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SUBJECT/PROGRAM

PROGRAM AREA

CONTACT PERSON

PHONE NUMBER*

21st Century Learning Centers SICS-R Linda Woodward 486-6090
A.
Academic Intervention Services
  Upstate


  NYC
SICS-R


SICS-NYC
Patricia Chmielewski
Lee York

Sandra Norfleet

518-474-5923


718-722-2636
Accountability (NCLB) SAR
SICS-NYC
Ira Schwartz 474-7965
718-722-2796
Administrative/Superintendent Salary Information SOMS Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
Administrative Support Group DC John Delaney 486-1544
Adult Literacy and Workforce Preparation CIS Tom Orsini 474-5922
Advanced Placement CIS Mary Daley 474-8773
Agricultural Education CIS Chike Nnabugwu 486-5922
Alternative Assessment SAR Howard Goldsmith 474-5902
Alternative Education SICS-R Greg Bayduss 486-6090
Art Education CIS Leslie Yolen 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Arts in Education CIS Mary Daley 474-8773
Asbestos SOMS Laura Sahr 474-3906
Assessments SAR David Abrams 473-7880
Attendance Regulations/Compulsory Education Law SICS-R Carl Friedman
Cheryl Ohanesian
486-6090
Attendance Improvement/ Dropout Prevention (AI/DP) SICS-R Carl Friedman 486-6090
B.
BEDS (Basic Educational Data System)
 

SAR

 

Ken Wagner

 

474-7965

Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies CIS Pedro Ruiz 474-8775
Bilingual Education (Two-Way)/BETAC SAR Pedro Ruiz 474-8775
BOCES (Boards of Cooperative Educational Services) SOMS Eugene Smith (Finance) 474-3936
Budgets (School) SOMS Mary Ellen Clark 474-6541
Building Aid OMS Louise Costello 474-2977
Building Permits (Schools) SOMS Carl Thurnau 474-3906
Bus Driver Training SOMS Marion Edick 474-6541
Business and Management Practices (School) SOMS Mary Ellen Clark 474-6541
Business and Marketing Education CIS Jon Greenwalt 486-5922
C.
Career and Technical Education
 

CIS

 

Eric Suhr

 

486-5922

Career Plans CIS Jon Greenwalt 486-5922
Categorical Aid / Grants Finance OMS Margaret Zollo 474-4815
Chapter 655 Report (Annual Report on the Status of the State's Schools) SAR Ken Wagner 474-7965
Character Education CIS Larry Paska 474-5922 or emscchared@mail.nysed.gov
Charter Schools
  Upstate
  New York City

SICS-R
SICS-NYC

Darlene Mengel
Ira Schwartz

474-1762
718-722-2796
Charters/Incorporations of Nonpublic Schools and Educational Institutions Serving Children Birth Through Grade 12 SOMS Thomas Hogan 474-3879
Child Abuse and Neglect SICS-R Cheryl Ohanesian
486-6090
Child Nutrition:
Program Administration
Reimbursement

SOMS
OMS

Frances O'Donnell
 

473-8781
474-4815
Civil Rights (Race and Sex Equity) SICS-R   473-7155
Class Size Reduction (Early Grade) SICS-NYC   474-5807
Codes of Conduct (Project SAVE) SICS-R   486-6090
Component Retesting SAR    
Comprehensive Health and Pupil Services SICS-R Robert Jaffarian 486-6090
Computer Recycling for Education and Technology Enhancement Act (CREATE) CIS Steve Mink 486-1547
Construction Projects SOMS Carl Thurnau 474-3906
Continuing Education CIS Tom Orsini 474-8940
Contracts for Excellence SOMS Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
Corporal Punishment SICS-R Cheryl Ohanesian 486-6090
Cost Effectiveness SOMS Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
Curriculum and Instructional Support CIS Howard J. Goldsmith
474-8892
Curriculum – Career and Technical Education CIS Eric Suhr 486-1547
Curriculum-General Education CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Curriculum Guides/Syllabi (copies) OMS Publications Distribution 474-3806
D.  
Dance Studies
 

