Tag: Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice

Roberto Fulcar, Ed.D.

Roberto Fulcar, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischer College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) was appointed Minister of Education of the Dominican Republic on July 10, 2020, by the newly elected President, Luis Abinader.

Fulcar has a long teaching career at all levels and modalities of education in the Dominican Republic and in other countries. His social and political work led him to the foundation of the Institute for the Promotion of Education, Democracy and Development.  Dr. Fulcar is a consultant in areas such as education, strategic planning, policy, evaluation, institutional development, research, and leadership.

He earned his Doctor of Education with the FCE&SCJ in 2004.

Lee Westberry, Ed.D

Lee Westberry, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ) authored the book Putting the Pieces Together: A Systems Approach to School Leadership. The book is intended to assist aspiring school leaders or sitting leaders in understanding the “how to” in developing the 4 major systems in schools and the need to understand how to develop the systems to support the critical work of schools to prevent the “putting out fires” mode of operation.

Westberry has over 20 years of experience as a school administrator. She has served as a middle school principal, a high school principal, and a district supervisor in more than one capacity.  Prior to serving as an administrator, she was an English teacher in more than one school system.

Currently, Westberry serves as the Director of Program Development and Enhancement, Educational Leadership Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Zucker Family School of Education at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. In addition to teaching classes in the master’s program and Educational Specialist program, she also supports principal leaders in the form of Principal Service where she travels across the state to provide professional learning experiences for sitting principals.

Additionally, Westberry is the C.E.O. of the F.L.I.P. Educational Group, LLC (Focused Leadership in Practice) which serves to consult with districts and schools, providing training for teaching staff, instructional coaches, and principals where needed.

Westberry earned her Doctor of Education with FCE&SCJ in 2006.

Amy Teprovich, Ed.D

Amy Teprovich, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice has been appointed President at Keiser University’s Ft. Myers Campus.

Teprovich has over twenty years of experience in higher education. Her career began in Residence Life and Student Activities positions.  She came to Fort Myers, Florida in 2004 and served as the Director of Campus Involvement at Florida Gulf Coast University.  She served as the Dean of Students at Edison State College and then the Academic Dean at Rasmussen College before joining Keiser University.  In addition to her administrative roles, she has taught many courses and has served on dissertation committees.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Mathematics and Economics, as well as a Master of Science in College Student Personnel Administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and a Doctor of Education with concentrations in Organizational Leadership and Conflict Resolution from NSU in 2011.

Shelley J. Cooper, Ed.D.

Shelley J. Cooper, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, founded Diversity Telehealth in 2015, a telemedicine consulting firm located in Kansas City’s historic 18^th & Vine Jazz District that specializes in bringing healthcare to underserved populations in diverse communities.  Diversity Telehealth has formed relationships with area healthcare and civic organizations that are attempting to revitalize a culturally rich, but underserved groups within its urban core.

Cooper is a 25-year veteran educator who became interested in continuing her dedication to service by studying telemedicine and earning her Doctorate degree in Education with NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice in 2014. Her dissertation, “Opinion Leaders’ Perspective of the Benefits and Barriers in Telemedicine: A Grounded Theory Study of Telehealth in the Midwest” laid the foundation for the establishment of Diversity Telehealth.

She also provides no-cost telehealth services for families in need through her 501c3 organization, Diversity Telehealth Community Network, Inc. She is currently introducing her SureShow app, a patent-pending, revenue generating app that reduces clinical no-shows by infusing telehealth options. Most recently she was featured in the Kansas Medicine, The Journal of the New Kansas City Medical Society; she has also contributed to KC Our Health Matters, Diversity in Action Educational Journal and multiple telehealth webinars.

To learn more about Diversity Telehealth, please visit https://www.diversitytelehealth.com/.

Michael Simonson, Ph.D.

Michael Simonson, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Higher Education Leadership and Instructional Technology at NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice was featured on the podcast, Let’s Talk eLearning. The podcast is hosted by Dr. LeRoy Hill, Dean of the School of Distance Learning at the University of Southern Caribbean and tips on eLearning and online teaching excellence.

On the episode, Simonson shares his insights about Equivalency Theory and its relation to distance education. He first proposed Equivalency Theory in 1999 and for twenty years it has been a significant organizational factor for the design of distance education courses and programs.

Simonson has authored four major textbooks dealing with distance education, instructional technology, instructional computing and instructional media. He has over 200 scholarly publications and is an editor of two academic journals. His current area of research interest is the diffusion of distance education in organizations.

The podcast – let’s Talk eLearning with Dr. Michael Simonson – E2 – is available at SoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/leroy_hill/lets-talk-elearning-e2-michael

Brent Goldman, Ed.D., graduate of NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, is the co-founder and CEO of Xceed Preparatory Academy, which currently has four locations in South Florida (Kendall, Weston, Coral Springs, and Daytona Beach). In July 2020, Xceed opened its 5th school, a virtual school called Xceed Anywhere.

Goldman has been a leader in private school education in South Florida since 1996. He was the co-founder and Head of School at The Sagemont School in Weston for 21 years. Under his leadership, Sagemont grew to over 820. Additionally, he co-founded The University of Miami Online High School and Smart Horizons Career Online Education (www.shcoe.org).  The University of Miami Online High School was the first Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accredited private online high school. It was sold to Kaplan in 2007.  Smart Horizons Career Online Education is geared towards the 30mm+ adult high school dropouts in the United States and is the official high school of McDonalds.

Goldman earned his M.S. in 1994 and his Ed.D. in 1997 from the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice.

To learn more about Xceed Preparatory please visit, ttps://www.xceedprep.org/