Academics
Teachers
Each New School teacher brings a different perspective and passion to the classrooms while sharing a common philosophy about how children learn.
Mary Cunningham
Mary Cunningham is the school’s Educational Consultant. Mary, one of the school’s founders, has been instrumental in maintaining the school’s philosophy and purpose since 1988. Prior to The New School’s founding, Mary taught for 10 years at Syracuse Institute for Enabling Education, a model on which The New School was created. The staff and children at The New School are supported and enriched by other adults in the classroom, including a teacher assistant, parent volunteers, retired teachers, work study students from Syracuse University and student-teachers from LeMoyne and Syracuse University.
Rebecca Dwyer
Rebecca started teaching at The New School in the fall of 1998 after graduating from Elmira College with a BA dual-degree in Mathematics and Secondary Education. In 2003, she graduated from LeMoyne College with her Masters in Elementary Education. In 2005, Rebecca had her first child and worked part time at The New School. Then in 2007, she moved from teaching at The New School to teaching at an Alternative High School at OCM BOCES where the philosophy of The New School remained a part of her teaching. Rebecca collaborated with The New School teachers to bring together her high school students with New School students on problem-solving science projects. She continued to participate in New School functions, and was on the Executive Committee at The New School while she taught at BOCES. Rebecca is now glad to be back at The New School where she started her teaching career 12 years ago!
Miranda Hine
Miranda Hine began with the New School in 1999. Prior to joining the New School, Miranda was a Reading/Learning Disabilities Specialist for Syracuse University’s Stars Program, a five-year research study funded by the National Institute of Health and jointly sponsored by Syracuse and Yale Universities. During this period Miranda provided intensive reading tutoring to four students attending Smith Road Elementary School, North Syracuse. From April 1996 until June 1998 Miranda was the special education teacher in 4th and 5th grade inclusive classrooms at Meachem Elementary School in Syracuse. Since 1982, Miranda has taught as an adjunct professor for Syracuse University’s Department of Visual Communication. Miranda holds an MS in Reading Education, a BS in Inclusive Elementary and Special Education and is permanently certified in New York State as an Elementary teacher, Special Education teacher and as a Reading Specialist. While an undergraduate at Syracuse University, Miranda was nominated University Scholar in 1996 and Remembrance Scholar in 1995.
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Karen Zamora
Karen joined the New School for the spring of 2010 as a student teacher from Syracuse University and is returning as a teacher for the 2010-2011 school year. As well as being newly certified in both elementary and special education, Karen is also a mother, farmer, and engineer. Prior to pursuing her teaching certification she substituted for six years and was an aide to children with special needs for two years in the Morrisville-Eaton school district. Karen’s strongest learning styles are naturalistic, musical, and logical and she enjoys many hobbies in those categories. She has focused her studies on using each student’s individual strengths and learning styles to best guide their learning and is looking forward to another amazing year working with students and families at The New School.
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