Professional Development

SCOPE is an approved sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE).

Professional Development Courses

At SCOPE Education Services, we understand the unique challenges you face as an educator. We have developed courses (ranging from engaging students in emerging technologies to working with students who have disabilities) that will aid you in tackling these challenges.

To find out more about our current face-to-face and online courses for educators, follow our links below.

Note: For educators in our member districts (Nassau County, NY and Suffolk County, NY), we offer discount prices on our courses. For all educators, we recommend that you create an account when you register for your first course or courses.

Welcome to SCOPE Education Services’ online registration site. We encourage you to set up an account for ease of future transactions.

Fall 2024

To view SCOPE’s Professional Development Fall 2024 course catalog CLICK HERE

To view SCOPE’s Online Inservice Course Standards CLICK HERE

SCOPE offers discounted Professional Development course tuition fees for employees of our member districts.

• Click Here for a list of Member Districts

If the district that you work for is a member of SCOPE, be sure to choose the member rate when registering. In order to complete the registration, SCOPE reserves the right to process the additional fee on your credit card if a member rate is selected in error.

Follow the links listed below to register for Online Courses:

Stony Brook/Suffolk County School Superintendents Association/SCOPE Cohort

SCOPE Education Services in partnership with the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association (SCSSA) and Stony Brook University have a partnership to prepare the future leaders of Suffolk County School Districts.  Here is the link to the program description and course requirements:

https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/spd/edleadership/academics/program.php

Here is the link to the course descriptions:

https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/spd/edleadership/academics/courses.php 

Candidates for this program need to meet the following admission requirements:

• Master’s degree. Your official transcript must indicate the conferral of a master’s degree, with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
• New York State Permanent or Professional Teaching Certification, plus three years of full-time teaching, administrative, supervisory, or pupil personnel service experience, excluding civil service.
• Two letters of recommendation. Two recommendation letters from school supervisory personnel or administrators who have a thorough knowledge of whether you have the temperament and disposition to become an effective leader.  One of the two recommendation letters needs to be from a Suffolk County School Superintendent.
• Personal statement. All applicants must submit a  750-1000 word personal statement that should be a reflection of your ability to approach graduate-level work successfully, using creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research.

Those interested in receiving notifications on the next informational meeting for a Fall 2025 cohort should complete the following form by clicking here.

Certifications

SCOPE provides New York State certification training programs in child abuse ID and reporting, DASA (Dignity for All Students Act) and violence prevention for educators and other professionals who seek these credentials. School should be a safe space for students. Informed and trained teachers and teaching assistants can help transform schools into these safe spaces. 

Below are upcoming dates for each certification:

Parent Workshops

Our parent workshops are designed for parent organizations in a one-hour format. Parent topics include the following: Cyber-Safety; Bullying; Resiliency; Over-Indulgence; Protecting Children from Abduction/Sexual Abuse; Raising Socially Successful Children; and Understanding Early Adolescence

Professional Staff Programs

Professional staff programs are designed for the 45 minute to one-hour faculty meeting format. Topics can be expanded for in-service training. Many of these programs answer the Project SAVE mandate to provide violence pprevention in-service training to staff.

Professional staff topics include the following: Sexual Harassment; Child Abuse and Neglect; Bullying; Relational Aggression; Early Adolescence; Resiliency; Classroom Management; Early Warning Signs; Personal Safety; and Abduction Prevention Education

*Staff programs and Parent Workshops available upon request.

Student Workshops

The student workshops are age-appropriate and available for students in Grades K-12. The programs are designed to answer one or more of the following SED mandates:

• Project SAVE – Instruction in Civility, Citizenship and Character Education; and Interpersonal Violence Prevention
• Abduction Prevention K-8 (1996)
• Personal Safety Education K-6 (Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse) (1984)

Student topics include the following: Tolerance; Friendship; Personal Safety; Anger Management; Manners; Bullying; Relational Aggression; Conflict Solving; Empathy; Cyber-Safety; and Sexual Harassment.

*For further information, contact: Mike O’Brien at (631) 881-9622

BIOS

Anthony Auciello – scopeauciello@aol.com

Anthony Auciello has taught integrated co-teaching, applied behavior analysis classes, as well as self-contained classes in Valley Stream District #30.  He is certified in general education, special education and earned an M.A. in Reading and Literacy from LI University.  Mr. Auciello completed coursework in Educational Administration through Stony Brook University.

