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Dr. Suzanne Gilmour - gilmour@oswego.edu
Dr. Glenn F. Wachter - wachter@oswego.edu
Dr. Suzanne Gilmour Professor and Department Chair, Educational Administration; BS, SUNY Geneseo; MS, Syracuse University; Ph.D., Syracuse University. Appointed 2000.
Dr. Suzanne Gilmour is the Chair of the Educational Administration Department. She received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University and was a principal and Director of Special Projects in the Westhill School District for eighteen years. In addition to the building principal role, her responsibilities have included designing and implementing staff development and curriculum development district wide. Prior to her administrative positions, Dr. Gilmour was a teacher for students with disabilities.
Dr. Gilmour provides staff development nationally on various topics including leadership development women in leadership, mentoring programs, conflict resolution, thinking skills, culture and literacy, peer coaching and shared decision making. She also conducts district reorganization studies, management studies, program evaluations, and statewide superintendent searches. She has written professional articles on topics including shared decision making and leadership. Dr. Gilmour is the Executive Director of the New York State Association for Women in Administration. Co-Author of Succeeding as a Female Superintendent, Rowman and Littlefield 2009.
Dr. Glenn F. Wachter Associate Professor, Educational Administration; BS, Mansfield University, MS, University of Scranton, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany. Appointed 2003
Dr. Glenn Wachter received his Ph.D. from SUNY Albany. Beginning in January 2009, Dr. Wachter now heads up the New York State Superintendent Development program. He was a Superintendent of Schools in the West Irondequoit Central School District for seven years. During his Superintendency, the district had received many national awards, including being cited three times as having one of the "Top 100 High Schools in the Nation" for academic rigor. Prior to the superintendency, Dr. Wachter was an assistant superintendent for instruction, an assistant superintendent for administration, a middle school principal, and a jr.-sr. high school social studies teacher.
Dr. Wachter's research interests center on the study of organizational designs in support of improved student learning and achievement. He also is engaged with the state-wide Superintendent Development Program, and is working as a consultant to the School Administrators Association of New York state in implementing a state wide new administrator mentoring program
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