Program Directory

The Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support administers the following programs. You may contact the staff member listed for more information. All telephone numbers have the area code of 518.  Click on the program name to go directly to information about the program. Click on the staff member name to send email (make sure that your browser is properly configured).

Directors of  Career and Technical
 Education Directors and Superintendents of Instruction

A list of local school district and BOCES area occupational education staff who supervise New York State's workforce preparation and continuing education programs. (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Adult Education and Workforce Development
Team Leader

Tom Orsini 474-8940

Adult, Family Alternative Professional Development

Bob Purga 474-8940

Career and Technical Education 
Team Leader

Eric Suhr 486-1547

Adult Literacy Education (ALE)

Tom Orsini 474-8940

Agricultural Education

Chike Nnabugwu 486-1547

Alternative Education

Greg Bayduss 486-1547

Adult Grants RFPs & Information Systems

   

Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

Tom Orsini 474-8940

Basic Education for Public Assistance Recipients (WEP)

Tom Orsini 474-8940

Business and Marketing Education

Jon Greenwalt 486-1547

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technology Education Act

Eric Suhr 486-1547

Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology Team Leader

Anne Schiano 474-5922

Distance Learning

Kathleen Sheehy 474-8940

Career and Technical Student Organizations

Patricia Hodgins 486-1547

Career Plan

Jon Greenwalt 486-1547

EDGE (Education for Gainful Employment; also TANF)

Robert Purga 474-8940

Employment Preparation Education (EPE)

Mark Haskins 474-8940

Family Literacy

Kathleen Steinchen 474-8940

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

Dawn Scagnelli 486-1547

GED Customer Service

Pat Mooney
474-5906

Health Occupations Education

Joanne O'Brien 486-1547

High Schools That Work

Tony Schilling 486-1547

Internet


486-1547

Career and Technical Education (CTE)-Civil Rights

Carol Litrides 486-1547

Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Non-Traditional Programs

Carol Litrides 486-1547

Occupational Education Testing, Curriculum, and Training

See Career and Technical Education 486-1547

Career Pathways - Tech Prep Education

Eric Suhr 486-1547

Trade Industrial and Technical Education

486-1547

Welfare Reform

Bob Purga 474-8940

Work Experience Programs

Tony Schilling 486-1547

Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support
(Executive Coordinator)

Howard J. Goldsmith 474-8892

Workplace Literacy

Tom Orsini 474-8940


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Updated: 07/27/2006  (b.mci)/23/02pdp