Lindsay Audiino – lindsayaudiino@gmail.com

Lindsay Audiino is a high school English and Special Education teacher on Long Island.  Her experience ranges from middle school, high school, AP Language and Composition, inclusion settings, resource labs and self-contained.  Since starting her career 13 years ago, Lindsay has built a wide variety of connections with phenomenal educators throughout the country, and is part of several “ambassador communities” and “coaching teams” for technology tools that are utilized in the classroom.

David Bernard – davidbernard@davidbernard.com

David has gained recognition for his dramatic and incisive conducting in the US and in over 20 countries on four continents.  He serves as Music Director of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and the Massapequa Philharmonic.    

Joseph Bienz – jbienzscope@gmail.com

Joseph has a MA in Secondary Education and a post Master’s degree in Educational Administration.  He has over 20 years of experience and has been teaching Social Studies in the Comsewogue School District since 2002.  Joseph has also been teaching inservice courses for SCOPE since 2003.

Brianna Burghard – bburghard26@gmail.com

Brianna has been a Registered Dietitian for 15 years. For the past 8.5 years I have been working as a Pediatric Dietitian at a Children’s Hospital on Long Island. In addition to providing direct patient care to patients with various disease states, including obesity. Brianna also takes part in research pertaining to childhood obesity.

Francesca Cavallaro Reardon – fncavallaro@gmail.com

Francesca has been working as a Guidance Counselor for the past ten years.  She loves working with students and is often confronted with the much difficult task of getting unmotivated students to produce work and to become engaged.  A college/career focus can result in a drastic change in their attitude and approach to school work.

Deirdre Cerrito – deirdrecerrito@yahoo.com

Deirdre has been a middle school and high school English teacher in North Babylon since 1995.  She graduated manga cum laude from Queens College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Science in English and Secondary Education.  She has been an inservice course instructor since 2005.  She has been trained extensively in the Common Core, written curriculum, trained her colleagues building wide and been a new teacher mentor.  She is committed to providing high quality inservice classes with research-based tasks and Common Core aligned materials.

Jill Cohen – Jilly119@gmail.com

Jill has been an educator in the West Hempstead UFSD for 30 years.  She began her career as a classroom teacher with experience in grades K – 4 grades.  In 2014, she became a Math AIS teacher.  Currently she is the Math AIS teacher for grades 4 – 6.  In 2014-15 she was fortunate to be a recipient of a NYS STLE (Strengthening Teacher Leader Effectiveness) Teacher Leader Grant.  She is currently a member of her district’s APPR Committee, as well as, the RTI Committee.

Linda Cohen – lhardmancohen@gmail.com

Linda is a Speech Language Pathologist with 32 years’ experience in the field.  She graduated Adelphi University with a Bachelor’s of Science in speech Pathology and Audiology and a Master’s of Science in Speech Pathology.  She holds a certificate of Clinical Competence and NYS private practice license.  She has been working in the Bayport/Blue Point School District for over 30 years.  She has worked in various facilities on LI in summer programs as well as Private practice work.  She is a trained Mentor for new teachers and student teachers in her school district.

Jill D’Aleo – jilldaleo@gmail.com

Jill, a graduate of Stony Brook University, has been a high school English teacher at Kings Park High School for 26 years. She has taught regents, honors, Advanced Placement and inclusion level classes, and is currently involved with the Capstone Program.  Jill is also the Lead Teacher of the High School English Department.

Emily Eich – eeich@emoschools.org

Emily is the Professional Development Coordinator for the East Moriches School District and a library media specialist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Colorado, a Master’s degree in Library Media Sciences from Long Island University, and a second master’s degree from the University at Stony Brook in Educational Technology and Computing. She is a Regents Ambassador and attends all the Network Team Institutes hosted by the New York State Education Department.

Kysten Ellison – Kysten@aol.com

Kysten has been a health educator for over a decade.  She obtained a BS in Community Health and Human Services, a certificate in counseling specializing in both nutrition and drug/alcohol addiction, and a MS in Special Education.  Ms. Ellison is a certified health educator K-12.  She currently teaches health on the middle school and high school level in the Middle Country School District and facilitates many health related courses on the graduate level.  Ms. Ellison is also a trainer for educators on the prevention of violence and sexual bullying in youth, and is an Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University in the Health Technology and Management Department in the School of Health Professions.

