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2005-2006 Fellow Profiles
Ruby Ababio-Fernandez
Ruby brings to the Boston Principal Fellowship six years of experience as an educator in the Boston Public Schools. For the past three years, Ruby has served as a Literacy Coach. In this role, Ruby has worked closely with school leaders at several Boston schools to support classroom teachers in improving their instructional practices. Prior to serving as a coach, Ruby served as a Title I Reading Teacher at the John W. McCormack Middle School in Dorchester. Over the course of her tenure at BPS, Ruby has assumed substantial leadership roles in schools including: coordinating school based professional development workshops that support implementation of district initiatives such as Readers and Writers Workshop, facilitating instructional leadership team meetings, and mentoring new teachers. Ruby earned a Bachelors degree in English from Framingham State College and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University.
Lisette Colón
Lisette brings to the Boston Principal Fellowship eight years of classroom teaching experience and, most recently, two years of experience as an Elementary Math Coach in the Boston Public Schools. As a math coach, Lisette has been responsible for supporting administrators, school-based Math Leadership Teams, and individual teachers in efforts to improve both mathematic instruction and students' mathematical understanding. Over the course of her ten years of employment with BPS, Lisette has shown tremendous leadership through her involvement with various school-based leadership teams such as instructional leadership and data teams, and school site councils, and through leading school-based and district wide professional development focused on math. During her tenure in the BPS, Lisette has also served as a Reading Recovery Teacher and a Literacy Specialist. Lisette earned a Bachelor of Art degree in Elementary Education and Spanish from Boston College and a Masters of Education in Language and Literacy from Harvard University.
Emily Glasgow
Emily brings to the Boston Principal Fellowship strong teaching and administrative experience developed through her work in schools, school districts, and community based educational initiatives in California, New York, and most recently, Boston. Emily started her career in education as a classroom teacher and Teach for America site coordinator in the Oakland Unified School District in California. Emily taught for a total of four years in Oakland Unified Schools. For the past two years, Emily has worked at Excel Academy Charter School in East Boston. Last year she had served as the school's Learning Specialist, supervising the inclusion based special education program. In her current role as Dean of Students, Emily is an integral member of the school's administrative team, developing school wide programs and polices. Emily holds a Bachelors degree in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought from Amherst College and a Masters of Education, in School Leadership from Harvard University.
Genteen Lacet Jean-Michel
Genteen brings to the Boston Principal Fellowship ten years of elementary teaching experience. Genteen started her career as a teacher at the Condon Elementary School in South Boston. For the past seven years Genteen has served as a Kindergarten-First Grade Teacher at the Blue Hill Avenue Early Education Center (EEC) in Roxbury. During her tenure at the Blue Hill Avenue EEC, Genteen assumed substantial leadership roles including serving on the school's instructional leadership and data teams and the school site council. Genteen's depth of knowledge of elementary teaching strategies, and interest in engaging families and the community as partners in the work of promoting student achievement, have made her a leader among her peers, someone teachers seek out for guidance and support. Genteen holds a Bachelors degree in Black Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Kwesi Moody
Kwesi has spent the last five years as a Math/Special Education Teacher at the Burke High School in Dorchester. Kwesi brings to the fellowship tremendous knowledge of effective math instructional and the instructional practices required to support inclusive classroom settings. During his tenure at the Burke, Kwesi has served on the school's Instructional Leadership Team and School Site Council and has served as a Lead Mathematics Teacher, and Senior Class and Student Government Advisor. Kwesi holds a Bachelors degree in Physiology from Boston University and a Masters in Special Education from Northeastern University.
Alexander Phillips
Alexander comes to the fellowship from the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School in Hyde Park, where he has served, for the last four years, as a high school Math and History Teacher. Alexander has exhibited great leadership in his work at the Academy of the Pacific Rim by serving as a History Department Chairperson, Special Education Learning Specialist, and as an Academic Advisor to students. Over the course of his career as an educator, Alexander has had experience leading curriculum planning, coaching new teachers, and coordinating teacher professional development. Alexander holds a Bachelors degree in History from Tufts University and a Masters of Education in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University.
Bernard Russell
Ben comes to the fellowship with ten years of teaching experience. For the past seven years he has served as a kindergarten, first, and second grade teacher at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Jamaica Plain. Ben has served on the Instructional Leadership, Data Analysis, and Whole School Improvement Planning teams at the Kennedy school. He has proven himself to be a strong community advocate for children, as evidenced by his recent appointments to the Executive Board of the Boston Association for the Education of Young Children and the Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care. Ben holds a Bachelors degree in Humanities and a Masters in Administration and Policy in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College.
Anthony Valdez
Anthony began his career in the Boston Public Schools four years ago, as a Bilingual Teacher at the Curtis Guild Elementary School. Since 2003, Anthony has worked as a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Teacher at the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School (OGPS) in Roxbury. In this role, Anthony has delivered effective interdisciplinary SEI instruction to second and fourth grade students at Orchard Gardens. In addition to his teaching duties, during his tenure at Orchard Gardens, Anthony has served as the co-chair and founder of the OGPS Teacher Leadership Team, the Language Assessment Facilitator, co-chair of the Faculty Senate, and a member of the school's Instructional Leadership Team. Anthony holds a Bachelors degree in History and a Masters in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and is a graduate of the Boston Public Schools.
Traci Walker Griffith
Traci is currently serving as an acting Assistant Principal at the William Monroe Trotter Elementary School in Dorchester. Traci began her career at the Trotter over twelve years ago, as a Technology Support Teacher. In that role, Traci was responsible for planning and implementing school wide technology professional development geared at promoting teacher integration of technology into the literacy and math curriculums. Traci is highly regarded among her peers for the expertise she developed in literacy and math, and the innovative ways she supported integration of technology and literacy and math to support student learning. For the past two years, Traci has served as the facilitator of the Trotter School Instructional Leadership Team. Traci holds a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Plymouth State University and a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley College.
Ross Wilson
Ross brings to the fellowship two years of experience as an Assistant Principal at the Pine Grove Elementary School in Rowley, Massachusetts. In this capacity, Ross has responsibility for co-leading a school of 650 students. Prior to working as an assistant principal, Ross was a Teacher and Literacy Specialist for two years at the North Zone Early Learning Center (ELC) in Brighton. During his tenure at the North Zone ELC, Ross provided curriculum support to teachers and modeled effective instructional practices in literacy as the Literacy Specialist, and served on the school's Math Leadership Team. Ross holds both a Bachelors degree in Special Education, Elementary Education, and Psychology, and a Masters in Educational Psychology from Marist College. He was trained as a Literacy Coordinator through Lesley University. Ross also holds a Masters in Educational Leadership degree from the University of Massachusetts-Boston.