CIS

 

Leslie Yolen

474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Diploma Requirements CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Disaster Preparedness SOMS Laura Sahr 474-3906
Discipline/Suspension SICS-R Carl Friedman 486-6090
District Superintendents (BOCES) DC Raymond Kesper 474-8076
Dress Codes (Codes of Conduct) SICS-R   486-6090
Driver Education CIS Philip Detelis 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Dropout Prevention SICS-R Greg Bayduss 486-6090
Drug Free Schools SICS-R Greg Bayduss 486-6090
E.
Early Childhood Education
  Upstate
  NYC

SICS-NYC

 


Cindy Gallagher
Janet Pierro


 

474-5807
718-722-2647

Early Education and Reading Initiatives SICS-NYC Cindy Gallagher 474-5807
Early Literacy Profile CIS Cindy Williams 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Educational Management Services SOMS Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
Educationally Related Support Services (ERSS) SICS-R   486-6090
Employment Preparation Education (EPE) CIS Mark Haskins 474-8940
English Language Arts CIS Erik Sweet 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
English as a Second Language
  K-12

 
Adult


CIS

CIS


Pedro Ruiz
Sandra Belitza-Vazquez


474-8775
474-8940

Environmental Health and Safety SOMS Laura Sahr 474-3906
Even Start SICS-NYC Dee Dwyer 474-5807
Extended Day/Violence Prevention
  Upstate
  NYC   

SICS-R
SICS-NYC


Gail McCaul

486-6090
718-722-2647
Excelsior Scholars Program CIS Will Jaacks 474-5922 or excelsiorscholars@mail.nysed.gov
F.
Facilities Planning (annual fire inspection process; building permits; construction authority)

SOMS

Carl Thurnau

474-3906
Family and Consumer Sciences CIS Dawn Scagnelli 486-1547
Family Literacy - Workforce Invest. Act CIS Kathleen Steinchen 474-8940
Fingerprinting HE Deborah Marriott 486-1521
Fire Safety Inspections SOMS Dave Clapp 474-3906
Food Service Management SOMS Frances O'Donnell 473-8781
Foreign Language Education CIS Pedro Ruiz 474-8775
Foster Care SICS-R Greg Bayduss 486-6090
G.
GED (General Educational Development)
 

CIS

 

Pat Mooney

 

473-9897 or GED@mail.nysed.gov

General Education Requirements (PreK-Grade 8) CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Gifted Education CIS Mary Daley 474-8773
Graduation/Diploma Requirements CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscgradreq@mail.nysed.gov
Grants Finance / Categorical Aid OMS Margaret Zollo 474-4815
Grants Management SOMS Maureen Lavare 474-3936
Guidance and Pupil Services SICS-R Cheryl Ohanesian 486-6090
H.
Health Education
 

SICS-R

 

Owen Donovan

 

486-6090

Health Occupations Education CIS Joanne O'Brien 486-1547
High Schools That Work CIS Eric Suhr 486-1547
HIV/AIDS Education SICS-R Robert Jaffarian 486-6090
Home Instruction SOMS Nancy Moore 474-3879
Homebound Instruction SICS-R Carl Friedman 486-6090
Homeless Children and Youth SICS-NYC Patricia McGuirk 473-0295
I.
Immunizations
 

SICS-R

   
Improving Teacher Quality SICS-R Alysan Slighter 473-7155
Incarcerated Youth and Adults SICS-R Greg Bayduss 486-6090
Instructional Technology CIS Teh Yuan Wan 486-1547
Interagency Collaboration (NYC) SICS-NYC Sandra Herndon 718-722-2784
K.
Kindergarten Voluntary Registration (Nonpublic)
 

SICS-NYC

 