Richard Faber – fabes888@gmail.com

Richard has been teaching at Syosset HS for the past 26 years.  He obtained his BS in Physical Education and Health Certification from Ithaca College.  His Masters and School District Administration certificates is from Stony Brook University.  Richard is also a certified Driver Education Instructor and he has been the Coordinator of Driver and Traffic Safety at Syosset since 1999.  Richard teaches Peer Leadership at Syosset and he also teaches wellness classes.  He has trained numerous teachers in Peer Mediation and Conflict Resolution and he has presented workshops on Character Education, Conflict Resolution, Student Engagement, to name a few across LI.  Richard is no stranger to teacher education; he has been teaching inservice and graduate classes for the past 15 years.  He looks forward to continue educating teachers in all different types of courses he offers.

Debbi Frechtman – deb5474@aol.com

Debbie is a retired elementary school teacher. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s Degree in Special Education. She has 30 years teaching experience that has included resource room, self-contained and elementary education. 

Jean Galima – jeangalima@yahoo.com

Jean, a retired Sayville Middle School teacher of Communication Skills, English, and Gifted Facilitator/teacher, also taught primary grades and high school, as well as professional development courses.  As an Islip Spotlight Teacher, Above and Beyond Teacher, and Dowling Educator of the Month, her mottos are, “What we learn with pleasure, we seldom forget,” and “All children are gifted; they just open their packages at different times!”  She always looks forward to sharing resources and ideas.

Kristina Giannetti – kgiannettiscope@gmail.com

Kristina is a Speech Language Pathologist specializing in receptive/expressive language disorders, augmentative and alternative communication, and speech disorders.  She has experience working with populations across the lifespan.  Currently, she works with elementary aged students in the school setting. 

Jaclyn Graham – jgraham.scope@gmail.com

Jaclyn is a reading specialist in the Baldwin School District. She has a BS in Childhood Education from SUNY Cortland and an MS in Literacy from Dowling College. She most recently received her administrative degree from Stony Brook University. Additional certifications include Early Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities. She has presented literacy-based workshops and taught several in-service courses. She looks forward to sharing ideas with other colleagues.

Tracey Hanes – traceyhanes28@gmail.com

Tracey is a 7^th grade ELA teacher at Mineola Middle school.  She works in a co-teach and general education setting.  She is passionate about fostering a love for reading in her students.  Tracey graduated with her Bachelor’s in English and Master’s in Education from Quinnipiac University.

Kristina Holzweiss – lieberrian@yahoo.com 

Kristina A. Holzweiss is an educator with more than 25 years of experience.  She began her career as a 7th grade English teacher, and then spent 14 years as a middle school librarian.  Presently, she is the high school educational technology enrichment specialist at Syosset High School. Kristina shares ideas and resources about her school library and makerspaces on her website bunheadwithducttape.com. Kristina was named the School Library Journal Librarian of the Year in 2015, a National School Board 2016 – 2017 “20 to Watch” emerging education technology leader, and a 2018 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. She is also the winner of the 2015 NYSCATE Lee Bryant Outstanding Teacher Award and 2015 Long Island Technology Summit Fred Podolski Leadership and Innovation Award.  Kristina is an international speaker on the libraries and the Maker Movement, and has presented at conferences including ISTE, AASL, ALA, and NYSCATE. In 2016 she was invited to represent Long Island, NY in Washington, D.C. during the National Week of Making.

Vincenzo La Ruina – vincenzolaruina@gmail.com

Vincenzo is a fifth grade teacher at Gardiner Manor School in Bay Shore.  He received his MA from Queens College in Elementary Education and his BA from SUNY Genesseo in Psychology with Elementary Education Certification.  He has taught online classes for Creative Teacher Education Institute and Brooklyn Brainery.

Melissa Lubomski – mlubomski.SCOPE@gmail.com

Melissa is a lifelong educator, teaching social studies at the Woodmere Middle School in Hewlett for almost three decades.  She is a technology Integration Lead Teacher, a member of the District-wide Technology Committee and a professional development presenter.  Melissa holds a BS in Education and an MS as a Reading Specialist from St. John’s University.  Her passion for technology combined with the desire to help other professionals advance their careers has brought her to SCOPE.

