Donna Layne Ferrara-Sherry

Background

Ferrara-Sherry, Donna Layne was born on August 19, 1946 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Rita Marie Ferrara-Sherry.

Education

Bachelor, Manhattanville College, 1968; Master of Arts in Teaching, Manhattanville College, 1973; professional diploma, Long Island U., 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1992.

Career

Teacher, Holy Rosary School, Port Chester, New York, 1968; administrative assistant for curriculum coordinator, Blind Brook High School, Port Chester, since 1973; English teacher, Rye (New York) Country Day School, 1973-1975; English teacher, Hampton Bays (New York) Junior and Senior High Schools, 1975-1987; English coordinator, Hampton Bays (New York) Junior and Senior High Schools, 1985-1987; district curriculum coordinator, Hampton Bays (New York) Junior and Senior High Schools, 1987-1989; assistant director, Southampton (New York)-Hampton Boys Teacher Center, 1986-1989; coordinator curriculum planning research and evaluation, Suffolk District 2 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, Patchogue, New York, 1989; professor education, Long Island U., Southampton, since 1993; outcomes assessment coordinator, Long Island U., Southampton, since 1995. Executive director Smith-Layne Ednl. Cons. Svc., Hampton Bays, New York, since 1988.

Associate Shared Education Decisions Associations, since 1992.

Achievements

• Donna Layne Ferrara-Sherry has been listed as a noteworthy Education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Community Awareness Program, Hampton Bays. Member facilities planning committee Hampton Bays Schools, 1987-1988, co-chair Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome advising committee, 1988-1989. Member steering committee Shared Decision Making District, 1993.

Member ASCD, American Ednl. Research Association, Special Education Parent Teachers Association, New York University Administrator's Roundtable (committee), Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, DeltaKappa Gamma.

Connections

Married Peter P. Barsczeski Junior, July20, 1968 (divorced September 1974). 1 child, Lisa Ayn; married James John Sherry, January 20, 1980. 1 child, James John Joseph.

Stepchildren: Jennifer, Kimberly.

Father:

Joseph Ferrara-Sherry

Mother:

Rita Marie Ferrara-Sherry

Spouse:

Peter P. Barsczeski Junior

Spouse:

James John Sherry

child:

Lisa Ayn Ferrara-Sherry

child:

Jennifer Ferrara-Sherry

child:

James John Joseph Ferrara-Sherry

child:

Kimberly Ferrara-Sherry