Trainer Biographies


Petra Armijo-Bertola
Steve Baldock
Joe DiRaddo
Jan Holleman
Cathy Jones
H. Corine Frankland
Connie Longley-Copeland
Lucinda McConnell
Guy M. Seiler
Laura Sullivan-Gallegos


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 Petra Armijo-Bertola
Licensed Independent Social Worker
Counselor for Special Education
Students K-12
Ancillary Provider
HPREC #3
Raton, New Mexico

Education:
MSW, New Mexico Highlands University, 1995
BSW, New Mexico Highlands University, 1994
LISW, 2003

Petra Armijo-Bertola is a school social worker employed by HPREC #3 and provides school social work services to districts in the North East Region.  She recently began training with the New Mexico Positive Behavior Support Trainers and is currently on PBS teams within the North East Region.  Petra is also a SWIS facilitator

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Steve Baldock
Principal James Bickley Elementary
Clovis, NM 

Education: 
BA from ENMU 1975
MME from ENMU 1981
Admin Licensure from ENMU 2004

I began my teaching career in Morton, Texas as a Junior High Band Director in 1975.  I moved to Mountain View Middle School, Roswell, NM, as the Band Director in 1976.  In the fall of 1977, I became the Band director at Marshall Jr. High, Clovis.  After six years at Marshall, I left teaching and entered the retail sales at Phillips Music in Clovis.  I became the manager of Phillips Music in 1984 with three locations.  In 1986, I opened my own retail music store, Baldock’s Music Note, in Clovis.  My store was in operation for six years.  The fall of 1992, I was hired as the elementary music director at Bella Vista Elementary in Clovis.  I continued at that position until the fall of 2004 when I took on the administrative position of the After School Program Director for the Clovis Schools.  I am presently enjoying my first year as the principal of James Bickley Elementary.

I became involved with PBS as an administrative intern with Cameo Elementary, a B cohort, in the fall of 2003.  The PBS training makes so much sense that I am incorporating the ideas at James Bickley until we can become one of the new cohorts.

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Joe DiRaddo
School Psychologist
Licensed Counselor
Independent Contractor and School Staff
 Edgewood, NM 

Education: 
BA from ENMU 1975
MME from ENMU 1981
Admin Licensure from ENMU 2004

Joe DiRaddo is a Counselor and School Psychologist working independently and on-staff at several of Albuquerque’s Charter Schools. Joe provides direct individual and group counseling services as well as psychological assessments, Functional Behavioral Assessments, consultation, parent involvement, substance abuse prevention, and professional development.

After 20 years working in public schools and private practice, his emphasis is in developing preventative and proactive programming in schools aimed at building positive school culture and addressing student substance abuse issues.

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Jan Holleman

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Cathy J. Jones
Educational Services Coordinator
NM PBS Support Coordinator
Region IX Education Cooperative
Ruidoso, New Mexico

Education:
BA from New Mexico State University, 1989
MA from New Mexico State University, 1993
MA from University of Phoenix, 2004
Level III Elementary Education Teaching License
Level III Early Childhood Education License
Level III Special Education Teaching License
Level III Educational Diagnostician
Level III Administrative License


Cathy Jones is the Educational Services Coordinator for Region IX Education Cooperative in Ruidoso, NM. She provides resources, professional development, and technical assistance to support schools in achievement of their Educational Plan for Student Success. In addition, Cathy serves as NM Statewide Coordinator for the Positive Behavior Support initiative. Prior to this position, Cathy served as an educator for Ruidoso Municipal Schools for thirteen years. 

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H. Corine Frankland
Associate Professor, Special Education
Western New Mexico University
Gallup Graduate Studies Center
Gallup, NM

Education:
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2001
M.A., Western New Mexico University, 1998
B.S., Indiana University, 1994
B.S., Indiana University, 1993

Corine Frankland is an associate professor of special education at Western New Mexico University. She conducts research and provides technical assistance to northwest New Mexico public and Bureau of Indian Education schools in the areas of school-wide postive behavioral support, differentiated instructional and asssessment strategies for diverse learners, and strategies for enhancing family-school-community partnerships in rural settings.

Corine coordinates the Western New Mexico University - Gallup Families as Faculty Project and also serves as project director for the WNMU BIA-TALS program, a grant funded initiative that provides technical assistance and graduate special education coursework to New Mexico and Arizona Bureau of Indian Education schools.

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Connie Longley-Copeland
Director of Special Programs
Southwest Regional Education Center (SWREC)
T or C, NM  

Education:
MA from San Francisco State University, 1981
BS from Texas Tech University, 1977
Level III Elementary Education Teaching License
Level III Special Education Teaching License
Level III Administrative License

Connie Longley-Copeland is Director of Special Programs at Southwest Regional Education Center (SWREC) in Truth or Consequences, NM.  In her capacity as Director of Special Programs, she assists the six school districts belonging to SWREC with issues surrounding IDEA compliance.  She provides resources, professional development, and technical assistance in areas of IEP development and implementation, PBS, Least Restrictive Environment, and transition.  Prior to this position, Connie served as a special education teacher for twenty-four years in various school districts in NM. 

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Lucinda McConnell
Albuquerque, NM
Lucinda McConnell is native to New Mexico, attending the Santa Fe Public Schools and continuing her education with a BA in Elementary Education and a MA in Counseling at the University of New Mexico. 

She currently works in the Albuquerque Public Schools as a School Counselor and is a faculty member at Webster University.  Lucinda has seen first hand the benefits of School Wide Positive Behavior (PBS) as she serves as the coach for the PBS team at her school since 2002.  Lucinda also provides trainings for the School Wide Information System (SWIS) for schools in the Albuquerque area.

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Guy M. Seiler
Educational Specialist
NMHR Educational Services
Tajique, NM 

Education
M.A., Education Administration, University of New Mexico, 1986
B.S., Speech Communications, Kansas State University, 1977
Guy Seiler served as superintendent of the Mountainair Public Schools from July 2001 to June 2005, as human resources staffer/recruiter at the Albuquerque Public Schools from January 1998 to June 2001 and as principal of Los Lunas High School from June 1994 to January 1998.

Seiler now serves as consultant to New Mexico schools, handling areas such as school evaluations, administrator mentoring, grant writing and positive behavior support.

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Laura Sullivan-Gallegos
Educational Consultant
Albuquerque, NM

Education
B.A., Regis College
M.A., University of Arizona

Laura Sullivan-Gallegos is currently providing team and professional development throughout the state of New Mexico.  In this capacity and that of her private consulting practice, Ms. Sullivan-Gallegos collaborates with district and building administrators and teams to develop long-range plans aimed at improving achievement for ALL students. She conducts in-services on topics relating to students with disabilities, such as instruction, discipline, classroom accommodations/supports and the development of “user-friendly” and meaningful IEPs, in addition to coaching new administrators and ongoing school teams. 


She has been very involved in the development of Positive Behavior Support and Least Restrictive Environment/Inclusive practices in schools around the state, in addition to participating as a team leader in the focus monitoring process with the New Mexico Public Education Department – Special Education Bureau.

Ms. Sullivan-Gallegos retired in 2003 after 25 years as special education administrator and special education teacher. She earned her B.A. degree from Regis College  in Denver and her M.A. degree from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. She is currently working on a Ph.D. degree in organizational change at the University of New Mexico.



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