Faculty Biography
Vitals:
Name: JoAnne Ferrara
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Education
Building: Reid
Room: ELI 16
Phone: (914) 323-5180
Email: ferraraj@mville.edu
Degrees:
Ed.D Educational Leadership
P D. Administration and Supervision
M. S. Literacy
B.S. Elementary/Special Education
Dr. JoAnne Ferrara is the chair of Curriculum and Instruction at Manhattanville College. She has served as an elementary school teacher in both general and special education settings. In addition to her classroom experience, she spent several years as a school administrator in the New York City Department of Education.
As a result of her work in classrooms with new and veteran teachers, she brought a new vision for field-based teacher education to Manhattanville College. In this model, teacher candidates work in both elementary and secondary schools alongside their professors and classroom teachers to develop pedagogical skills and enhance content knowledge.
In 2002 she founded the School of Education’s first Professional Development School Partnership with a local elementary school in Westchester County. She strongly believes in the power of school/university partnership to bridge the gap between theory and practice by providing teacher education candidates with authentic experiences in classrooms. Dr. Ferrara presents regularly at state and national conferences, her research interests include professional development schools, “whole child education, community schools, and new teacher induction.
Recently published:
Ferrara, J., Santiago, E., & Siry, C. (2008). Preparing teachers to serve diverse learners: A PDS / full-service community school model. In I. Guadarrama, J. Ramsey, & J. Nath (Eds.), Professional Development Schools Research, Volume 3 (pp.151-161). Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.
Santiago, E., Ferrara, J. & Blank, M. (2008). A full-service school fulfills its promise. Educational Leadership, 65 (7), 44-47.
Ferrara, J, & Santiago, E. (2007). Crossroads: Where community meets character in the pursuit of academic excellence. The Journal of Research in Character Education, 5 (1), 95-101.
Ferrara, J. & Siry, C. (2007). Preservice teachers and classroom teachers learning together: A collaborative teacher education program. Excelsior: Leadership in teaching and learning, 1, (2), 39-48.
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