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About
Us
Ribas
Associates is
a training and consulting company dedicated to the growth
and development of teachers and administrators. The goals
of Ribas Associates training programs are to
- maximize
student academic, personal and interpersonal growth by
increasing teacher and administrator effectiveness
- increase
teacher and administrator job satisfaction by helping
educators improve the performance and better meet the
needs of all students
Ribas
Associates consultant/trainers all
have over twenty years of teaching and/or administrative
experience in public and private schools. Their practical
background is supported by a comprehensive knowledge
of the latest findings in educational research. As
a result, all programs contain the current, proven
strategies of classroom teaching and administrator
practice.
Ribas
Publications is committed to the sale
of books that are useful to educators during their
day-to-day practice. Each publication is based on a
comprehensive review of the professional literature
in the areas it addresses. The publications are then
thoroughly reviewed by numerous educators in all levels
of Pre-K to 12 education. The recommended practices
have all been successfully used in schools prior to
appearing in our publications.
William
B. Ribas, Ph.D.
President, Ribas
Associates
 Dr.
Ribas has 25
years experience in pre-K–12 education. Dr.
Ribas consults to school districts on evaluating
and improving their supervision and evaluation
programs and also provides training and coaching
for building-based and central office administrators
in supervision and evaluation. Dr. Ribas also evaluates
new teacher mentor and induction programs in school
districts, having trained hundreds of mentor teachers
and teachers in their first two years in a district.
Dr.
Ribas taught elementary grades 2–5 and middle
school grades 6–8. During that time he served
as a teachers' association officer in the roles
of grievance chair, negotiations chair and vice
president. Dr. Ribas has been a curriculum coordinator,
a vice principal, principal and a director of pupil
personnel services. For seven years, he served
as the assistant superintendent for personnel for
the Brookline, Massachusetts, Public Schools with
responsibility for the supervision and evaluation
of teachers and administrators in grades Pre-K–12
and the recruitment, hiring, mentoring, and induction
of all newly hired teachers. Throughout his career,
Dr. Ribas personally evaluated or supervised the
evaluation of over a thousand teachers, administrators,
nurses, counselors, school librarians and other
professional support staff and paraprofessionals.
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Cynthia Marchand, M.S.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Cynthia
began her career in education 37 years ago.
Thirty-three of these years were in the Newton,
MA, Public Schools, first as a teacher and then in
administrative roles. As Mentor Director in
Newton, she sought to support and retain new staff
while also energizing and affirming the expertise
of veterans. Later, as an Elementary Principal
for 15 years, she was influential in both
curriculum and staff development within the
district. Her expertise focused particularly in
literacy and a standards-based educational model.
As an educational leader, she focused on refining
practice through embedded professional
development, consistency of focus, and
distributive leadership. She believed in actively
engaging students in their learning through
self-reflection, and goal setting. Cynthia’s
recent role was that of Assistant Superintendent
in Burlington, MA. As Assistant Superintendent,
she implemented new initiatives as she focused on
Global Education, Literacy across the curriculum,
and coaching models. Through math coaches, math
tutors, and reading specialists at the elementary
level, she worked to deepen content knowledge and
build capacity among staff. At the secondary
level, initiatives included developing and
offering dual certification courses through
collaboration with local colleges, and the
creation of a Global Competency Certificate.
Cynthia also continued to implement and support
other curriculum and professional development
efforts to broaden World Language, integrate
global studies, and develop a senior capstone
project. Cynthia received a B.S.in Elementary
Education/Psychology from Skidmore College and an
M.S. in Education from Wheelock College. She has
done additional post-graduate work in Education
Administration at Boston College.
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Jennifer
Antos Deane, Ph.D.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Jenny
Deane has a Ph.D. from Boston College
in Curriculum and Instruction with
an emphasis on math and literacy
education in the elementary and
middle school classroom. She was
a teacher in Braintree, MA, where
she was chosen as Teacher of the
Year. She was also a classroom
teacher in the North Reading, MA,
and Needham, MA, Public Schools.
She presently works as a mathematics
resource teacher in the Needham
Public Schools. Jenny has been
influential in developing materials
and training teachers to extend
and remediate mathematics teaching.
