New York State Community Schools Technical Assistance Centers -Eastern Region CSTAC

As a consultant for the NYS Technical Assistance Center, Dr. Ferrara organizes, prepares, and delivers professional development and technical assistance to Community Schools in judicial districts 3, 4, 9, 10 as well as other entities.
One World Global Education
Serving as the educational advisor to the company’s CEO. Designing strategies to align New York State’s curriculum with the program’s goals.
Ossining School District

Supporting the Community School Supervisor enact the community school strategy for the Ossining District.
Llantarnam Community Primary School

Coaching and action planning with headteacher and implementation team to design a community focused school. Providing resources and inventorying school’s assets and gaps.
University of Central Florida Center

Coaching the Center’s technical assistance (TA) team members to enrich their capacity to deliver TA to school districts state-wide.
Schenectady City School District

Now in year three of implementation, the district continues to deepen the community school strategy and has expanded its to reach 8 schools. In addition, 18 family liaisons have been hired to support children and families. Dr. Ferrara works closely with principals, community school supervisor, community school directors, and family liaisons to provide coaching and […]
Tarrytown School District
Providing a comprehensive community school implementation strategy to the district. The strategy includes principal coaching, workshops, needs assessment, resource inventory, focus groups and selection pilot schools. This multi-year project will focus on building community school capacity at selected schools