenter, Charter School Fellows, Special Education in Charter SchoolsCoordinator, Building Bridges Conference for Women and Men Liberation LeadersTestified at Massachusetts State House on education and women's issuesPanelist, ABCD, Action for Boston Community Development Media Appearances: ABC World News Tonight, US News & World Report, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, US News World Report, UPI, Gates Foundation, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, People are Talking, National and Local TV and Radio Show less

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  International consultant

  Sept 1988 - Jan 1989

  Trainer/teacher

  Consultant/Trainer at New Zealand AIDS Foundation, providing technical assistance for AIDS awareness training focusing on women and adolescents.Consultant/Teacher at The English Language Institute of Seoul, teaching English to native Korean students and assisting administrators with program development.

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  Best schools initiative, new hampshire public schools

  Jun 1998 - Jun 2000

  Facilitator/consultant

  Facilitator/Consultant for schools in Goffstown, Bedford, and Winchester, New Hampshire as part of statewide Initiative. Led schools through change initiatives and restructuring, provided resources and technical support through week-long summer institutes and monthly meetings.

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  Massachusetts department of education

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Cspd trainer

  Consultant to Massachusetts public district and charter schools in special education, transition planning, role of principal in IEP process, physical restraint policy training, coordination of general and special education.

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  J. magno and associates

  Aug 2001 - Jul 2004

  Senior associate

  Educational consultant providing technical support to schools in the areas of special education, inclusion models, IEP development, role of general ed teachers and principals in special education process, physical restraint training

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  Codman academy charter public school

  Sept 2001 - Jun 2009

  Special education consultant/director

  Founding special education director of highly acclaimed public charter high school, including staff training, IEP development, programming, Coordinated Program Review resulting in no corrective action plan for the school. Technical support in special education, English language learners, discipline, and school policies. Redesign of special education program including creation of substantially separate model as well as inclusion services.

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  Ferone educational consulting

  Oct 2016 - now

  President

  Providing total school solutions for special populations to district, charter, independent schools, including students with disabilities and English Language Learners. Training, technical support, program evaluation and development, Coordinated Program Review. Specializing in continuum of services from inclusion to substantially separate, and social-emotional/behavioral issues, learning disabilities, and autism, and at-risk adolescents. Specializing in urban middle and high schools, with gender equity, school safety, climate, and mental health issues including depression/suicidality. Show less

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  Curry college

  Aug 2018 - now

  Lecturer