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Ann
Maguire is the Director of the Staff Curriculum Development Support
Services Division. The Director of Staff and Curriculum Development
at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
BOCES is responsible for the design, delivery, and quality control
of professional development programs for the 27 component school districts.
The Director's division includes Data Management, Special Education
Training and Resource Center (SETRC), School Improvement Program,
Comprehensive
Health and Wellness, Project Know, Growing Healthy, and Science Kits. |
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Linda Finn is
the Coordinator for Comprehensive Health and Wellness at E2CCB. As
Coordinator, she
oversees the elementary health
curriculum,
Project KNOW, and Interscholastic Coaching. In addition, she also coordinates
the Child Abuse Identification and Reporting courses and the S.A.V.E.
legislation trainings. Linda has served in the Coordinator position
for three years. She has been teaching sexuality education for the
past thirteen
years. Her previous
teaching experience also includes English as a Second Language at the
Middle School and adult levels. Linda holds a New York State Pre-K-6
teaching certificate. She attended St. Bonaventure University as an
undergraduate and holds a B.A. degree
in Human Services, as well as a M.A. in Social Policy from the State
University of New York. As an active community member, Linda serves
as a BOCES’ representative
on many advisory boards for local agencies including the Jamestown
Boys and Girls Club and the Chautauqua County Health Department. In
April
of 2005, she received the Buffalo Business First’s Health Care
Hero in Education Award. Linda resides in Kennedy with her husband
Andy and son Ryan. |
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Theresa Gray is the Coordinator for the School Improvement Program
at Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES. As coordinator, she oversees
the development of regional workshops and works with school districts
in providing professional development. In addition to her role as Coordinator,
Theresa also serves the North Collins Central School District as a K-12
Curriculum Coordinator. In addition to being a certified Secondary Social
Studies teacher with seven years experience at the middle level, Theresa
also holds an administrative degree (SDA) and is a Fellow with the Center
for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning (CSETL). Theresa
concentrates her work in the areas of curriculum development, new teacher
and mentor teacher training, reading and writing in the content areas,
and is a national trainer for Step Up to Writing, Six + 1 Traits of Writing,
and Schools Attuned. She also serves as the regional representative of
the Middle Level Liaisons. |
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Candi DiBiase is a Staff Development Specialist
for the School Improvement Program and focuses much of her work in
the area of mathematics and has
provided content information, instructional support, and assessment
information to many of the 27 component school districts served by
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
BOCES. Candi has mathematics classroom experience at the middle and
high school levels, as well as extensive experience in statistics and
data
analysis. Additionally, she is the Middle Level Representative for
the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS)
and is
an active member of the NYS K-8 mathematics Mentor Network. In the
past year she was also selected to participate in the NYS Test Specification
Committee and Range Finding Sessions in preparation for Math 3-8 testing.
Candi’s education includes a B.S. in Statistics from the State
University of New York at Buffalo, a B.S. in Mathematics, Secondary
Education from the State College of New York at Buffalo, M.S. in Interdisciplinary
Studies and Administrative Certification (SDA) from the State University
College at Fredonia. |
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Jeff Barnes is a Data Management Specialist for Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
BOCES, a role which includes software support, training, facilitation
of data driven staff development meetings and collaboration with local
entities (the Seneca Nation, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Buffalo, etc.) on data
driven research or grant projects. He is also the liaison for the Western
New York Regional Information Center Cognos Data Warehouse Cooperative
Service. In addition to his work in the field of data, Jeff works with
the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES School Improvement Program assisting
districts in areas such as curriculum mapping and differentiated instruction.
He is currently a participant in the 16th class of the National Staff
Development Council (NSDC) Academy. Jeff has permanent NYS Teacher Certification
in 7-12 Social Studies. Jeff and his wife Christine have two sons, Thomas
and Zachary. |
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Michele Boutwell has been a Professional Development Specialist since
1994. Prior to that assignment, she was a special education teacher and
a CSE/CPSE chairperson. She has been an Orton-Gillingham tutor for over
seven years. Before becoming a special educator, she was a regular education
middle school teacher. |
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Garry Dole is the Coordinator for the Science
Resources Program at Erie 2 – Chautauqua – Cattaraugus
BOCES. He is responsible for the Elementary Science Kit Program and
the Middle Level Science Kit
Program. The kit programs serve about 35,000 students in the Western
New York area. As Coordinator, Garry provides half or whole-day in-service
training to teachers before they receive kits in their classrooms as
well as routine program functions, including scheduling kit shipments,
materials inventory, purchasing, bids, and curriculum. Garry has teaching
experience at the High School and University levels. He holds an undergraduate
degree in Biology and Chemistry from Houghton
College, an Ed. M. from SUNY, Buffalo and holds NY State certification
as a teacher of General Science, Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry.
Garry serves as a member of the NYS Science Education Consortium, the
SED Elementary Science Assessment Liaison, NYS Science Education Leadership
Association, Science Teachers Association of New York State, Elementary
SAR for Southwestern STANYS, BaP Key leader, and National Science Teachers
Association. |
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Christine Cutler is a Staff Development Specialist with the School
Improvement Program at Erie 2-Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES. Christine’s
certifications have brought many opportunities to teach English Language
Arts at multiple grade levels. Having begun her instructional career
at the community college level, she has additional classroom teaching
experience K-12 as well as Gifted and Talented Programming, Library Media
Specialist and Reading Specialist. Christine has facilitated Strategic
Planning Action Teams and developed curriculum for the Native Studies
Program, written curricular maps in math and social studies incorporating
ELA skills. Christine has earned a B.A. in English from the State University
of New York at Fredonia, a Masters in Elementary Education/Reading and
holds New York State certification in School District Administration
having completed an M.S. in Educational Leadership from Canisius College
in Buffalo. |