She also assists teachers with
integrating mathematics and literacy.
Her publications include the article "Daily
Journals Connect Mathematics to
Real Life Mathematics Teaching
in the Middle School," the Journal
of Mathematics Teaching in the
Middle School, and she is
a co-author of the book, Instructional
Practices That Maximize Student
Achievement: For Teachers, by Teachers, in
which her particular areas of focus
are differentiated instruction,
mathematics specific pedagogy and
literacy-specific pedagogy.
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Elayne
Gumlaw, M.Ed.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Elayne
has 30 years of experience in teaching and administration.
She has taught at both the elementary and middle
school levels and has also served as English Department
Chair and Team Leader. Her administrative experiences
include positions as middle school Vice Principal
and elementary Principal, and currently, she is
the pre-K to 12 Director of Curriculum for the
West Springfield Public Schools. Elayne also serves
on the Westfield State College Steering Committee
for the CENTER for Teacher Development. Elayne’s
expertise includes brain-based instructional strategies,
application of graphic facilitation in meeting
planning, curriculum mapping, teaching in the standards-based
classroom and strength-based coaching. She has
facilitated numerous teachers’ workshops
on topics such as positive classroom management,
effective teaching, transitioning to middle schooling,
and curriculum mapping.
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Deborah
Mercer, M.S.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Deborah
has 23 years of teaching and administrative experience
that spans pre-school to grade eight. She has been
a classroom teacher in the Harvard University Business
School Pre-School in Cambridge, MA, the Dalton School
in New York City, and the Brookline Public Schools
in Brookline, MA. She has also worked as a private
tutor specializing in language arts and mathematics
remediation and extension. Deborah has served as
a district-wide coordinator of programs for the gifted
and talented and as a resource teacher for regular
classroom teachers and students in the area of gifted
and talented education. In these roles, she coached
teachers in the use of differentiated instruction
to effectively meet the needs of the highest performing
and lowest performing students in the classroom.
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Scott
Seider,
Ed.D.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Scott
Seider is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching
at Boston University. He has also worked as a high school
English teacher and administrator in the Westwood, MA, and
Boston Public Schools, giving him extensive experience in
urban and suburban schools. Scott earned his bachelor,
master and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, where
he trained under Dr. Howard Gardner. His research focuses
on the development of social responsibility in adolescence
and emerging adulthood, and his work has been published in
numerous academic journals that include the Journal of
Adolescent Research, Journal of Civic Commitment and Journal
of College & Character. Scott is also a co-author of
Instructional Practices that Maximize Student
Achievement: For Teachers, By Teachers, and he
continues to work with school districts training educators
in effective classroom management, creating a cognitive
context for learning and other aspects of brain-based
teaching, and teaching in extended time blocks.
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William
Conners, Ph.D.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Dr. William Conners
has over thirty years’ experience
as a teacher and administrator. His central office experiences
include superintendent in three different districts. During
these years he served as the chair of the Technology Committee
for the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents.
He was also assistant superintendent for human resources
in a large school district in which he was responsible for
the recruitment and hiring of all staff and for bargaining
and labor relations with thirteen bargaining units. Dr. Conners
has also served as administrator for Pre-K to 12 special
education. Prior to entering administration, he was a school
adjustment counselor and school psychologist working with
teachers and students in all grades pre-school through high
school. He was a teacher of special education working with
students at both the elementary and middle school levels.
Dr. Conners founded a company that trained educators in strategies
to meet the needs of all students within the regular classroom.
Dr. Conners has a masters degree, CAES, and doctorate from
Boston College. Prior to attending Boston College, he received
a BA from Maryglade College in Michigan and completed a year
of graduate study at the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.
Dr. Conners presently trains teachers and administrators
in effective teaching practices. He also trains administrators
in the techniques of effective supervision and evaluation.
His consulting to school districts includes assessing and
developing district technology plans, effective human resources
practices, developing supervision and evaluation documents,
and strategic planning.
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Sheryl Wigdor, M.Ed.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Sheryl
has 34 years of teaching experience at the
elementary, middle school, and high school levels.