Doris Hill-Wyley

 

474-5807

L.
Law, Youth and Citizenship
 

CIS

 

Eileen Gerrish

 

486-5760

Learning Standards CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Learning Technology Grant Program CIS John Brock 474-5922 or emscltg@mail.nysed.gov
Leases SOMS Carl Thurnau 474-3906
Length of School Day OMS Andrea Hyary 473-8364
Library Media (School) CIS John Brock
Joanne Shawhan
474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Local Assistance Plans (LAP) SICS-R Jeanne Post 474-5923
Low Performing Schools SICS-NYC Ira Schwartz 718-722-2796
M.
Magnet Schools
 

SICS-R

 

Darlene Mengel

 

473-7155
718-722-2636

Math and Science Partnerships CIS Ann Crotty 474-5922 or emscmsp@mail.nysed.gov
Mathematics Education CIS John Svendsen 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Medications, Administration of SICS-R Statewide School Health Services Ctr (585) 349-7630
Middle-Level Education SICS-R Marybeth Casey 474-5922
Migrant Education SICS-NYC Ivelisse Rivera 473-0295
Music Education CIS Edward Marschilok 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov

N.

National Youth Science Camp

 

CIS

 

Will Jaacks

 

474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov

Native American Education and Services SICS-R Adrian Cooke 474-0537
New York City School Improvement Parent Advisory Committee SICS-NYC Cassandra Grant 718-722-2743
New York State Summer School of the Arts CIS Mary Daley 474-8773
Nonpublic High School Voluntary Registration SOMS James Anderson 474-3879
Nonpublic School Services SOMS Thomas Hogan 474-3879
Nontraditional Careers CIS Konrad Raup 486-1547
Nursery Schools & Kindergartens (Nonpublic) SICS-NYC Doris Hill-Wyley 474-5807
Nurses (School) SICS-R Statewide School Health Services Ctr (585) 349-7630
Nutrition Education SICS-R Robert Jaffarian 486-6090
NY ECLIPSE CIS Ann Crotty
Will Jaacks

474-5922 or nyeclipse@mail.nysed.gov

O.
Occupational Education Civil Rights
 

CIS

 

Vic Perun

 

486-1547

Operation Recognition - Diplomas for Veterans of World War II, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam
CIS

Steve Mink

474-8940

P.
Parent Partnership Training
  Upstate
  NYC

 

SICS-NYC

 

Cassandra Grant


 
718-722-2743
Parenting Education SICS-R Robert Jaffarian 486-6090
Part 100 Regulations CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Part 154 State LEP Aid CIS Ileana Olazagasti 474-8775
Physical Education CIS Patricia Kocialski 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Planning and Professional Development SICS-R   473-7155
Planning and Reporting Requirements SOMS Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
Prekindergarten Programs SICS-NYC Doris Hill-Wyley 474-5807
Presidential Award Mathematics and Science CIS

Ann Crotty
Judy Fantauzzi

474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
Professional Development Plan (PDP) SICS-R Alysan Slighter 473-7155
Public School Accountability SICS-NYC Ira Schwartz 718-722-2796
Public School Choice (Charter Schools)
  Upstate
  New York City
 

SICS-R
SICS-NYC

 

Darlene Mengel
Ira Schwartz

 

474-1762
718-722-2796

Pupil Services SICS-R Cheryl Ohanesian
486-6090
R.
Reading First (NCLB)
 

SICS-NYC

 

Susan Megna

 

474-5807

Regents Examinations and Tests SAR Tom Schoeck 474-5099
Regional and New York City School Services (education reform, low-performing schools, SURR schools, coordinated monitoring)
  • Regional School
    Improvement Services -

     (Districts outside of NYC)
  • Bronx and Queens
    School Services
  • Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island School Services
  •  

     


    SICS-R


    SICS-NYC

    SICS-NYC

     

     



    Cassandra Grant

    Sandra Norfleet

     

