SDP National Faculty
Jeffery German, EdS
Jeffery German, EdS is an Implementation Coordinator working with schools and districts in several states. Jeff taught history at the junior high level and has been a principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. During his tenure as principal of Welborn Middle School in Guilford County, North Carolina, the school won several achievement awards and was featured in a PBS television special. In 1997, Jeff received the Patrick Francis Daly Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership from Yale University.
He holds a B.S. in History Education and an M.S. in Education Administration from North Carolina A&T University, and earned his Education Specialist degree in Education Administration from Appalachian State University. He completed the Principals' Executive Program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
M. Ann Levett, EdD
M. Ann Levett has been as a professional educator for over 30 years. She has served as Deputy Director and Executive Director of the School Development Program (SDP). In addition to managing all aspects of the SDP, she coordinated the SDP’s university partnerships and managed its federal grants.
Dr. Levett earned a B.S. in Speech and Language Pathology from Armstrong State College. She also earned a Masters degree in Special Education, a Masters degree in Public Administration, and an Education Specialist degree in Educational Administration from Georgia Southern University. Dr. Levett earned her doctorate in Educational Administration at the University of Georgia in 1992. In addition to her formal studies, she has participated in leadership development programs at Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, the University of Delaware, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Prior to coming to the SDP, Dr. Levett served as Chair of the Masters in Educational Leadership and Principal Licensure programs at Antioch University McGregor in Yellow Springs, Ohio and in the positions of interim superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, secondary principal, assistant principal, and special education teacher.
Dr. Levett has served as a school board member for New Haven Public Schools and a board member for two charter schools. In addition, she served as a National Review Panelist and Site Visitor for the National Blue Ribbon Schools (National Schools of Excellence) program for more than 12 years. Dr. Levett is actively involved in her community, and she has received numerous awards for her work as a school leader and community activist. A few of the organizations with which she is or has been affiliated in a leadership capacity include Junior Achievement, Girl Scouts USA, Boy Scouts USA, National Business and Professional Women, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Phi Delta Kappa, Zonta International, Education's Leadership Georgia, and Leadership Savannah.
Dr. Levett has been a speaker for state and national conferences, and she serves as an educational consultant for school districts, community organizations, and other entities. She has created and conducted leadership development academies for principals, aspiring administrators, and parents in addition to programs designed to address behavior management issues and special education concerns.
Dr. Levett's research interests include minority student achievement, leadership development, and instructional leadership. Her most recent publication is the chapter, “Performance Management: The Principal's First Priority” in Dynamic Instructional Leadership to Support Student Learning and Development: The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action.
M. Ann Levett, EdD
E-mail: ann.levett@yale.edu
Jan Stocklinski, MA
Jan Stocklinski, MA is an Implementation Coordinator and a member of the School Development Program National Faculty and has been involved with the SDP since 1985. She retired in 1998 as Director of the Comer School Development Program after 32 years working in the Prince George's County Public School system (the last 13 years in the Comer Office).
She was one of the original National SDP facilitators. Working with her staff she saw the Prince George's County SDP grow from 10 schools in 1985 to over 80 in 1998 and from a staff of 2 to a staff of 16. Together with her staff and others in the school system, Jan led the effort to create a local professional development program that became a Regional SDP Training Center in 1995. The center hosts training for school staff and parents locally and from around the United States.
Prior to working in the Comer Office, she worked as a Magnet Schools Facilitator, a Project STAY specialist, a pupil personnel worker, a junior high and high school counselor and a junior high school teacher. For two years, she served as a member of the Management Oversight Panel for the Prince George's County Public Schools.
Jan has worked with school systems all across the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Trinidad and has presented at numerous conferences, which includes a presentation at the London Institute. She taught graduate courses for Western Maryland College (now McDaniels College) for 14 years, including courses on learning styles, coaching, motivation, classroom management, curriculum trends and issues, multiple intelligences, questioning skills, and verbal and non-verbal communication. She also coordinated the off-campus graduate program in Prince George’s County, MD.
She has received numerous recognitions including Outstanding Educator for Prince George's County, "Women of Achievement in Prince George's County History" and congressional recognition (ET TEC Champion Award-2004) from Congressman Major Owens for her work with the Comer School Development Program. During the 35th anniversary of the School Development Program, she received the SDP’s Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership for a lifetime of dedication to children and families.
Jan has co-authored several articles on the Comer Process and co-authored with Sheila Jackson and Beckie Roberts a chapter on the Comer Facilitator in Dr. Comer's book, Child by Child. Most recently, she co-authored a number of chapters in The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action.
Jan earned both her BA and Masters from Frostburg State University.
