Full Name
Suzanne McCotter
Board of Education/Business Name
The College of New Jersey
Job Title
Dean, School of Education
Speaker Bio
Dr. Suzanne McCotter is the Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Educational Leadership at The College of New Jersey. She holds a Ph.D. in Middle School Education from the University of Georgia along with a B.A. and M.L.S. from Rutgers University. Her areas of interest include professional development, grant seeking, and school-university collaboration.
Dean McCotter came to The College of New Jersey in 2017. As dean, she leads the School’s four departments and numerous centers and offices. Under her leadership, School initiatives include diversifying the teacher workforce, environmental sustainability education, and working with urban middle schools. In 2021, she worked with the NJ Pandemic Relief Fund and the Overdeck Family Foundation to create the New Jersey Tutoring Corps, meeting student learning needs resulting from the Covid-19 health emergency.. She has offered testimony to the New Jersey Legislature on the teacher shortage and diversifying the teacher pipeline.
On the institutional level, Dr. McCotter led the Social Justice Taskforce, is part of the team that created the Center for Integrative Wellness, chaired searches for new Deans of the Schools of Business and Science, and supported numerous global initiatives for both undergraduate and graduate students. Outside of TCNJ, she is a member of the NJ Association for School Administrators, the Trenton Public Education Foundation Board, the NJ Tutoring Corps Board, and the NJ Department of Education’s Title I Committee of Practitioners.
Before coming to TCNJ, Dr. McCotter served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University. Previously, she was a faculty member in Montclair’s Educational Leadership Program, chair of Montclair’s Counseling and Educational Leadership Department, and chair of the Department of Educational Foundations at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.
A New Jersey native, she began her career as a school media specialist in Rahway and teacher in Edison. As an active leader in teacher education for the past 11 years, she holds a deep understanding of the policies and regulations surrounding K–12 education in our state and region.
Dean McCotter came to The College of New Jersey in 2017. As dean, she leads the School’s four departments and numerous centers and offices. Under her leadership, School initiatives include diversifying the teacher workforce, environmental sustainability education, and working with urban middle schools. In 2021, she worked with the NJ Pandemic Relief Fund and the Overdeck Family Foundation to create the New Jersey Tutoring Corps, meeting student learning needs resulting from the Covid-19 health emergency.. She has offered testimony to the New Jersey Legislature on the teacher shortage and diversifying the teacher pipeline.
On the institutional level, Dr. McCotter led the Social Justice Taskforce, is part of the team that created the Center for Integrative Wellness, chaired searches for new Deans of the Schools of Business and Science, and supported numerous global initiatives for both undergraduate and graduate students. Outside of TCNJ, she is a member of the NJ Association for School Administrators, the Trenton Public Education Foundation Board, the NJ Tutoring Corps Board, and the NJ Department of Education’s Title I Committee of Practitioners.
Before coming to TCNJ, Dr. McCotter served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University. Previously, she was a faculty member in Montclair’s Educational Leadership Program, chair of Montclair’s Counseling and Educational Leadership Department, and chair of the Department of Educational Foundations at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.
A New Jersey native, she began her career as a school media specialist in Rahway and teacher in Edison. As an active leader in teacher education for the past 11 years, she holds a deep understanding of the policies and regulations surrounding K–12 education in our state and region.
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