Lawrence Family Development Charter School

Lawrence Family Development Charter School

LFDCS met the 100% highly qualified teacher mandate required by the federal No Child Left Behind act for our school and district including teacher qualifications in December of 2006. Subsequent staff turnover and deletion of the HOUSSE rules for meeting highly qualified teacher status have resulted in 2 teachers awaiting DOE testing dates to meet the requirement. The following staff directory highlights teacher qualifications at LFDCS.

Administration- Administrative Support Staff - Specialists
K1 Program - Lower School - Upper School

Administration
Ralph Carrero	Director/Superintendent
Connie Tarsook	Principal
Susan Burgett	Special Education Director/ Head of the K1 Program
Stephanie Cole	Head of the Upper School / Title 1 Coordinator
Katherine Allen	Head of the Lower School / Reading Director
Shari Dennis-Belding	Head of Academic Enrichment
Chris Bartlett	Technology / Website Manager
Roy Nelson	Comptroller

Administrative Support Staff
Admin. Assistant (Director)	Susan Lyons
Admin. Assistant (Principal)	Jamie Wu
Director of Development	Peter Kamberelis
Parent Liason	Zori Davidovich
Receptionist/Secretary
Upper School	Nydia Rodriguez
Lower School	Maria Guilfu

Specialists
ESL Coordinator	Sonia Miller Certification: ELE Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 4 Years at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Yes
Art Teacher	Kristen Twigg Certification: 1-6;Art K-8 Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 3 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Music Teacher	Susan Lynch Certification: Music K-12 Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 5 Years at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Yes
Upper School Guidance/ Integration Specialist	Judy Ellis Certification: N Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 6 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: N/A
Student & Family Support Councilor	Miriam Hernandez
High School Placement	Dan Rorke
Physical Education	Israel Franco

Title 1
Math
Grades 5-6	Donna Carbone Certification: 5-8 Math Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 9 Years at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Yes
Grades 7-8	Souad Halloul Certification: 5-8 Math Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 6 Years at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Yes
Reading/Writing
Lower School	Cecilia Vosland Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 3 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Upper School	Laurie Medreck
Special Education
	Janis Brodeur Certification: 1-6; 5-12 SPED Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 5 Years at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Yes
	Nick Austin
	Lisa Conran Certification: 1-6 SPED Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 19 Years at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Yes

K1 Program
Grade K1	Colleen Taylor
Grade K1	Renee Schneider
Grade K1	Erica Crescenzo Certification: Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 2 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade K1	Jessica Sullivan

Lower School
Grade K2	Claribel Melendez Certification: N Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 18 Years at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade K2	Shannon Murray Certification: ECE Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 3 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade K2	Belkys Sosa

Grade 1	Jacqueline McCord
Grade 1	Kim Thorburn Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 1 Years at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 1	Elaine Fuller Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 3 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
	Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 4 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 2	April Hartling Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 2 Years at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 2	Lisana Dore Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 7 Years at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 2	Erin Rourke

Grade 3	Suzanne Grant
Grade 3	Vikki Bouqaraa
Grade 3	Christine Neira

Grade 4	Meghan Schena
Grade 4	Karen DeLaplante
Grade 4	Shannon Michalczyk

Spanish
Grades K1-K2, 1 & 2	Marta Rentas Certification: Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 5 Years at LFDCS: 11 Highly qualified: Yes
Grades 3-4	Maria Figuereo

Upper School
Grade 5	Kelly Saur
Grade 5	Greg Sager Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 2 Years at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 5	Amy Conklin

Grade 6	Jamie Paolino
Grade 6	Kate Mooney Certification: 1-6 Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 4 Years at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 6	Kim Santigati
Grade 5-6 Science	Stephanie Cross

Grade 8 ELA	Margaret Dumont Certification: Y Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 5 Years at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 7 ELA	Noel Smyth Certification: 5-8 Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 2 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 8 Math	Jen Sylvester Certification: Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 12 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: N
Grade 7 Math	Sudha Dharmaraj Certification: 5-8 Math Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 6 Years at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 7 Science	Han Cho
Grade 8 Science	Jay Kelly Certification: 5-8 Science; English Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 2 Years at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 7-8 Social Studies	Niki Briani-Karipis Certification: Soc Stud Bachelors Degree: Yes Masters Degree: Yes Years teaching: 1 Years at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Yes

Spanish
Grade 5-6	Tomasa Cruz Certification: Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 9 Years at LFDCS: 9 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 8	Rudy Jaime Certification: Bachelors Degree: Yes Years teaching: 8 Years at LFDCS: 8 Highly qualified: Yes
Grade 7	Christian Vargas