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 Dwyer has been with the New School since 1998. In 1998, Rebecca earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics and secondary education from Elmira College. She is provisionally certified in Mathematics (grades 7-12.) While an undergraduate, she participated in a reading tutoring program for second graders, observed in a second and a fifth grade classroom, taught at the seventh through eleventh grade level, and experienced student teaching at a high school in England. Throughout her undergraduate career, Rebecca tutored students in mathematics and language arts. She has a Masters of Science in Education from LeMoyne College.
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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