Dennis Farnsworth Appointed to SUNY Cortland School of Education

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CORTLAND, NY (09/23/2008)(readMedia)-- Dennis Farnsworth of Oswego, N.Y., joined SUNY Cortland on July 7 in the newly created position of teacher education coordinator in the School of Education.

Farnsworth, who served since 2006 as education market manager at Brady Viatronics in Brooklyn Park, Minn., reports to Gerald Porter, dean of the School of Education.

Farnsworth is responsible for the coordination and preparation of compliance with program standards for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). He also will put together all Teacher Education Council and Teacher Education Council Review Committee activities including scheduling, maintenance of records and the recording of minutes.

At Brady Viatronics, Farnsworth modeled current and emerging research-based best educational practices in training activities. He provided feedback to the content development manager for the creation of templates and graphics. He engaged in original research supporting the use of high quality visuals and graphic organizers in the pre-kindergarten through 12 environment and developed a series of distance learning, e-training modules.

Serving as his company's Central and Western New York education consultant, Farnsworth presented, demonstrated and sold a suite of visual learning tools designed to enhance education, motivation and communication within the school setting.

Farnsworth served as a secondary principal with Southern Cayuga Central Schools in Aurora, N.Y., from 2002-05. His responsibilities included confronting and remedying inadequate teaching practices, creating and maintaining a safe school climate, setting expectations, and effectively delivering results for academic achievement. He also oversaw budget efficiency and employee and student performance.

A native of Oswego, Farnsworth earned a Bachelor of Science in Education and Elementary Education and a Master of Science in Education and Reading Education from SUNY Oswego. He also received a certificate of advanced study in educational administration from SUNY Oswego.

Farnsworth, who has completed several administrative certificate programs, finished the Mid-State Superintendent Development Program in 2001.

He is a member of the International Reading Association, New York State Council of School Superintendents, the School Administrator's Association of New York State, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the New York State High School Principal's Association.

A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, he is a lector and Eucharistic minister at St. Paul's Church in Oswego.

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