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Adam Urbanski
President, Rochester Teachers Association
Vice-President, American Federation of Teachers
Ph.D., American Social History, the University of Rochester, 1975
Permanent Teaching Certificate, State University of New York,
College at Brockport, 1971
B.A., Political Science, The University of Rochester, 1969
A.A., Modern Languages, Monroe Community College, 1967 |
Activities & Honors:
A former high school teacher and college professor, Dr. Urbanski is an active proponent of change in education. In Rochester, he proposed and designed an internship program for new teachers; a peer review intervention plan; a career ladder; and a homework hotline service for students. Dr. Urbanski is the director of the newly established Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN), aimed at creating a new vision of teachers’ unions that supports needed changes in education. He served on AFT’s Task Force on the Future of Education and is a recipient of Phi Delta Kappa (Rochester Chapter, 1983) Leadership in Education Award. He also served on the Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Executive Session on “Making the System Work for Children in Poverty;” Stanford University’s Educational Leadership Institute’s National Advisory Board; the Federal Department of Education Board of Directors of the Fund for Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching; the Advisory Board of Harvard University’s National Center for Educational Leadership; the Board of Advisors of “Education for Democracy/International;” the Policy Working Group at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform; the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and the National Assessment Governing Board. Dr. Urbanski has appeared on several nationally-broadcast television programs, including the NBC Today Show, ABC News World Report, CBS Newswatch, and PBS MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour. Articles about him and his work have appeared in U.S. News and World Report, Teacher Magazine, EducationWeek, The New York Times, The American Teacher, Newsweek, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications.
Selected Publications:
• Urbanski, A. Teachers’ Use of Data to Improve Student Learning. (2004). National Evaluation Systems.
• Urbanski, A. Improving Student Achievement Through Labor Management Collaboration in Urban School Districts. (2003). Education Policy, vol. 17 no. 4.
• Urbanski, A. Finding the Teachers of Tomorrow in the Face of Necessary Reforms. (2002). National Evaluation Systems.
• Urbanski, A. TURNing Unions Around. Contemporary Education. (1998). Vol. 69, No. 4.
• Urbanski, A. Make Public Schools More Like Private. (January 31, 1996). Education Week.
• Urbanski, A. Real Change Is Real Hard: Lessons Learned In Rochester. (1992-93). Stanford Law and Policy Review, Winter.
• Urbanski, A. Forces That Undermine Reform: A Teacher’s Perspective. (1986). American Educator, Spring. |
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