CONSULTING SERVICES ASSOCIATES

 

MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY

 

 

Dr. Leonard H. Elovitz                                                                                                 lelovitz@kean.edu

 

After a distinguished career as a school district administrator, Dr. Leonard Elovitz is currently the Chairman of Educational Leadership Department at Kean University. Dr. Elovitz’s experience includes ten years in teaching and various administrative and supervisory positions in Glen Ridge, four years as Assistant Superintendent South Orange-Maplewood, and a total of seventeen years as Superintendent of Schools in Hasbrouck Heights, Roxbury and Bloomfield.

Dr. Elovitz has served on the State Education Technology Committee since its inception and has been one of the prime movers of instruction by Interactive Television in New Jersey. He has conducted numerous workshops and consulting projects in the areas of educational technology, school district organization, leadership, supervision, long range planning, evaluation of instruction, school district demographics, school district facility needs, developing educational specifications and school-to-careers.  He has authored more than 12 articles in national and state professional journals and presented at a number of state conferences.

Dr. Elovitz received his Bachelors and Masters from Montclair State University and a Doctorate in the Administration of Educational Programs from Teachers College, Columbia University.  In 1995, he was named a Diplomate in Educational Administration by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators. In addition to his duties as a Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership at Kean University, he also teaches courses in school finance, computer applications for administration, supervision, and foundations of school policy.

 

 

 Robert L. Gordon                                                                                                rlgordon@optonline.net                                                                                                                                                    

For nearly three years, Bob Gordon served as the Assistant Project Director for the Morris/Sussex/Warren School-to-Careers Consortium based at the County College of Morris (CCM). In that capacity, he worked with partners in the three counties to support the implementation of school-to-careers programs involving educators, employers, community-based agencies, parents and students.

Bob has been a frequent presenter on school-to-careers related topics at state, county and regional meetings, including the annual NJASCD conference and the Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference. Last year, he presented at the spring conference of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.

During his tenure at CCM, Bob was tapped as a participant on the New Jersey Department of Labor’s task force charged with developing an employee guide for students in the workplace. He was also named on the statewide team sent to Washington, D.C. to create better linkages between the school-to-careers movement and the effort to facilitate transition to adult life for students with disabilities.

Prior to his involvement in school-to-careers, Bob spent 33 years with the Randolph Township Schools in Morris County where he served as teacher, supervisor, and, for the last eight years, Superintendent of Schools. He served as president of the county’s Superintendent’s Association and was the recipient of that group’s distinguished service award in 1994. During his tenure as Superintendent, Randolph high School was named as one of the top 50 schools by Redbook Magazine.

Mr. Gordon has been published on the school-to-careers initiative. His most recent article, Spanning a Revolution. Can it Happen?  was published in the annual Journal of The Center for Workplace Development Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, D.C.

 

Mel Klein                                                                                                          melklein61@comcast.net                                                                                                                                                     

Mel Klein has been in education for 49 years as a mathematics and science teacher, basketball coach, high school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools. After retiring as Superintendent in Livingston in 1982, Mel served as interim superintendent in 19 school districts in New Jersey. Also, during that time, he completed demographic studies, enrollment projections and regionalization studies for numerous school districts.

He was awarded New Jersey Distinguished Educator of the Year by The New Jersey Council of Education in 1995. Mel is presently an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University, teaching supervision, curriculum and leadership courses along with a futures module in Seton Hall’s Executive Doctoral Program. Mel had his own television show for four years during the formative years of cable television in Essex County.

 

Dr. Alan Markowitz                                                                                              amarkowitz@cse.edu                                                                                                  

Alan Markowitz began his career as a social studies teacher in NYC. After serving as a curriculum supervisor in several districts, Dr. Markowitz became Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in the Roxbury Public Schools. He culminated his public school career as Superintendent of Schools in the Harding Township. Schools.

Dr. Markowitz has served on several state panels including those for Alternative Teacher Certification and Student Expectations. He co-chaired the Social Studies Content Standards Panel for the New Jersey State Department of Education and is now chairing the State Advisory Committee to coordinate the revision of the Core Curriculum Content Standards.

Dr. Markowitz is a recognized leader in the areas of curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional development planning.  He has authored more than 15 articles in professional journals and spoken at several national conferences.

Dr. Markowitz is a member of the Morris county Professional Development Board and has served them as a consultant .

He has served as Associate Director of the School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Currently, Dr. Markowitz is Director of Graduate Programs at The College of St. Elizabeth.

 

Dr. John R. Crews                                                                                                            jcrews@cse.edu                                                                                                                                                      

John R. Crews currently serves as the Director of Educational Leadership at The College of St. Elizabeth. Prior to assuming this position he spent over twenty years in public school leadership roles including Principal of Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ, and Assistant Superintendent for Instruction in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, Scotch Plains, NJ. In the latter capacity he was responsible for the curriculum, instruction, and professional development for all eight schools within the PreK-12 district.

During his years of service in public education, Dr. Crews received considerable recognition for his future vision for schooling, as well as his ability to provide leadership for change. In 1999, he was selected to present a paper, Schools for the Information Age, at the Superintendents’ Roundtable at Oxford University.  In that paper, he outlined a broad vision for the changes necessary to ensure the relevancy of schools in the 21^st century.

A scheduling organization, which he instituted while Principal of Ridgewood High School in 1992, has become a model for many secondary schools in New Jersey and the Tri-State area. The schedule, supported by extensive professional development in active learning strategies, has changed the way schools look at the organization of time, and has helped to shape a new paradigm in teaching and learning in secondary education.