Ruthanne Vitagliano Ph.D.
3855 Luther Rd. Education Consultant
Silver Springs, N.Y. 14550
716-474-3320
EDUCATION
University at Buffalo, School of Education, Buffalo, New York,
Ph.D. 2001 in Education
Dissertation: Cognitive Writing Strategies in the Eleventh Grade Writing Workshop: A Case Study of Teachers and Writers at Work
Committee: James L. Collins, Conrad Toepfer, James Conway, Mark LaCelle-Peterson
SUNY Geneseo, Ella Cline Shear School of Education, Geneseo, New York,
Master of Science in Education, 1997
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York,
B.A. 1974. Major: English, Cum Laude
Certification
New York State School District Administration, 2001-Permanent
New York State Teacher Certification, 1974-Permanent
Employment History
Director, Graduate Teacher Education Programs.Roberts Wesleyan College. Direct and supervise all of the graduate teacher education programs including; Initial Childhood, Initial Adolescence, Masters in Literacy, Special Education. 2009-2014
Associate Professor of Teacher Education.Roberts Wesleyan College-Division of Teacher Education.
Courses: Elementary Literacy1-6, Reading in the Content Area 7-12, Curriculum Theory and Practice, Research Seminar, Capstone Seminar, Student Behavior & Learning Environments, Adolescent Psychology for the Classroom, Methods of Content Instruction, ELA Methods.
Clinical Professor. Warner School of Education and Human Development, Department of Educational Leadership, University of Rochester.
Courses: Curricular and Instructional Leadership, Data-Driven School Improvement, Leadership and Organizational Dynamics, Entrepreneurial Skills for Educators, Professional Writing and Communication, Leading Instructional Program Change, Qualitative Data Analysis Software. 2005-2009
High School Administrator/ Curriculum Specialist.Warsaw Central School District, Warsaw, New York. 2003-2005
Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Warsaw Central School District, Warsaw Central School District. 2001-2003
Teacher on Special Assignment. Warsaw Central School, Warsaw, New York,
1998-2001
Secondary English Teacher. Warsaw Central School District, Warsaw, New York. 1982-1998
Developmental Reading Teacher. Warsaw Central School District, Warsaw, New York. 1974-1982
Adjunct Teaching Positions
Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Roberts Wesleyan College
Adjunct Professor, School of Education, SUNY Geneseo
Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Nazareth College
Adjunct Professor, Margaret Warner Graduate School
Education and Human Development, University of Rochester
Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Houghton College
Awards
University of Rochester “Teacher of Excellence” Award-1990
Genesee Valley Teacher’s Association “Teacher of the Year”-1991
New York State English Council “Excellence in Teaching” Award-1995
Published article
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, “Shifting the Paradigm: Strategy-Based Writing in
The ELA Classroom,” The English Record, 50, 2, Winter 2000.
Selected Presentations
National
Vitagliano, Ruthanne and Khan, Shaza, Teacher as Social Entrepreneur: Practices of an Innovative and Resourceful Urban Elementary Teacher. Poster Presentation at the annual
AERA Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 2007.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Collins, James, Collins, Kathleen, and Dutro,
Elizabeth, Literacy and Educational Equity: Reading and Writing Instruction for the Standards Movement and Beyond. Paper presentedat the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English,Baltimore, Maryland, November 16, 2001.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Collins, James, and Cimbricz, Sandra, Standards-
Based Testing: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
English, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 16, 2000.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne and Collins, James, Reimagining Imagination in the
Writing Workshop. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NationalCouncil of Teachers of English, Denver, November 21, 1999.
