Working with school districts has been my life calling, as early as 1989; I took on the challenge of working with the staff, students and community to avert a New Jersey State Takeover. The district was removed from the takeover list in a short amount of time. If additional information is needed, please do not hesitate to contact me. Resume is on file. Sincerely, Leonard D. Fitts

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Burlington, NJ 08016 Interim Head of School 01/ 2019 -11/ 2019 BISHOP EUSTACE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, INC. Catholic Pallottine Fathers and Brothers Route 70 Pennsauken, NJ 08109 Adjunct Professor of Education 2016- Present Graduate School of Education LINCOLN UNIVERSITY –Urban Center 3020 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Interim School Superintendent of Schools 2014-2016 Pleasantville Public Schools 801 Mill Road Pleasantville, NJ 08232 Interim Superintendent of Schools 2013-2014 Coatesville Area School District Benner Education Services Center 545 East Lincoln Highway Coatesville, PA 19320 Interim Superintendent of Schools 2012 – 2013 Berlin Township School District 225 Grove Avenue West Berlin, New Jersey 08091 University of Pennsylvania 2009 - 2012 Advisor-Excellence to Eminence Penn Children Center/Business Service, 3130 Chestnut Street, Suite 100 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6282 Interim Superintendent of Schools 2007 – 2009 Glassboro Public School District 560 Joseph Bowe Blvd. Glassboro, New Jersey 08028 Interim Superintendent of Schools 1998 – 2000, 2006 - 2007

Consultant -Special Education City of Camden Board of Education Administration Building 201 North Front Street Camden, New Jersey Director for MSA Program/Advisor 2000-Present Lincoln University Urban Center 3020 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Consultant 2000-Present Drexel University/Foundations Inc. Charter SchoolTechnical Assistance Center 133 "Q” Gaither Drive Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054 Interim Associate Dean Liberal Arts 2005-2006 Burlington County College Mt. Holly, New Jersey Team Leader and Member Collaborative Assessment and Planning for Achievement (CAPA) 2004-2006 New Jersey Department of Education Trenton, New Jersey Charter School Director 2001-2004 New Horizons Community Charter School Newark, New Jersey Dean/Faculty School of Education 1996-2000 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education P.O. Box 198 Cheyney, Pennsylvania County Superintendent of Schools 1992-1996 State of New Jersey - Department of Education 300 North Avenue East Westfield, New Jersey Superintendent of Schools 1987-1992 Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District Penns Grove, New Jersey Assistant Superintendent of Education 1981 - 1987 Lower Camden County Regional High School District #1 Atco, New Jersey Director, Division of Special Services 1975 - 1981 Camden City Board of Education Camden, New Jersey School Psychologist, Florida Parent Education Follow-Through Program 1971-1975 Philadelphia Board of Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Teaching Fellow, Graduate School of Education 1969-1971

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Administrator, Equal Opportunity Programs 1968 - 1969 Radio Corporation of America New York, New York

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Chief Guidance Counselor 1967-1968 Radio Corporation of America Sparta, Wisconsin

Guidance Counselor 1966 - 1967 Radio Corporation of America /University of Wisconsin Sparta, Wisconsin

National Defense Education Fellow 1965-1966 Boston University Boston, Massachusetts

Mathematics Coordinator and Associate Education Director 1964 - 1965 Tuskegee University Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

Graduate Assistant, Office of Student Affairs 1963-1964 Tuskegee University Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

United States Air Force 1961-1963 Communications Officer

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Dissertation Committee: University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nova University, Graduate School of Education Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Adjunct Faculty: Trenton State College, Graduate School of Education Trenton, New Jersey Pepperdine University, Human Resources Management Program Los Angeles, California Drexel University, Nesbitt College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Antioch University, Bachelor of Arts Program Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rutgers University, Department of Business Administration and Accounting Camden, New Jersey LaRoche College, College of Business Administration Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Rutgers University, Department of Psychology Camden, New Jersey Antioch University, Graduate School of Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbia College, Department of Extended Studies Columbia, Missouri Rowan State College, Department of Psychology Glassboro, New Jersey Rowan State College, Graduate School of Education Glassboro Jersey

Salem County College, Department of Psychology Deep Water, New Jersey

Burlington County College, Department of Psychology Burlington, New Jersey

University of Delaware, Graduate School of Education Newark, Delaware

Southern Illinois University, School of Education Carbondale, Illinois Howard University, Institute of Urban Planning Washington, D.C.