Patricia Magilligan – magilliganp@gmail.com

Patricia celebrated her 27^th year of literacy instruction last year.  She is currently a Literacy Specialist in the Baldwin School District.  She has a BS in Elementary Education from Adelphi University, a MS in Reading Specialization from St. Johns University, and is in the process of completing her administrative degree from Stony Brook University.  Mrs. Magilligan has conducted school and district wide professional development in the area of Balanced Literacy.  She looks forward to collaborating with teachers with many different perspectives and experiences.

Gayle Meinkes-Lumia – gmeinkeslumia@bufsd.org

Gayle has been teaching English at the Brentwood School District for 25 years and has instructed Bilingual parent workshops at the district level.  She is a master teacher who is heavily involved in student success and teacher education.  Gayle was the English Language Arts Staff Developer at Brentwood for two years, where she created innovative lessons and disseminated information to faculty and students.  She has taught classes at LIIPS and the Brentwood Teacher Center for fifteen years.  Gayle has developed lectures for the Suffolk Reading Council, written articles for the “Social Studies Docket”, and was  awarded ”New York State Educator of Excellence” in 2000.  Last year, Gayle was honored as “Teacher of the Year” for the Brentwood School District.

Amy Miller – amillerteach10@gmail.com

Amy Miller has taught 6^th grade English for 19 years at Bay Shore Middle School and is now the Library Media Specialist of the middle school.  Over the years, Amy  has taught professional development classes, for teachers, in the area of mindfulness and fitness.

Maureen O’Brien –  mobrien16@hotmail.com

Maureen began teaching in 1997 as a Speech Pathologist in the Kings Park School District.  She then taught 6^th grade Inclusion for five years.  Maureen became a Certified Academic Language Therapist in 2005 and a Literacy Specialist in 2010.  She has been teaching students with dyslexia to read in grades 4 – 12 using the Orton Gillingham Methodology in the Kings Park School District since 2005.

Danielle Pallatto – dpallattoscope@gmail.com

Danielle has been teaching at the elementary level for 9 years.  She earned her undergraduate and dual masters degrees at Molloy College.  She has certifications in both general and special education from birth through grade 6.  She has also taught educational technology classes at Molloy.

Andrew Paskal – apaskal@juno.com

Andrew teaches in elementary education at the Plainview Old Bethpage School District. He is certified in elementary education, literacy, and educational technology.

Dr. Peter A Pece – doctorpece@icloud.com

Peter received his doctorate in the field of Neuromusicology where he examined issues involved in how the brain processes music, memory and language, and what the effects of brain trauma has upon these processes.  Dr. Pece retired from public school teaching after 37 years but remains involved as an adjunct at Stony Brook University where he lectures on such diverse topics as music and neurologic function, educational methods and the early adolescent, and guides teachers and administrators in the construction and the writing of their graduate thesis. Peter recently musically directed and conducted “Beauty and the Beast” and “My Fair Lady” at Gateway Playhouse with Broadway’s Jennifer Hope Wills. Also at Gateway, Peter was pianist/musical director for “The Rat Pack is Back” where he performed with “The Black Tie Affair Swing Orchestra” and the Rat Pack impersonators from Las Vegas. Peter has performed at Lincoln Center as well as having arranged and performed musical revues for former President Bush (41) and former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He has been the musical director of Gateway Playhouses Children’s Theatre since 1993, where he musically directed over 30 productions. Peter is the musical director and musical arranger for “Courting the Jester: A Salute to Danny Kaye” and “That’s Amore” A Musical Salute to the Composer Harry Warren which have been performed in the tri-state area since 2001. 

Marina Poulis – mpoulis100@gmail.com

Marina Poulis has been teaching foreign language for 21 years at both, the middle and high school levels.  She has been at the East Islip School district since 1999.  Her participation in five study abroad programs has given her perspective and awareness into different cultures and people.  She earned her BA in French and Sociology from Binghamton University and an MAT in French from Stony Brook University.  She is also certified to teach Spanish.

Sue Presberg – spresberg@gmail.com

Sue has been teaching art, photography and digital media for 35 years; half her career in NYC and presently at Long Beach High School.  She was the advisor to the school’s art club and yearbook, and initiated the National Art Honor Society at the school.  She has taught countless in-service courses for Long Beach School District, Long Beach Teacher Center, Art Supervisors Association & Dellacave Institute.

