{"id":3128,"date":"2023-05-23T17:54:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:45:07","slug":"success-story-patricia-consentino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/2023\/05\/23\/success-story-patricia-consentino\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story &#8211; Dr. Patricia Consentino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3126 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/05\/patricia_1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/05\/patricia_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/05\/patricia_1.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/westcollections.wcsu.edu\/handle\/20.500.12945\/116\">The Kindergarten Buddy Program and Its Effect on Reading Achievement for At-Risk Kindergarten Students<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">I received my Doctorate in Instructional Leadership from Western Connecticut State University in 2008. The five years in the program were challenging, but very rewarding. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">As a member of Cohort One, the Alpha Cohort, I have made lifelong friends and colleagues. The doctorate degree has allowed me to become a Superintendent of Schools in three districts that partner with WCSU. <\/span><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">I continue to be involved at WCSU and I am fortunate to work as an adjunct professor at the university as I teach the ED800 Educational Leadership class and mentor 092 administrative candidates. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">I have a passion for public education and support the teaching profession. I am currently the president of WCSU\u2019s Phi Delta Kappa and stay involved with the university on many levels. I am on the NESDEC Board of Directors and the chairperson of the Women\u2019s Leadership Group for CAPSS. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">The doctoral degree has offered me varied experiences and has allowed me to meet wonderful educators, children and families and embrace school communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-3126\">I am thankful to WCSU and the opportunities it has given me in my educational career and forever grateful for the outstanding faculty and programs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dissertation: The Kindergarten Buddy Program and Its Effect on Reading Achievement for At-Risk Kindergarten Students I received my Doctorate in Instructional Leadership from Western Connecticut State University in 2008. The five years in the program were challenging, but very rewarding. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}