Union Institute, Graduate School of Education Cincinnati, Ohio

New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts Trenton, New Jersey

EDUCATION Ed. D., Educational Psychology, University of Pennsylvania M. B. A., Administration and Finance, Drexel University M. Ed., Administration and Counseling, Tuskegee University B. S., Science and Mathematics, Tuskegee University

PROFESSIONAL STUDY United States Institute of Peace, Global Peace and Security from Multiple Perspectives United States Institute of Peace, Conflict Analysis Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Yale University, Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) Global Youth In the Digital Age Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management Indiana University, The Poynter Center for the study of Ethics and American Institutions University of Illinois and the South African Consulate

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Southern Methodist University, Edwin L. Cox School of Business U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Boston University, Counseling Psychology Boston University, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA). Globalization and Religion Tuskegee University, Administration University of Wisconsin, Psychology LaCrossee State University, Psychology Ohio State University, Management Bell and Howell Institute, Management Leadership Institute, Human Relations Effective Training Associates, Teacher, Parent and Leadership Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies

University of California at Los Angeles, International National Heritage Language Resource Center Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Citizen’s Academy-Newark PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters: Fitts, Leonard D. Using Interim Superintendents. Alabama School Boards Magazine. Spring. 2014. 27-28. Fitts, Leonard D. School Construction for Educational Excellence. Research Journal. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Fall, 1997. Fitts, Leonard D. Consideration in Orchestrating an Early Childhood Special Education

Program: A Black Administrator's Perspective. The Young Black Exceptional Child. Technical Assistance Development System, North Carolina, 7-19, 1980.

Fitts, Leonard D. The School Psychologist and Drug Problems in the Schools. The

International Encyclopedia of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology. Aesculpaius Publishers: 4: 173-177, 1977.

Publications in Professional Journals: Fitts, Leonard D. Seat-Warmer Educational Leader? School Leader, New Jersey School Boards Association, New Jersey/January/February 2009. 40-43 Fitts, Leonard D. Myth vs Reality…Interim Superintendent Can Make Things Happen.

The Journal. Illinois School Board Journal Illinois. March/April 2009. Vol. 77, No. 2. 26-27.

Fitts, Leonard D. Interim School Superintendents: Myth, Realities, Outlook American Association of School Administrators. AASA New Superintendents E- Journal. April 2009. http://www.aasa.org/publications/content/cfm Fitts, Leonard D. Interim Solutions. American School Board Journal. October 2013.

Volume 200.Number 9. 26-28. Fitts, Leonard D. Strong Test Score Gains Under A Comprehensive Strategic Education Plan. National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, January, 2008. . http://www.publiccharters.org/content/field - story/detail/3605 Fitts, Leonard D. Financial Literacy and The Charter School. National Alliance for Public Charter Schools January, 2008.

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http://www.publiccharters.org/content/field - story/detail/35701 Fitts, Leonard D. and Edwards, O’Brien. Preparing for your Child’s Education - The Dream for Children. National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. March, 2006. http://www.publiccharters.org/content/field - story/detail/866 Fitts, Leonard D. The School Psychologist as Perceived by Superintendents of Education

in Alabama. American Psychological Proceedings. 8: 706-7, 1973. Fitts, Leonard D. The School Psychologist as Perceived by Superintendents of Education

in Alabama. Alabama Mental Health-Retardation Review. 25: 1-3, July, 1974. Fitts, Leonard D. and Witherspoon, Sara. Child Care Program of the Philadelphia Urban

League. The Challenge. 17: 7-9, November - December, 1974. Fitts, Leonard D. Penn’s Grove-Carneys Point School District Moving Ahead. The Sampler. Carneys Point, New Jersey. 17: 19, January 29, 1992. Fitts, Leonard D., Barniskis, Edward., Griffith, Janice and Wright, Anthony. Making

Your D.A.R.E. Program A Success, Not A Bust. The Police Reporter. Plainfield, New Jersey. 1, 5-6. Summer, 1991.