Her education includes a B.S. in Elementary
Education, an M.Ed. in Mathematics Education, and
significant post-graduate work in computer
education, psychology, and
curriculum design. Most recently Sheryl has
worked as a high school mathematics teacher. She
has written standards-based curriculum documents
and developed accompanying assessment tools. She
served as chairperson on a NEASC committee
evaluating administrative effectiveness. Sheryl
has been a mentor teacher and peer coach. Her
coaching included serving as a model teacher for
effective classroom management. In this role
other high school teachers observed her teaching
to see the effective implementation of current
practices in classroom management. During her
middle school years, Sheryl took part in team
teaching, and designed and implemented a remedial
summer school program. In the community, she has
been a board member of BEST (an educational
foundation), director of a Museum of Science
outreach enrichment program, liaison to Invensys
Corporation for a “Women in Technology”
engineering program, guest lecturer at Boston
University, and a mathematics/SAT/MCAS/GED tutor.
In addition to her work with Ribas Associates,
Sheryl serves as an Instructional Consultant for
the Performance Review Program for Initial
Licensure.
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Carol A. Gregory, M.S.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Carol has 35 years of experience in teaching and
administration. After beginning her teaching
career in a private, residential treatment center
for students with special needs in Pennsylvania,
Carol has served as a teacher and an administrator
in the Brookline, Westwood, and Northampton
Massachusetts, Public Schools. During her time as
a teacher she served as president of the teachers’
association, grievance chairperson and a member of
the negotiating team for both teachers and
administrators. After completing five years as
the vice principal in a K-8 school, she served as
a middle school principal and director of human
resources. During her tenure as principal,
she and her staff successfully completed
a self-study and was awarded NEASC accreditation.
Carol most recently served as Assistant
Superintendent in the Wellesley, Massachusetts,
Public Schools. Her responsibilities in Wellesley
included bargaining, human resources and
long range planning.
In her various roles, Carol has been responsible
for recruitment, hiring, and induction and
mentoring of new teachers, as well as professional
development and supervision and evaluation of
professional staff. In addition to completing the
University of Massachusetts’ Dispute Resolution
Program, she has experience with contract
negotiations and conflict resolution in three
different communities. During her career she has
represented both labor and management at the
bargaining table.
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Anne Whittredge, M.S.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Anne
Whittredge has over 35 years of experience as a classroom
teacher, arts educator, principal and adjunct faculty at Simmons
College in the Educational Leadership Program. She began
her career in a Boston Public Schools and retired as an
elementary principal from the Needham Public Schools.
During her tenure in Needham, Anne was instrumental in beginning
the new teacher induction and mentoring program. She also began
and oversaw a highly successfully full year internship program
with MAT students from Simmons College. A strong believer
in urban-suburban educational partnerships, she began two
programs. One program brought high school seniors from the
Codman Academy Charter High School in Dorchester to Needham, one
day each week, to work with teachers in classrooms. The
other program linked students and teachers from Needham and
Boston elementary schools for shared Science Explorations of the
Weir River. At the district level, Anne was active on the
Literacy Professional Development team and the Responsive
Classroom Implementation Initiative.
Anne is currently an adjunct faculty member at Simmons
College Department of Education in the Educational Leadership
Program. She teaches Classroom Supervision and Evaluation
and Foundations of Educational Leadership. As a Performance
Evaluation specialist, Anne coaches principals in the Boston
Public School on teacher supervision and evaluation. She also
consults in the areas of school leadership, classroom culture,
new teacher support, mentor training, and Response to
Intervention (RtI).
Anne earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an
Ed M from Boston University. She received an MBA from the
Simmons College Graduate School of Management. .
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Stephen J Barrasso, M. Ed.
Consultant,
Ribas Associates
 Stephen
has 40 years of experience in teaching and administration in the
Brookline Public Schools plus 12 years as an elected official
for the Town of Medway.
After 26 years as a high school mathematics teacher, he
was appointed House Master, Assistant Headmaster and Director of
Human Resources.
While HR Director for the school department Stephen was asked to
assume the responsibilities of HR Director for both the town and
school department.
