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Marilyn Matzko

Rumford,RI

Overview

38
38
years of professional experience

Work History

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

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Master of Social Work -

Rhode Island College

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology -

McGill University
Marilyn Matzko