Brittany Reilly – brittany.a.reilly@gmail.com

Brittany is a speech language pathogogist with over 10 years experience.  She is a doctoral candidate pursuing her Ed.D in Leadership and Innovation.  Her interests are in systems thinking and cognition

Alissa Rosenberg – arosenbergteachesu@gmail.com

Alissa has been a licenced Speech-Language Pathologist since 1997, and has been in the field since 1994.  Currently, she works in the Harborfields school district with middle school and high school students. However, over the course of her career, she has worked with children ages 2-21 years old. Recently, her focus has been on the remeditation of students with high functioning autism and Asperger’s syndrome. During Februray, 2009, Alissa had the privilage of mentoring with Michele Garcia Winner at her Social Thinking clinic in California. 

Michelle Rosensoff – mrosenoff43@gmail.com

Michelle has been teaching at Syosset High School for 25 years.   She earned her bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oneonta and her Master of Science in Health Education from Adelphi University.  Michelle teaches an esteemed Peer Leadership program at Syosset, community service class and the mandated health education class to 11th graders.  Additionally, Michelle has been teaching professional development classes since 2015.

Christina Sciarrotto – cmes724@yahoo.com

Christina currently teaches first grade in New Hyde Park.  She has Masters’ Degrees in Literacy and Administration.  In 2013, Christina was the recipient of SCOPE’s Shine Above the Rest Teacher Service Award.  She is Level 1 and Level 2 Google Certified Educator. 

Michael Sims – simsm@harborfieldscsd.org

Michael has been a classroom teacher for 23 years.  He has also serves as an instructor providing professional development, graduate courses and workshops for several institutions.  These include:  SCOPE, Teacher Education Institute, and Dellacave Educational Institute.  Michael also serves as a coordinator for new teachers in his school district and regularly works with local universities as a cooperating teacher.

Janine Simpson – Janine.crosby@yahoo.com

Janine is a Social Worker in the Kings Park School District.  Prior to working in education, Janine worked in foster care, inpatient psychiatric settings, and intensive home/community based services.  In all of these settings, Janine has worked with children and adolescents with significant mental health and psychiatric needs.  She also coordinates with local communities in Suffolk County to provide appropriate resources to families who need assistance.

Tracy Toth – tracy764@gmail.com

Tracy teaches computers and business education at Sayville Middle School.  She is the technology teacher trainer for the Middle School and an Adult Education instructor.  She holds MOS certifications in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Christopher Visco – cvisco@optonline.net

Christopher taught Earth Science & AP Environmental Science for 33 years. Christopher is retired and serves as an adjunct professor at SCC in Geology. He has collected rocks, minerals and fossils all over the US and found the first and only dinosaur fossil on Long Island.

Danielle Waitz – dwaitz@hotmail.com

Danielle is currently working as a fifth grade teacher in the Smithtown School District.  She has been teaching since 2000.  Mrs. Waitz received her BA in Elementary Education/Psychology as well as a Masters Degree in MST from Hofstra University.  She has also served as an instructor providing professional development.  Danielle has also been a mentor for new teachers in her district and served as her school’s science liaison with the district’s science coordinator.

Jeannette Walsh – jwalsh0324@gmail.com

Jeannette is an accomplished educator with over 20 years of experience specializing

in literacy instruction across all school levels. Dedicated to research-driven methods, she

designs Science of Reading courses that empower educators with evidence-based strategies.

Jeannette has been twice honored as a ‘Model School Recipient’ for Technology Integration and

has received the ‘Lindy Pride Award’ for community engagement. As a reading specialist, she

delivers targeted interventions for struggling students. She holds multiple NYS certifications in

reading, elementary, and special education, as well as certification in The Wilson Reading

System.

Annie Warren – awarren.scope@gmail.com

Annie is a special education teacher at Woodmere Middle School.  She is continually focused on meeting all learners’ need and making learning accessible and engaging.  Her creative spirit, knowledge of technology, and interest in teaching and learning have brought her to SCOPE.

Jully Williams – gina102105@gmail.com

Jully is currently working as an ENL teacher for the North Babylon School District.  Ms Williams received her BA and her MA in TESOL from Adelphi University.   

Cecile Wren – cecile@myeisolutions.com

Cecile is an educational consultant who customizes professional development programs for school districts throughout Long Island.  These programs focus on district/school reorganization efforts, middle level education initiatives, social and emotional literacy programs, anti-bulling programs, and the Dignity for All Students Act.   Cecile teaches in-service and online courses to provide the skills and techniques needed to support these initiatives.  Cecile has presented at local, state, national, and international conferences.