Kenneth Forman
Program Field Coordinator and
Lecturer for the Educational Leadership Program
PhD, Educational Administration
New York University
Kenneth Forman earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Queens College of the City University of New York. He holds a Masters of Arts in Biology/Education from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and a Doctor of Philosophy from New York University in Educational Administration. Dr. Forman has advanced training in school leadership from Harvard University and Reading and Writing from Teachers College, Columbia University. He has New York State permanent teaching certifications in Biology, Chemistry, and General Science 6-12 and in School Building Leadership and School District Leadership.
Dr. Forman worked in a variety of education related positions for 39 years, starting his career teaching for the New York City Department of Education in middle school. He became an administrator in New York City, serving as Assistant Principal in Queens, Director of State and Federal Programs in Queens, Director of Curriculum and Instruction in Manhattan, Assistant Superintendent in Manhattan and Principal of a K-8 school in Manhattan. Additionally, he served as Principal of an elementary school in Lawrence, Long Island. Dr. Forman has also worked as an educational consultant to the New York City Department of Education Office of Accountability, Pearson Learning as School Building Leader Evaluator and as consultant/trainer for Fordham University. Dr. Forman currently serves as field coordinator for the Educational Leadership Program, assisting with recruiting, organizing and operating educational leadership cohort programs.
Dr. Forman has written two books, recently published two professional articles and produced several PowerPoint videos on the School Building Leader and School District Leader examinations. His current book, Preparing for Educational Leadership, 2nd Edition, is in widespread use across the state for candidates preparing to become educational leaders. His latest two articles are entitled: “Is Effective the New Ineffective.” publication pending, Fall 2015 and “A Revisionist’s Look at Teacher Evaluation” published by the NYC Academy for Public Education, Spring 2015. He recently completed two video/PowerPoint series: “Preparing for the School District Leader Examination-One Question at a Time” and “Preparing for the School Building Leader Examination-One Question at a Time.” Additionally, Dr. Forman is a regular columnist for the NYS Retired School Administrators and Supervisors newsletters.
Dr. Forman has received recognition from Fordham University and the National Association of Elementary School Principals as a featured speaker, and by the New York State Education Department as a Gap Closing Principal. Additionally, he has been included in Who’s Who in Education and Who’s Who in America.
Publications:
- Sending Your Students to College? School District Climate Variables that Make a Difference. NY Academy for Public Education, May 2018.
- Preparing for Educational Leadership, 3rd Edition, Pearson Higher Ed, 2018
- What Are the Relationships Between Poverty, Attendance, Teacher Evaluations, and High School Graduation Rates? in Maximizing Social Science Research Through Publicly Accessible Data Sets, S. Marshall Perry, Editor, October 2017
- Poverty, Attendance, and Teacher Evaluations: Which Matters Most in Determining Urban High School Graduation Rates? NY Academy for Public Education, Spring 2017.
- Trump on Education: What’s the worst that could happen? New York State Retired School Administrators and Supervisors, January 2017.
- Diving into Data, Pearson Publishers 2016.
- “Is “Effective” the new “Ineffective”? A Crisis in New York State Teacher Evaluation” New York State Retired School Administrators and Supervisors, January 2016.
- “The Efficacy of Teacher Evaluations in New York City: A Tale of Two Districts.” NYC Academy for Public Education, Spring 2016
- “Is Effective the New Ineffective? A Crisis in the New York State Teacher Evaluation System.” Long Island Journal for Leadership and Instruction, Fall 2015
- “A Revisionist’s Look at Teacher Evaluation.” New York Academy for Public Education, Spring 2015.
- “Preparing for the School District Leader Examination-One Question at a Time.”
- Website: www.stonybrook.edu/spd/edleadership/sbl_exam_videos, 2015
- “Preparing for the School Building Leader Examination-One Question at a Time.” Website: www.stonybrook.edu/spd/edleadership/sbl_exam_videos, 2014
- Preparing for Educational Leadership, 2nd Edition, Pearson Custom Publishers, 2014
- Preparing for Educational Leadership, 1st Edition, Pearson Publishers 2011
- Column for NYS Retired School Administrators and Supervisors Newsletters (2012-2018)
- ”Carnac Returns,” “Charter school teachers could become certified without taking teacher education classes under a new proposal from the SUNY oversight board!” “Charter School ‘Do It Yourself’ Teacher Training,”“Call of Duty,” “Get Ed Out of Fed,” “Evaluating Effectiveness,”“It’s a Brave New World,” “The Principal as an Endangered Species,” “We Don’t Appreciate What We Have,” “Just Call Me Coach,” “What’s Super in Superintendent?,” "A Study of the Relationship of School Climate, Student Achievement and Demographics among Children Receiving Federal Compensatory Education Services” (Dissertation, 1988)
Recent Honors:
- Using Data to Support Collaborative School-Based Inquiry Teams. Professional Development for NYC Public Schools, June 2018
- Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
- New York State Education Department, Committee to Align Professional Standards for Educational Leaders, 2017
- Friend of Education, Phi Delta Kappa, Stony Brook University, 2016
- Nassau County Association of Assistant Superintendents, 2016
Related Experiences:
EDL Program Coordinator, Lecture series Preparing for Educational Leadership Examinations, Consultant - Pearson Evaluation, Research Assistant – Regent Judith Chin
Office: 2321 Computer Science Building
Email: Kenneth.Forman@stonybrook.edu
