Professional Experience
Ed has had a distinguished career in the field of education. He has twenty-three years experience as a high school principal, first in Weston, CT and then Branford, CT. Prior to being a principal he has been a teacher, department chair, and assistant principal.  Ed has served as a member and chairperson of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Public Secondary Schools, and supports the work of the commission as a chair of visiting teams, by providing professional support to schools, and serving as a member of the Accreditation Standards and Self-Study Revision Committees. Ed has also been active in his own state. He was a founding member and three time president of the Southern Connecticut Conference, and has served on numerous committees which have focused on high school improvement and reform, including New Connecticut High School Study Committee, CAPT Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee, and the Annenberg Foundation at Brown University’s Secondary Advisory Board. He has presented at numerous conferences on performance based learning and assessment and supports numerous districts in their efforts to incorporate standards based assessment and grading programs.

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