Regional and State
Vitagliano, Ruthanne,Creating Collegial Supervision Experiences. Formative Supervision Institute, McQuaid Jesuit High School, Rochester, New York, August, 2006.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne and Collins, James, Writing Strategies: The Key to
Assisting Students on the New ELA Tests, Paper presented at the annual
Meeting of the New York State English Council, Albany, October, 22, 1999.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne and Collins, James, Writing Strategies for Success
On the New ELA Tests, Paper presented at the New York State English
Council Spring Meeting, Batavia, New York, March 20, 1999.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Differentiated Instruction: Tools to Reach Students Seminar-Superintendents Conference Day, Wyoming Central School, March 14, 2003
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Developing the Emerging Middle Level School: Ways To Be Successful: The annual New York State MiddleSchool Association Convention-Syracuse, New York, October, 2003.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Looking At Ways to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom,Xerox Teacher Center Presentation, School of Education, SUNY Geneseo, April, 5, 2003.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Implementing Successful Writing Strategies
Across the Curriculum, Genesee Valley BOCES Curriculum Camp,
Rochester, New York, July 23-26, 2001.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Reading and Writing Strategies in the Writing
Workshop, Tri-County Teacher Center Spring Presentation, Mt. Morris,
New York, March 23, 2001.
Vitagliano, Ruthanne, Writing Strategies for Success on the New
Assessments in Secondary Social Studies and English, Genesee
Valley BOCES School Improvement Workshop, Batavia, New York March 28, 2000.
Selected Consultations
Consultant for York Central School-professional development and curriculum mapping for K-8 in ELA and Literacy instruction, development of interdisciplinary units 8-12 ELA/SS September 2014-to present
Consultant for myON Reader, division of Capstone Publishers June 2014-to present
Consultant for Aquinas Academy-professional development for newly formed Aquinas Junior High School, “Integrating Curriculum at the Middle Level” August, 2008.
Professional Coach in the Warner-WFL Leadership Initiative- Principal Development Program, 2007-2008
Consultant for the University of Rochester Warner Center for Education,“Targeting Talent for Tomorrow” Genesee Valley BOCES-Winter, 2007.
Consultant for the Rochester City School for the Deaf,“Developing Effective Lesson Design” January, 2007
Consultant for McQuaid Jesuit High School,“Developing Teacher Leaders In the Clinical Supervision Model” August, 2006.
Consultant with Giselle Martin-Kniep, Learning Centered Initiatives, LTD.
Writing Specialist for the Western New York School Support Center and the Buffalo Public Schools, Balanced Literacy Approach K-2 October, 2001-June, 2003.
Consultant for Mapping ELA Curriculum 9-12-Perry Central School
Perry, New York, January-June 2002.
Consultant for Central New York Charter School: Implementing a Balanced Literacy Approach K-6, Syracuse, New York-April 2002.
Consultant for Akron Central Schools K-12: Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas 2002-2003.
Consultant for Pavilion Central School K-12: 6+1 Traits in Writing 2003
Consultant for Genesee Valley BOCES Office of School Improvement: Genesee Valley ELA Consortium: Improving Student Performance in English Language Arts A Three Year Initiative-2004-2006, Giselle Martin-Kniep: Facilitator, Learning Centered Initiatives, LTD.
Grant Writing Experience
PI and director for Genesee Valley Writing Project-University of Rochester: Summer 20008
$100,000.00 Total Funding
Grant Writer for Federal Title Monies: Public School Funding Warsaw Central School
Title I, Title IIA, Title IV, Title V
SELECTED COURSES FOR ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE
EDU 440-Early Childhood Education Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 441-Childhood Education Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 442-Adolescence Education Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 322-Elementary Inclusive Language Arts Methods
EDU 310-Methods of Teaching LOTE
EDU 312-Secondary English Methods
EDU 317-Secondary Social Studies Methods
EDU 294-Integrated Literacy Practices Across the Curriculum
EDU 495-ELA Assessment and Instruction
EDUC 5214-Language and Literacy I
EDUC 5218-Language and Literacy II
EDUC 5228- Literacy Theory and Practice
EDUC 6224-Application of Literacy Theory
EDUC 6911-Media, Literacy, and Children
EDUC 6913-Media, Literacy, and Adolescents
EDUC 5901-Reading in the Content Area
EDUC 5903-Assessment Driven Literacy Instruction
EDUC 6222-Methods of Content Instruction