Fitts, Leonard D., Barry, Phillip., Kukara, Kalli., Mulhorn, Willetts and Udy, Ronald.

Salem County Educators and DuPont: Partners in Science. The Community, Technical, and Junior College Times. American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Washington, D.C. 2: 12. June, 1990.

Fitts, Leonard D. and Field, Arlene A. Teenagers Mentor Program - A Unique Approach

for "At Risk" Students. NJABA Perspective. Trenton, New Jersey. 14-16, Spring, 1991.

Fitts, Leonard D. and Ruotolo, Andrew K. Quick Reference Guide for Teachers. Union

County Prosecutor's Office. Elizabeth. New Jersey. 1994. Fitts, Leonard D., "Straight at You" A Technological Model for Teaching

Communication Skills. Focus On Education, ASCD. New Jersey. 27-29, 1995. Radio: KYW-1060 AM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A presentation on the effects of lead

poison on the neurological, psychological and educational development of children. WIBG-99 AM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Discussed sex roles of children and how sex roles define life positions, jobs and often a way of life. Film Early Childhood Education Program. Philadelphia Board of Education. Filmed presenting a new and proposed role for the psychologist in early childhood education programs. This film stressed the importance of parental involvement, and the joint efforts of the school and mental health facilities to help pupils overcome educational, emotional and psychological disabilities.

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Television: WPVI-TV, Channel 6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - "Learning is Child’s Play” It stressed the need for continued parental involvement in the educational, social and psychological development of the child. Practical suggestions were provided to parents. WCAU-TV, Channel 10, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - "The Demonic and the Devil" A presentation showing the growing interest in demons. Stressed the need to be able to distinguish the difference of being possessed by the devil and the need for mental health treatment.

AWARDS

The Aspen Institute, Executive Development (2007) Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar (JAPAN, 2004) Watson Kinter Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania (1969 - 1972) Psychological Service Assistantship, University of Pennsylvania (1969 - 1972) Fellow - National Defense Education Scholarship, Boston University (1965 - 1966) Graduate School of Education Fellowship, Tuskegee University (1963 - 1964) Undergraduate Research Grant, Tuskegee University (1960 - 1961) Work Scholarship, Tuskegee University (1957-1961)

CONFERENCES PAPERS AND PANELS

Moderator:

American Association of School Administrators, San Diego, California March, 1996

American Association of School Administrators, New Orleans, Louisiana April, 1995

New Jersey Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, New Jersey May, 1995, “Science Alliance: A Business and Education Partnership”

American Association of School Administrators, Orlando, Florida April, 1993

New Jersey Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, New Jersey May, 1992; "Lifeboat' and Other Alternative Education Programs"

New Jersey Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, New Jersey Legal May, 1996, Aspects of Employee Discipline

Presenter: The National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, Inc., Washington, D.C. February, 1979, "Effective Board Training: Beyond the Basics"

Archway Spring Conference, Atco, New Jersey May, 1981, "The Family in Crisis"

CEC Conference on the Exceptional Bilingual Child, New Orleans, Louisiana February, 1981, "A Minority Leadership Consortium of Early Childhood Education Programs for Handicapped Children"

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International Conference of the Association of Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1981, "P.S.: Purpose and Service, The Minority Leadership Consortium of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program"

Camden County Community College, Blackwood, New Jersey June, 1982, "The Futility of Short Cuts" The Parent Advocacy Council on Education, Blackwood, New Jersey, November. 1980, "Effective Parenting"

Lancaster Head Start Parent Banquet, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May, 1980, "A Review of Head Start"

Arthritis Foundation, New Jersey Chapter June, 1979, "Parent Effectiveness Training”

