Graduate School of Education Academic Advising
Assistant Directors for Academic Advising and Student Services
Assistant Directors for Academic Advising and Student Services are assigned to students by program. Find your program below and click on the assistant director name next to it for information about your advisor. Advisors generally are available in person or by telephone or email Monday through Friday from 9am - 5pm EST but may also arrange to meet in person or by telephone outside of these hours, if necessary. On-campus students should plan to meet with their assistant directors at the beginning of their program for course sequencing and program planning. Anything mailed may be addressed to the assistant director's name, Lesley University Graduate School of Education, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.
Arts, Community, and Education: Pamela Saideh Smith
Collaborative Internships: Christina Chandler
Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy on-campus: Marie-Maude Petit-Frere
Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy off-campus (MA): Marie-Maude Petit-Frere
Curriculum and Instruction off-campus (nationwide): Marie-Maude Petit-Frere
Curriculum and Instruction (Elementary Generalist): Diane Ronchetti Cooper
Curriculum and Instruction: Integrated Teaching Through the Arts: Pamela Saideh Smith
Curriculum and Instruction: Out of School Time: Christina Chandler
Early Childhood: Suzanne Ronkin Leone
Early Childhood/Creative Arts in Learning: Pamela Saideh Smith
Educational Studies PhD: Adult Learning, Educational
Leadership, Individually Designed: Karen Shea
Elementary Education: Diane Ronchetti Cooper
Elementary/Creative Arts in Learning: Pamela Saideh Smith
Elementary/Moderate Disabilities: Christina Chandler
Elementary and Specialist Teacher of Reading: Suzanne Ronkin Leone
High School Education: Diane Ronchetti Cooper
Individually Designed: Sabina Petrucci Coutis
Mathematics: Marie-Maude Petit-Frere
Middle School Education: Diane Ronchetti Cooper
Middle School/Reading: Suzanne Ronkin Leone
Online Programs (see below)
Reading Specialist (Specialist Teacher in Reading): Suzanne Ronkin Leone
Special Education: Christina Chandler
Teacher of Visual Art: Pamela Saideh Smith
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Sabina Petrucci Coutis
Technology in Education: Marie-Maude Petit-Frere
- Advanced Professional Certificates in Autism; Online Teaching;
Math, Science, or Technology in Education; and
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Sabina Petrucci Coutis - Mathematics, Science, or Technology in Education M.Ed. Programs: Mike Matvichuk
