College of Education and Human Development
Fairfax Schools Deputy Superintendent to Join CEHD
July 12, 2013
The College of Education and Human Development is delighted to announce that Fairfax County Public Schools deputy superintendent Richard Moniuszko will join the college as a full-time education professor in spring 2014.
The announcement excerpted below is from a Washington Post article posted today by T. Rees Shapiro.
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Fairfax County schools deputy superintendent Richard Moniuszko will retire in January to join the George Mason University faculty as a full-time education professor, he said in an interview on Thursday.
Moniuszko, who joined the school system in May 2006, said he will spend the next six months assisting Karen Garza in her transition as the new superintendent.
“I have always wanted to teach at the collegiate level and this was the perfect opportunity,” said Moniuszko, who turns 63 next month. “Mason is a progressive school with a tradition of innovation.”
Since May, Moniuszko has served as the interim superintendent after Jack Dale underwent emergency cardiovascular surgery. On July 1, Garza succeeded Dale, ending his nine-year term as the Fairfax schools chief.
Moniuszko served as the second-in-command in Fairfax County for the bulk of Dale’s tenure, helping to lead one country’s largest school systems with 181,500 students.
A Baltimore native, Moniuszko is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his doctorate from the University of South Carolina.
As an associate professor at the George Mason college of education, Moniuszko will teach two or three graduate-level classes during the spring semester. He said his classes will focus on educational leadership and will likely attract future principals and superintendents. He said he’s also eager to do some research, including studying what factors can lead to turning around low-performing schools.
About CEHD
George Mason University's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) includes two schools, the Graduate School of Education, one of the largest in Virginia, and the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism. CEHD offers a comprehensive range of degrees, courses, licensures, and professional development programs on campus, online, and on site. The college is distinguished by faculty who encourage new ways of thinking and pioneering research supported by more than $75 million in funding over the past five years.
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- Graduate School of Education: gse.gmu.edu
- Education Leadership program: gse.gmu.edu/programs/edleadership
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