New Jersey Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, February, 1979, "Helping Students Cope with Stress” CEC First World Congress on the Future of Special Education Stirling, Scotland, June 1978, "Issues, Challenges and Problems of Special Education in Large Urban Culturally Different Settings" Camden County Community College, Blackwood, New Jersey June, 1977, "Pre-adolescent Psychology" Black Social Workers Conference, Cherry Hill, New Jersey October, 1976, "Non-discriminatory Assessment of Students" State Conference of New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, October, 1976, "Parents Participation, Now and in the Future" State of New Jersey, White House Conference on the Handicapped June-October, 1976, "Educational Issues" Southeast Delco School District, Essington, Pennsylvania October, 1976, "Learning Disabilities" International Reading Council, Trenton, New Jersey March, 1976, "Parent Involvement in Reading" Lambda Kappa Mu, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July, 1976, "Facing Tomorrow" Moorestown Home and School Association, Moorestown, New Jersey December, 1976, "Who is the Adolescent Child?" Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May, 1976, "Parent Effectiveness Training" Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May, 1976, "Minority Group Parent to Child: Passing on the Heritage" Maryland Parents and Directors Meeting, Salisbury, Maryland

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January, 1975 “Parent Effectiveness Training” Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania December, 1974, “Parent Effectiveness Training:” Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Region III, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October, 1974. "An Approach to Involving Parents in Education" Pennsylvania Parents and Directors Meeting, Eric, Pennsylvania October, 1974, "Parent Effectiveness Training" State-Wide Follow Through Conference for Parents, Williamsport, Pennsylvania May, 1974, "Kids Do the Darndest Things! Why? (What your child is telling you by what he does.) Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April, 1974, "Parenting as an Adult Role and as a Male Role" National Association of School Psychologists, Las Vegas, Nevada March, 1974, "Drug Abuse" The Philadelphia Council of the International Reading Association Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March, 1974, "Motivating Parent Involvement in School

American Psychological Association, Montreal, Canada August, 1973, "The School Psychologist as Perceived by Superintendents of Education in Alabama" National Association of School Psychologists, New York, New York March, 1973, "Drugs: Role of the School Psychologists in Dealing with Drug Problems in Schools" and "The School Psychologist as Perceived by Superintendents of Education in Alabama" National Medical Association, Kansas City, Missouri August, 1972, "Meaningful Treatment of Addictive Diseases in the Black Community Follow Through Parent Involvement Conference, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania May, 1972, "Knowing Myself' National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, Illinois March, 1972, "Drugs and the School Psychologists" Radio Corporation of America Personnel Conference, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania October, 1968, "Hiring the Hardcore Unemployed" American Personnel and Guidance Association, Detroit, Michigan, April, 1968, "Industry and Counseling: A Developmental Approach"

Wisconsin Personnel and Guidance Association, Menomonee, Wisconsin December, 1967, "Analytical Tools Used in Counseling the Corpsmen"

GRANTS - STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BUREAU OF HANDICAPPED, U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND FOUNDATIONS

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The Ernest L. Boyer Technology Summits for Educators

Pre-School Program for Multiply Handicapped

Early Deficit Intervention Curriculum Technique

Computer Child Data System Comprehensive System for Personnel Development Child Study Team Services

Transitional Intervention Program

Mobile Middle School Speech Program

Project Child Find

Comprehensive Planning of Pre-School Programs in Camden City

Total Auditory

Vocational Evaluation/Orientation and Related Programs for Severely Handicapped

Children and Youth in a Special Facility

Vocational Diagnostic Center

A Regional Mainstreaming Approach to Providing Comprehensive Services for the Handicapped Project Return

Community Resources in the Education of Exceptional Pre-schoolers (CREEP), A comprehensive educational, medical, community resources, and educational center, and home based instruction for severely handicapped pre-schoolers, age 0-6

Handicapped Children's Early Education Program - Minority Leadership Consortium

Project Mickey Mouse - A four day trip to Disney World for twenty Trainable Mentally Retarded Students