EDUC 6215-Intial Childhood Student Teaching Seminar
EDUC 6225-Intial Adolescence Student Teaching Seminar
EDUC 5222-Adolescent Psychology for the Classroom
EDUC 5226-Curriculum Theory & Practice
EDUC 5212-Student Behavior & Learning Environments
EDUC 5831-Research Seminar I
EDUC 5831-Research Seminar II
EDUC 5008-Educational Research Design in SPED
Selected Courses for Warner Graduate School
EDU 469-Leadership and Organizational Dynamics
ED 446-Entrepreneurial Skills for Educators
EDU 468-Data-Driven Decision Making
EDU 407-Curricular and Instructional Leadership
ED 470-Leading Instructional Program Change
ED 432-Professional Writing and Communication
ED 529 Qualitative Data Analysis Software
Selected Courses taught as Adjunct Professor
EDU 312-Teaching ELA Methods-Houghton College-Spring 2005
EDU 407-Curricular and Instructional Leadership-University of Rochester,
Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development-Spring 2005
EDU 468-Data-Driven School Improvement-University of Rochester, Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development-Fall 2004
EDU 407-Curricular and Instructional Leadership-University of Rochester Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education of Education and Human Development-Spring 2004
EDU 533.30-Advanced Preadolescent/Adolescent Psychology-Graduate School of Education, Nazareth College-Fall 2003
EDU 477.03-Teaching Diverse Literacy-Nazareth College Undergraduate-Fall 2003
EDU 407-Curricular and Instructional Leadership-University of Rochester Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development-Spring 2003
INTD 203-Social Foundations of American Education-SUNY Geneseo- Undergraduate-Spring 2003
INTD 203-Social Foundations of American Education-SUNY Geneseo- Undergraduate-Fall 2002
EDU 407-Curricular and Instructional Leadership-University of Rochester
Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development-Spring 2002
EDU 325- Methods for Teaching Elementary Social Studies-Roberts
Wesleyan College-Undergraduate-Fall 2001
EDU 525- Methods for Teaching Elementary Social Studies-Roberts
Wesleyan College-Graduate-Fall 2001
SPED 5401-Introduction to Models of Instruction-New Urban Teachers
For Tomorrow Program-Roberts Wesleyan College-July 2001
LAI 588- Multiple Intelligences: Teaching and Learning-University at
Buffalo-Graduate-Spring-1998-Co-taught with Dr. James L. Collins
LAI 695-Strategic-Based Writing: Distance Learning Course-University
At Buffalo-Fall-1999-Co-taught with Dr. James L. Collins
EDU 579- Teaching with Multiple Intelligences-SUNY Geneseo-Graduate School-Summer 1998
Supervisory Responsibility in Higher Education
Student Teaching Supervisor for Roberts Wesleyan College Department of Education 2009-2014
Supervisor for Administrative Internship Experience in Educational Leadership 2005-2009
Supervision of Graduate Dissertation Development and Presentation for Educational Leadership Warner School of Education University of Rochester 2005-2009
Educational Advisory Boards and Committees:
Co-President of Genesee Valley Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 2014-2016
Roberts Wesleyan College Chair of Graduate Curriculum Council 2012-2013
Roberts Wesleyan College Facilitator of CAEP Accreditation Department of Education 2011-2013
Roberts Wesleyan College Advanced Placement Search Committee 2012
Roberts Wesleyan College Interim Chair Graduate Education Council-2012
Roberts Wesleyan College Graduate Education Council-2010-2012
Executive Member Genesee Valley ASCD Board 2013-present
Joint Management Team Rochester Area Education Council-2009-present
Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teacher Advisory Board-2010-present
University of Rochester-Warner School-Graduate Portfolio Committee-2007-2008
University of Rochester-Warner School-Dissertation Committees-2006-2008
University of Rochester-Warner School-Evaluation Committee-2007
University of Rochester-Warner School-NCATE Committee-2006-2008
University of Rochester-Warner Kauffman Study Group-2005-2008
University of Rochester-Kauffmann Managers Board- 2007-2008
University of Rochester-Warner School Strategic Advisory Committee
University of Rochester-NCATE Review Board-Adjunct Panel-Spring 2004
SUNY Geneseo-Advisory Board to Ella Cline Shear School of Education-Student Teaching Office-Fall 2004
Professional Affliations
Genesee Valley Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
American Educational Research Association
School Administrators Association of New York State
National Council of Teachers of English
New York State English Council
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
International Reading Association
New York State Reading Association
New York State Association of College for Teacher Educators
New York State Staff Development Council
Rochester Area Literacy Council
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Delta Kappa Gamma