     


    474-5923


    718-722-2743

    718-722-2636

    Residency Requirements (Student) SICS-R Carl Friedman 486-6090
    Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) SICS-R   473-7155
    S.
    Safe and Drug-Free Schools
     

    SICS-R

     

    Greg Bayduss

     

    486-6090

    SASS (System of Accountability for Student Success) SICS-NYC Ira Schwartz 718-722-2796
    SAVE - Schools Against Violence in Education SICS-R   486-6090
    School Boards SOMS Mary Ellen Clark 474-6541
    School Building Bilingual Excel CIS Ileana Olazagasti 474-8775
    School Business Management SOMS Mary Ellen Clark 474-6541
    School Busing/Pupil Transportation SOMS Marion Edick 474-6541
    School District Organization SOMS Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
    School Improvement and Community Services - New York City SICS-NYC Shelia Evans-Tranumn 718-722-2796
    474-4715
    School Improvement and Community Services - Regional SICS-R James Viola 474-4817
    School Leadership DC Raymond Kesper 474-5915
    School Libraries CIS

    John Brock
    Joanne Shawhan

    474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    School Operations and Management Services SOMS Charles Szuberla 474-2238
    School Quality Reviews – NYC SICS-NYC Sandra Herndon 718-722-2784
    School Report Card SAR Ken Wagner 474-7965
    School Safety

    SICS-R

    Greg Bayduss 486-6090
    Schools to Watch
    CIS
    Marybeth Casey 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Schools Under Registration
    Review (SURR Schools)
    SICS-NYC
    Shelia Evans-Tranumn 718-722-2796
        - Policy
    SICS-NYC
    Ira Schwartz 718-722-2796
    Science Education CIS Ann Crotty
    Will Jaacks
    474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Science Olympiad CIS Will Jaacks 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Senate Youth Program CIS Jo Ann Larson 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Shared Decision Making SICS-R   473-7155
    Social Studies CIS JoAnn Larson 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Special Aids and STAC OMS Hal Matott 474-7116
    Special Education Services VESID Rita Levay 486-7584
    Special Education - Data Collection VESID Inni Barone 486-4678
    Special Education - Medicaid OMS Hal Matott 474-7116
    Special Education - New York City Quality Assurance VESID Rebecca Cort – NYC Office
    Rebecca Cort – Albany Office
    718-722-4544
    518-472-3353
    Special Education - Personnel Development VESID Frederick DeMay 486-7462
    Special Education - Policy, Law and Regulations VESID Candace Shyer 473-2878
    Special Education - Upstate Quality Assurance VESID Daniel Johnson 473-1185
    STAC (System to Track and Account for Children) OMS Hal Matott 474-7116
    Standards, Assessment and Reporting SAR David Abrams 473-7880
    State Aid:

    OMS

    Andrea Hyary 473-8364
    - Claims Processing
          -- Data
          -- Education Finance

    OMS
    OMS

    Burt Porter 474-8825
    Policy Development
    Regents Proposal
    SOMS
    SOMS
    Deborah Cunningham 474-6541
    474-6541
    Student Information System OMS David Walsh 486-1702
    Student Support Services SICS-R Robert Jaffarian 486-6090
    Summer Food Service Program SOMS Paula Tyner Doyle 432-5068
    Summer School SICS-R Linda Woodward 486-6090
    Summer Institutes CIS Mary Daley 474-8773
    Summer Institutes for Teachers of Mathematics and Science CIS John Svendsen summerinst@mail.nysed.gov
    Superintendent's Conference Days OMS Andrea Hyary 473-8364
    Supplemental Education Services -
                        Upstate
                        NYC
    SICS-NYC  
    474-5283
    Suspension/Discipline (Student) SICS-R Carl Friedman
    Cheryl O'hanesian
    486-6090
    System of Accountability for Student Success (SASS) SICS-NYC Ira Schwartz 718-722-2796
    T.
    Targeted Prekindergarten
     

