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

Online Programs

  • 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
updated 02/27/12 | 03:53 PM