COMMUNITY SERVICE Former Chairperson, Social Issue Committee, National Association of School Psychologists Member, Rotary Club of America Former Member, Lions Club of America

Former Chairperson and Former Member of the Comprehensive System for Personnel Development, Department of Education, State of New Jersey

Former Member, Commissioner's Advisory Council for the Handicapped, Department of Education, State of New of Jersey Former Board Member, Lincoln Day Nursery, Philadelphia, PA

Former Advisory Chairman, Al-Assist Recovery and Counseling Program, Southeast Neighborhood Health Center, Philadelphia, PA Trustee, Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey

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Member, Board of Directors, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, North Jersey Chapter Pine Brook, New Jersey Member, Board of Directors, Fair Oak Hospital, Summit, New Jersey Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Moorestown, NewJersey

Board of Education, Union County Vocational School, Scotch Plains, New Jersey Chairperson, Vicinage Advisory Committee on Minority Concerns, New Jersey Supreme Court

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of School Administrators

New Jersey Association of School Administrators

American Psychological Association, Division 16, School Psychology

Council for Exceptional Children

National Association of School Psychologists, Social Issue Committee

American Management Association

New Jersey Council of Education

Pennsylvania Association of College and Teacher Educators THE HORACE MAN LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HONORS North America's 100 Top Executive Educators

Commissioner's Advisory Council for the Handicapped, State of New Jersey, Certificate of Commendation

Comprehensive System of Personnel Development, New Jersey State Department of Education, Recognition Award Dictionary of International Biography, Distinguished Service to the Community, Certificate of Merit

Community Leaders and Note Worthy American Award, Editorial Board of American Biographical Institute, Cambridge, England

The International Who's Who of Intellectuals, Certificate of Inclusion

Book of Honors, Certificate of Proclamation, Third Edition

The Council for Exceptional Children, Certificate of Appreciation

Two Thousand Notable Americans, Award of Merit, First Edition

Men of Achievement, Certificate of Merit

Who's Who in the East, Sixteenth Edition

Who's Who in American Education

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White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, Appreciation Award

The Chapel of Four Chaplains, Legion of Honor, Certificate of Citation

Leaders in Special Education, International

Trans World Airline Ambassadors Club Award

Who's Who in the World

Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, First Edition

Who's Who in America

United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Region III, Outstanding Citizens Award

Project Follow Through, Florida Parent Education Model, University of Florida, Certificate of Appreciation White House Fellow- Semi-finalist

National Association of School Psychologists, Certificate of Recognition

PHI DELTA KAPPA International Fraternity in Education

Delta Air Line Service Award

Vice President's (Hubert Humphrey) Task Force on Youth Motivation

Educators and DuPont Partners in Science Award

Golden Eagle Lake Award

Educational Opportunity Fund Program Award

4-H Club, New Jersey Alumni Award

New Jersey Alliance of Black School Educators, Certificate of Appreciation

Juvenile Officer's Association, Certificate of Appreciation Penn’s Grove - Carney Point, New Jersey Regional School District Board of Education Award Straight At You Award, Salem County, New Jersey New Jersey Alliance of Black School Educators, Charles D. Moody Certification of Appreciation

United States Navy Recruiting Award, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Antioch University, Certificate of Appreciation Academic Decathlon of New Jersey, Certificate of Appreciation United States Army Recruiting Command, Certificate of Appreciation World Cup USA 1994, Outstanding Volunteer Service Award New Jersey State Department of Education, Certificate of Merit Penn’s Grove, New Jersey, Rotary Club, Certificate of Commemoration

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The State of New Jersey, Certificate of Recognition Rutgers University, New Jersey, Cooperative Extension, Certificate March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Service Award - 10 years City of Plainfield, New Jersey, Certificate Honorary Life Membership, New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers Kean College, New Jersey, Educational Leadership Certificate New Jersey Child Assault Prevention, Certificate of Recognition Union County, New Jersey, Private Industry Council, Certificate and Appreciation Award UNCF- (United Negro College Fund) Alumni Award References Available Upon Request