Carol B. Choye, Ed.D.
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606 Marten Road                                                             Bank Street College of Education
Princeton, NJ 08540                                                  New York, New York, 10025-1898

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Educational Background

University of San Francisco, Ed.D., Organization and Leadership

University of California, Berkeley, California, M.A., Curriculum

University of California, Berkeley, California, B.S. Child Development

Consulting Experiences

2005 -- 2009    School Leadership, LLC – Superintendent Searches

                                    Garden City, NY; Roslyn, NY; Bedford, NY;

Ridgewood, NJ;  Summit, NJ; Tenafly, NJ

2007 – 2008    Pennsylvania Superintendents from Lehigh University

2004 & 2007    Hazard, Young & Attea, LLC – Superintendent Searches

                                    Richmond Ca., San Francisco, Ca.

2006 – 2008    NE Consortium of Superintendents, Advanced Leadership Series

                                      New Jersey Superintendents, Bank Street Graduate School of Education

                        Teachers College, Columbia University

                                    Superintendents Leadership Institute:  New and Advanced

                                    Leadership Seminar

Summary of Administrative and Teaching Experiences

2006 – 2009    Bank Street College Graduate School of Education, NY, NY

                        Graduate Faculty Instructor and Advisor

1993 – 2006    Superintendent, Scotch Plains—Fanwood Public Schools, NJ (PreK-12)

1986 -- 1993    Superintendent, Princeton Regional Schools (K-12)

1983 – 1986    Associate Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District, Ca. (PreK-12)

1980—1983    Coordinator for Curriculum, SFUSD

1977 – 1980    Superintendent for Area I, SFUSD

1974 – 1977    Principal, Lakeshore Elementary School, SFUSD (K-3 to K-5)

1969 – 1974    Assistant Principal, Sherman School, SFUSD (Grades 4-6)

1969 – 1970    Administrator in charge of all summer schools, SFUSD (K-12)

1960 – 1969    Teacher, Sherman Elementary School, SFUSD (K-6)

Summary of Professional Activities

National Boards and Committees

National Principals Initiative, University of Pittsburgh

            Planning Committee, 2002-2006

Institute for Educational Leadership, Seton Hall University

            (Cohorts I, VII & VIII) 1999, 2004-2006

The Academy for Teaching and Leadership

            Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

            Board of Directors:  National Executive Development Center, 1989-1991

            Federal Legislation and Policy Committee, 2002-2003

            Women’s Administrators Committee, 1997-1999, Chairperson, 1999

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

            Steering Committee, Global/International Education, 1989-1991

            Chairperson, National Convention General Arrangements, 1986

Chinese for Affirmative Action

            Board of Trustees, 1981 – 1988

Community Training and Assistance Center (CTAC)

            Steering Committee, Leadership of School Reform, 1989 – Present

            Board of Trustees, 1994 – Present

            Chairperson, 1999 – Present

Educational Records Bureau (ERB)

            Board of Trustees, 1992-1994

McGraw Hill Blue Ribbon Panel of Educational Leaders, 1985-1988

            Urban Superintendents Advisory Committee, 1988-1989

National Association for Secondary School Principals (NASSP)

            Advisory Board, Superintendents Assessment Center, 1992-1995

            (In collaboration with AASA)

National Faculty

            Board of Trustees, 1990 – 2000; Program Committee

Office of the President-Elect Clinton and Vice President-Elect Gore, 1992

            Council of Advisors on Education to the Education Transition Team

Other National Memberships and Activities

Alpha Delta Kappa, 1964-1994; Chapter President and Bay Area Council President

American Educational Research Association, 2008-Present

American School Board Journal: Selection panel for “Learning Bank,” A special report on innovative curriculum programs, 1988

Harvard University Superintendents Seminar, 1987-1989; 1991; 1994-1998

Horace Mann League of America, Board of Trustees, 2006 – Present

Interactive Advisory Board, 2000-2001

National Center for Education Research and Technology, 2001

National Superintendents Roundtable and Steering Committee, 2006-Present

Public Schools for Tomorrow, Steering Committee, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006 – Present

Suburban School Superintendents, 1992-Present; Northeast Regional Screening Committee, 2003-2006

Sylvan Learning Advisory Board, 2001

Superintendents Work Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University 1999-2006

The Danforth Foundation Forum for the American School Superintendent, 1997-2002

Tri-State Consortium, 1997-1998

University Collaboration of Educational Administration, Panel of Urban Superintendents, 1992

Vanderbilt University Superintendents Seminar, 1988

New Jersey Professional Activities

Member, New Jersey Governor Whitman’s Education Task Force on School Finance, 1994

Moderator, New Jersey Governor’s 1989 International Education Conference

Member, New Jersey Association of School Administrators, 1986 – Present

New Jersey Partners in Education, 1986 First Vice President

Mercer County Superintendents Roundtable 1986-1993; Chairperson, 1989-1990

Union County Superintendents Roundtable Treasurer, 2003-2004, Vice Chairperson 2004-2005

Testimony, New Jersey State Legislature, Quality Education Act, 1990

Testimony, Governor’s Quality Education Commission, 1991

Member, Garden State Coalition of Schools, Board of Trustees, 1994-2006

Union County Professional Development Representative, 2000-2001

Community Service

Give Kids the World, Kissimmee, Florida, 2008 – Present, volunteer

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Ministerium, 1993-2007

Fanwood Public Library Board of Trustees, 2004-2006

Princeton Public Library, Board of Directors, 1986 – 1993

Member, Intergovernmental Drug Control Commission, 1986-1993

The Rotary Club of Princeton, 1987-1993

            Board of Directors, 1989-1991

            Rotary Foundation, 1988 – 1993; Chairperson 1990-1993

            Chairperson, Community Service, 1989-1991

Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club, 1994-2005

             DeLeeuw Scholarship Committee, 1996-2005

Future Business Leaders of America, Linking Leaders Program, 1994-2006

Chinese for Affirmative Action, Board of Directors, 19800-1986

Chinatown (San Francisco) YWCA

            Chairperson, 1980-1982; Board of Trustees, 1974-1986

San Francisco YWCA, Board of Trustees, 1980-1986

            Chairperson, Personnel Committee, 1980-1982

Honors and Awards

Elected Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley, Ca. 1960

Selected by Executive Educator as one of the “100 Top Executive Educators in North America,” 1987, 1990

Selected by the Princeton YWCA for the TWINS (Tribute to Women and Industry) Award. 1990

Selected by the Educational Media Association of New Jersey (EMA) as Administrator of the Year, 1997

Selected by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA) as New Jersey Superintendent of the Year, 1998

Selected by AASA as one of the four finalists for National Superintendent of the Year, 1998

Honored by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education by the naming of the High School

Media Center as the Carol B. Choye Media Center