David R. Sirota, Ph. D.

Experience in Post-Secondary Education: Consultant/ Executive/ Manager

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EDUCATED CHOICES LLC, Upper Montclair, NJ April 1992-Present

Educated Choices LLC is an Education Credential Evaluation Service as filed with the New Jersey Department of Education

Educated Choices LLC's educational and professional employment experience evaluations are accepted by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. educational institutions

Consultant to individuals, attorneys, colleges, universities and corporations in foreign education credential evaluation, post-secondary education alternatives, and career assessment

VICE PRESIDENT OF MERCY COLLEGE, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1992-1993

Organized and supervised school merger. Led the team which prepared the acquisition of New York's largest private accredited post-secondary career school, by Mercy College, a four year regionally accredited liberal arts institution. This unique undertaking required a thorough and working knowledge of academic credit, work and training experience value and the translation of non-degree vocational school clock hour training to academic credit.

VICE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, CENTER FOR THE MEDIA ARTS, NY, NY, 1983-1992

Managed 160 staff and administration. As the senior and founding vice president developed policy and procedures for Registrar, Admissions, Student Counseling and five academic divisions.

Established academic credit acceptance, joint degree and articulation agreement relationships with major universities such as New York University and the New School For Social Research.

Responsible for institutional adherence to all state and federal law and regulations.

AREA DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY, NY, 1982-1983

Managed budget and personnel

Developed and evaluated curriculum

Experience: Academic Guidance and Teaching

FACULTY ADVISOR FOR FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT AND LIFE EXPERIENCE EVALUATION, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE, University Without Walls, Gallatin Division, New York University, 1977-1989

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1982-1983

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1977-1982

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION ARTS, DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE, Elkins, West Virginia, 1976-1977

CLASSROOM TEACHER, GRADES 5-7, Paterson, New Jersey Public School System, 1970-1973

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, Chicago, Illinois

EDUCATION

Ph. D. , The Ohio State University, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Communication, 1976

MS, Communication, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1972

BA, University of Miami, School of Arts and Sciences, Communication, 1970

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