During his time as a teacher he served as a
member then chair of the Unit A negotiating team, a member then
co-chair of the grievance team and an elected member of the
School Council. As
Assistant Headmaster, Stephen supervised the professional staff
as well as the secretaries, custodians, and cafeteria workers.
He developed and maintained the master schedule, managed
the school campus and facilities, coordinated the Brookline High
School expansion and renovation with the Project Oversight
Committee, and supervised and scheduled both school and state
testing. In his
capacity as HR Director, Stephen negotiated and maintained seven
contracts. He
developed the Sexual Harassment Policy and the C.O.R.I. Policy
for the School Committee.
Finally, Stephen was elected to three year term as a
Library Trustee and nine years as member to the Medway School
Committee. He served
as a member of the SC’s negotiating team and was elected to
three years as Vice-Chair, then four year as Chair of the School
Committee.
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Lisa DeCaro Demoulias, M. Ed.
Director of Client Services,
Ribas Associates
 Lisa
Demoulias has over 25 years working in the field of education.
Beginning her career as a teacher, she has taught in a variety
of school settings both urban and suburban and in all grade
levels. Lisa
received a Bachelors of Early Child Education from Fitchburg
State University with a concentration on business and
specialization in psychology.
For several years, Lisa oversaw the operations of the child care program
for the YMCA of Greater Boston, Waltham Branch.
As Senior Child Care Director, she became a certified
trainer of professional development for all the teachers in the
Association. She has
managed and delivered workshops and seminars to teachers of
various backgrounds and skill sets.
Lisa also holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from
Boston College. She
recently held a position as Vice President of Operations for a
large international educational consultancy group.
In this role, she handled contracts internationally and
locally and worked closely with the Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education developing and executing
teacher licensure programs.
Lisa is currently an adjunct faculty member of Lesley University.
She is part of the field placement office supervising
students who are studying to become teachers.
During her studies at Boston College, she also
supervised prepracticum students. Combined, she has worked with
over 100 aspiring teachers.
As
Director of Client Services, Lisa manages the outsourcing and
supply of the various professional educational services and
programs that Ribas offers.
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Keith Pfeifer, D. Ed.
Educational Consultant,
Ribas Associates
Dr. Pfeifer has 40 years of experience in pre-k-12 education,
including 26 years in varying central office positions. Dr.
Pfeifer has worked extensively in the areas of Curricula,
Instruction and Assessment including helping to edit one of the
largest textbooks for the graduate levels in Remedial and
Special Education Assessment. Dr. Pfeifer has taught grades 1-2
and 4-8 as well as American studies, American literature, and
math for students in middle and high school up through Algebra
II. He has served as a special education teacher and is
certified as a teacher of the learning disabled and a teacher
for students with behavior disorders. In central office, he has
served as a Director of Special Education, a Director of Pupil
Personnel Services, a Curriculum Coordinator k-12 and 9-12, an
Assistant Superintendent and a Superintendent of Schools. He has
taught special education graduate courses at the University of
Maine-Farmington, the University of Northern Colorado and
Plymouth State College. He has lectured at Dartmouth College and
the University of Pennsylvania on a variety of school
administration topics including leadership, finance, law and
systems change. Dr. Pfeifer has served in an administrative
capacity in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and
Pennsylvania. Throughout his career, he has personally evaluated
and supervised employees’ k-12. Dr. Pfeifer has served on and
chaired over 17 NEASC-CPSS evaluations and served on the
NEASC-CPSS Commission Board for seven years. He also serves on
the non-profit board of Partners in Education, which recognizes
and supports the work of volunteers in schools. For 25 years he
has participated in multiple capacities and served on the
non-profit Board of New Hampshire-Destination Imagination. In
most of the districts, he has championed standards-based
teaching, learning and assessment. He has worked with Dr. Ribas
for over a decade on building tried and true evaluation systems.
He also served
as the Director of Scoring for Measured Progress and worked on
the development and scoring of multiple state large scale
assessment and alternative assessments. Dr. Pfeifer has given
numerous presentations at National conferences including ASSA,
ASCD, CEC and the Large-Scale Assessment National Conference. He
has published multiple articles on teaching writing and helped
develop a school district finance simulation for school
administrators in Pennsylvania. He has traveled globally in
search of best educational practice.
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