Leah Ferullo, Ed.D

Dr. Ferullo received her Ed.D in Leadership in Schooling from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.  For the past 13 years, she has worked in the Winchester, Massachusetts Public School System in various capacities.  Along with teaching third and fifth grade, her focus has been on educational technology implementation, classroom differentiation strategies, student empowerment and leadership.  Leah has provided educational technology workshops at various conferences in Massachusetts as well as served on the district technology committee responsible for transforming Winchester’s outdated resources into effective and efficient supports that foster creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication in a 21st century classroom.

In 2014, Dr. Ferullo volunteered for the Winchester’s Cooperative Teaching Initiative and has worked for the past 5 years researching, analyzing and reporting on the benefits and success of teaching classes of students of varying abilities.  She has advocated for resources, services and modes of instruction to benefit students of all learning profiles and has used various forms of data to adapt instruction, assessment and content to the needs of the children in her classroom.  She is currently employed as a cooperative teacher in fifth grade in Winchester and most recently joined the Social Studies Curriculum team. This year the committee will continue updating district content and instruction to align with state standards and frameworks to promote civics, anti-bias education, social justice awareness and inquiry driven learning.

Dr. Ferullo began her career in education as the head of the field hockey program and a physical education teacher at Buckingham Browne and Nichols.  She has continued to foster her love of athletics, academics and passion for female empowerment through research as well as action.  She created and operated The Muraco Elementary School’s first after-school program which offered classes and workshops of varying interests and topics as requested by families and students. Leah is most proud of the all-female athletic program that inspired and empowered elementary age girls to take risks and expose themselves to new opportunities.  For her dissertation, Leah conducted extensive research regarding the development of necessary competencies for adolescent females to successfully navigate workplace bias and achieve leadership status.

Prior to her graduation from their Leadership in Schooling program, Dr. Ferullo worked in the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s College of Education’s Center for Program Evaluation.  Here, she assisted with academic research and work such as interviews, focus groups, field observations, literature reviews and data analysis.  Dr. Ferullo contributed to manuscripts for two National Science Foundation projects as well as a project funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education.