    SICS-NYC

    Doris Hill-Wyley

     

    474-5807

    Teacher Centers SICS-R   473-1234
    Teacher Professional Development SICS-R   473-7155
    Tech Prep Education CIS Bernard McInerney 486-1547
    Technology Education CIS Philip Dettelis 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Technology in Schools CIS Teh-Yuan Wan 486-1547
    Test Administration SAR Steven Katz 474-5099
    Test Development SAR Steven Katz 474-5900
    Theater Arts Education CIS Edward Marschilok 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    Title I, Parts A & D (NCLB)
      Upstate
      NYC

    SICS-NYC
    SICS-NYC

    Roberto Reyes
    Sandra Norfleet

    473-0295
    718-722-2636
    Title I, Part B (NCLB) - Reading First SICS-NYC Susan Megna 474-5807
    Title I, Part B (NCLB) - Even Start SICS-NYC Dee Dwyer 474-5807
    Title I, Part C (NCLB) - Migrant Education SICS-NYC Robert Lutringer 473-0295
    Title II, Part A (NCLB) - Improving Teacher Quality SICS-R   473-7155
    Title II, Part B (NCLB) - Mathematics Science Partnership CIS Anne Schiano 474-5922 or emscmsp@mail.nysed.gov
    Title IV, Part A (NCLB) - Safe and Drug Free Schools SICS-R Greg Bayduss 486-6090
    Title IV, Part B (NCLB) - 21st Century SICS-R John Soja 486-6090
    Title III (NCLB) - Bilingual Education CIS Pedro Ruiz 474-8775
    Title VI (NCLB) - Rural Education Achievement SICS-R Ivelisse Rivera 473-7155
    Trade, Industrial and Technical Education CIS Cheryl Winstel 486-1547
    Transportation (School Bus) SOMS Marion Edick 474-6541
    U.
    Universal Prekindergarten Program
     

    SICS-NYC

     

    Ruth Singer

     

    474-5807

    V.
    Variances/Administration under Part 100
     

    SISC-R

     

    Mark Barth

     

    486-6090

    Variances/Innovative Waivers to Part 200 of Commissioner's Regulations VESID Eileen Borden 473-1185
    Variances to Part 175 of Commissioner's Regulations OMS                     474-2977
    Veterans' High School Diplomas – Operation Recognition CIS Steve Mink 474-8940
    Violence Prevention in Schools SICS-R   486-6090
    Visual Arts Education CIS Leslie Yolen 474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov
    W.
    Welfare-to-Work / EDGE
     

    CIS

     

    Patricia O'Neil

     

    474-8940

    Work Experience Programs CIS Tony Schilling 486-1547
    Workforce Development CIS Tom Orsini 474-8940
    Working Papers (Student Employment Certification) SICS-R Carl Friedman 486-6090
    Workplace Literacy CIS Tom Orsini 474-8940
    Y.
    Yavner Awards
     

    CIS

     

    Larry Paska

     474-5922 or emscurric@mail.nysed.gov

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Management Office Titles:

    CIS - Curriculum & Instructional Support SICS-NYC - School Improvement & Community Services-NYC
    DC - Office of the Deputy Commissioner SICS-R -School Improvement & Community Services - Regional
    HE - Office of Higher Education SOMS - School Operations & Management Services
    SAR - Standards, Assessment and Reporting VESID - Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
    OMS -  Office of Management Services
     

    *(All in 518 area code unless otherwise indicated).

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    Program Area Titles:

    CIS - Curriculum & Instructional Support SICS-NYC - School Improvement & Community Services - NYC
    DC - Office of the Deputy Commissioner SICS-R -School Improvement & Community Services - Regional
    HE - Office of Higher Education SOMS - School Operations & Management Services
    SAR - Standards, Assessment and Reporting VESID - Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
    OMS -  Office of Management Services

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