NYSTEA Advisory Council

Purpose of The NYSTEA Advisory Council

1. The Advisory Council provides the NYSTEA with recommendations, direction, expertise, and support but does not set policy.
2. Recommends ways to resolve any discrepancies between programs and philosophies of technology education and current industrial/technological practices.
3. Reviews / recommends content direction and student survey topics to improve the relevancy and validity of technology education.
4. Suggest methods and strategies for improving the public's perception and understanding of technology education.
5. Assist in the cooperation between and among industry, higher education, secondary education, The N.Y.S. Board of Regents, State Education Department, local school boards, fields of engineering and engineering technology, politicians, areas of business. technology education related vendors, etc...

Recent Advisory Council Recommendations:

• Create and administer a middle school student survey
• Create and administer a high school student survey
• Improve the student surveys wherever possible and administer them on an ongoing basis
• Develop a sub-committee to determine how to promote diversity in technology education
• Pursue a NYSTEA Corporate Membership initiative
• Write a position paper supporting T.E. instruction in NYS

N.Y.S. Technology Education Association
Advisory Council Membership 2008-2009

Philip Gaines, Chairperson
Department of Technology at SUNY Oswego

Charles Goodwin, Chairperson
Advisory Council N.Y.S. Technology Education Association

Clark Greene, Chairperson
Department of Technology at Buffalo State

Chris Aguirre – Principal
New York City Schools

David Arnone NYSTEA Past President
CTE Chair – Shaker Central Schools

Dr. Stanley H. Barrett – Education Consultant

Judith Belt – Assistant Professor
SUNY Oswego – Technology Education

Richard Blais, Executive Director
Project Lead The Way

Robert Bundy – Superintendent of Schools
Chenango Forks Central Schools

Dr. David Burghardt, Hofstra University
Center for Technological Literacy

Craig Clark - Interim Pres. for Academic Affairs
Alfred State

Philip Dettelis - Technology Ed. Associate
N.Y.S. Education Department

Patricia Elko,
School of Mathematics and Computer Science at SUNY Morrisville College

Mike Hacker, Hofstra University
Center For Technological Literacy

Robert Hazen, Past President
Association of Math Teachers of N.Y.S.

Diana Jensen Dooling – N.Y.S. Director
Project Lead The Way

Robert Lasch,
Program Coordinator Applied Technologies at Monroe Community College

Kelli Ligeikis - Acting Dean - Division of STEM
Broome Community College

Dr. Steven Macho – Assistant Professor
Buffalo State

Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso – ELA-TACNY
Master Teacher, Syracuse, New York

Terry McSweeney,
Research and Education Services N.Y.S. United Teachers

Dr. Melvyn Morris,
Educational Programs Administrator, Brookhaven National Labs

Kelly Norris, Executive Director
N.Y.S. Society of Professional Engineers

Neil Payne, Consultant-Plastics/Elastomers
Glenn Associates

Dr. Travis Plowman – Associate Professor,
Technology Education-College of St. Rose-Albany

Vivian Pokrzyk - Immed. Past President
Science Teachers Association of N.Y.S. (STANYS)

Frank Roma - President - Broome Chapter
N.Y.S. Society of Professional Engrs.

Dr. Lester Rubenfeld – Professor -Mathematics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Katherine Schadewald – Director
NYS Center for Career and Technical Education

Susan Sherwood – Director
Center For Technology & Innovation- Binghamton

Jan Stark – 2008-09 President
NYS Technology Education Association

Eric F. Suhr, Career & Technical Ed. Bureau Chief
N.Y.S. Education Department

Juliana Thamboo
CTE Resourse Center - Math Specialist

Mike Thurlow Past President
N.Y.S Technology Education Association

Theresa Tuers – Associate Project Manager
NYS Energy Research & Development Authority

Dr. Ron Todd, Professor of Technological Studies
College of New Jersey

Thomas White – Director of Technology
Project Lead The Way

Dr. Mychael Willon, Network Leader
New York City Schools

Joseph Zahra - Educational Consultant
RJT Educational Associates

Edward Zak – Past President
N.Y.S. Technology Education Association

NYSTEA Advisory Council History: