The district would like to welcome Lisa Scheffer, Ed.D. to the Port Jefferson school community. At a public meeting of the Board of Education in March, Dr. Scheffer was appointed executive director of pupil personnel services, effective June 1, 2013.
“I am very much looking forward to my new position and am excited to get to know the staff, community and families on a personal level,” said Dr. Scheffer. “I bring with me much experience and am eager to provide leadership and stability to the pupil personnel services department.”
Dr. Scheffer is certified in school district administration as well as school counseling. Her educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from New York University, a Master of Science in school counseling from the College of New Rochelle, a professional diploma in school district administration from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Doctorate of Education in educational administration, leadership and technology from Dowling College.
Dr. Scheffer comes to the district with a tremendous amount of experience, most recently as the director of pupil personnel services for the Sag Harbor Union Free School District, a position she has held since 2006, and as an assistant professor at Long Island University since 2011. She has served as an assistant coordinator to the Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center at Eastern Suffolk BOCES, a project director and guidance counselor at Western Suffolk BOCES Wilson Tech, and an adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate psychology at Five Towns College. Furthermore, she served as a bilingual guidance counselor for the Brentwood UFSD and the Lavelle School for the Blind, a NYSED 4201 school.
Dr. Scheffer will be replacing Carmen Iannotti who worked on an interim basis for the 2012-2013 school year. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Scheffer to the district, where she will surely be a wonderful addition.