Education Specialist, College and Career Readiness
State of Rhode Island (Department of Education)
09.2010 - Current
Developed, manage and implement Rhode Island's statewide civil rights annual compliance review system
Manage and continuously improve All Course Network, a state-sponsored program that provides dual enrollment, work based learning, world language and career credential courses to students at no cost to 3,000+ students who enroll each year.
External Reader
Johnson & Wales University
01.2008 - Current
Review and provide structured feedback for dissertation proposals submitted by approximately 25 doctoral candidates per year in the Education Leadership doctoral program.
Program Evaluator, Grant Writer/Manager, Teacher
Fall River Public Schools
09.2008 - 06.2010
Taught math to regular and special education students at Resiliency Preparatory School, the district's alternative high school
Wrote federal, state, and private foundation grants totaling over $3,000,000
Conducted evidence-based program evaluations on school (absenteeism study) and district levels (college and career readiness, instructional coaches).
Education Consultant
Brett Consulting Group
01.2005 - 08.2008
Evaluated educational initiatives; examples include youth leadership, adult education, undergraduate and graduate curricula and research opportunities.
Identified best practices among evaluated programs, facilitating knowledge sharing across organization for improved overall performance.
Project Coordinator
Brown University
01.2003 - 01.2005
Responsible for overseeing implementation of two multi-site National Institute of Mental Health studies in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry: COBY (Course and Outcome for Youth with Bipolar Illness) and TORDIA (Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents)
Oversaw hiring, training, and supervision of four research assistants
Conducted 400+ DSM III diagnostic interviews with children, adolescents and parents.
Research Associate
Bradley Hospital/Brown University Research Center
01.1991 - 01.1999
Conducted 300+ conducting family and individual clinical assessments
Analyzed and coded data
Trained post-doctoral psychologists and psychiatry fellows in clinical family interview
Clinical Social Worker
Bradley Hospital
01.1987 - 01.1991
Conducted clinical assessments of children, adolescents and their families
Provided individual, family and group treatment of primarily trauma-induced pediatric psychiatric disorders, and their impact on family functioning
Contributed to literature review and data collection for publications in peer reviewed journals
Education
Master of Arts in Teaching -
Johnson & Wales University
Providence, Rhode Island
06.2008
Doctorate of Education - Human Development And Psychology
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts
06.2002
Master of Social Work -
Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island
06.1986
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology -
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
06.1984
Publications
Dickstein, S., Seifer, R., Hayden, L., Schiller, M., Sameroff, A., Keitner, G., Miller, I., Rasmussen, S., Matzko, M., McGee, K., 1998, Levels of family assessment II: Impact of maternal psychopathology on family functioning, Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 23-40
Rivinus, T., Levoy, D., Matzko, M., Scifer, R., 1992, Hospitalized children of substance abusing parents and physically and sexually abused children: A comparison, J. AM. Acad. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31 (6), 1019-1023
Levoy, D., Rivinus,T., Matzko, M., McGuire, J., 1991, Chronic trauma disorder of childhood: Children in search of a diagnosis, 'T. Rivinus (Ed.), Children of Chemically Dependent Parents: Research, Theory, Diagnostic Treatment and Public Policy Perspectives, New York: Brunner Mazel, 153-170
Professional Experience
Bradley Hospital Family Advisory Group
2018 - current
Timeline
Education Specialist, College and Career Readiness
State of Rhode Island (Department of Education)
09.2010 - Current
Program Evaluator, Grant Writer/Manager, Teacher
Fall River Public Schools
09.2008 - 06.2010
External Reader
Johnson & Wales University
01.2008 - Current
Education Consultant
Brett Consulting Group
01.2005 - 08.2008
Project Coordinator
Brown University
01.2003 - 01.2005
Research Associate
Bradley Hospital/Brown University Research Center
01.1991 - 01.1999
Clinical Social Worker
Bradley Hospital
01.1987 - 01.1991
Master of Arts in Teaching -
Johnson & Wales University
Doctorate of Education - Human Development And Psychology
Coordinator/ Principal E & T Interviewer at State of Rhode Island Department of Labor & TrainingCoordinator/ Principal E & T Interviewer at State of Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training
Educational Coach at Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young ChildrenEducational Coach at Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children