Boston Ready Contacts

At the Institute for Community Inclusion, 20 Park Plaza:

Brenda D'Alotto 617-287-4397 brenda.dalotto@umb.edu
Academic Support Specialist assist teachers and paraprofessionals in course work, and MTEL prep

Lisa Van Thiel 617-287-4384 lisa.vanthiel@umb.edu
Senior Early Childhood Specialist providing professional development and course work for:

Building Blocks (mathematics curriculum)
OWL (science portion)
Universal design aspects of all curricula

Mary Lu Love 617-287-5925 Marylu.love@umb.edu
Project Director, Boston Ready responsible for all aspects of Boston Ready grant.

Sandra Putnam Franklin 617-287-4298 Sandy.PutnamFranklin@umb.edu
Senior Early Childhood Specialist providing professional development and course work for:

OWL (Opening the World of Learning) literacy curriculum
Second Steps (social-emotional curriculum)

Su Theriault 617-287-4293 su.theriault@umb.edu
Mentor Coordinator, working with the Boston Public School coaches in the Boston Ready schools, supporting the curricula implementations in the intervention classrooms.

At the Wellesley Centers for Women:

Michelle Porche 781-283-2498 mporche@wellesley.edu
Research Scientist, independent evaluator of Boston Ready grant

Joanne Roberts 781-283-2559 jroberts@wellesley.edu
Research Scientist, independent evaluator of Boston Ready grant

At the Boston Public Schools:

Norka Poole 617-756-3908 npoole@boston.k12.ma.us
Boston Ready Project Coordinator

Jocelyn Lumley 617-756-3416 jlumley@boston.k12.ma.us
Early Childhood Coach

Mayra Cuevas 617-593-0944 mcuevas@boston.k12.ma.us
Early Childhood Coach

Megan Nason 617-756-3380 mnason@boston.k12.ma.us
Early Childhood Coach