Meet Mrs. Cicchino

Originally from upstate NY, I now live in Cranford, NJ with my family. We are blessed with a beautiful little girl named Charlotte, a handsome little boy named Massimo, a rambunctious chocolate labradoodle named Augustus, and a very patient cat named Lola, one fish, two hermit crabs and a partridge in a pear tree :)

Jefferson Elementary School

I have been a part of the Roxbury family since 2013. Each year I am learning and growing and I couldn't be happier to be a part of the Jefferson School community!

As your School Counselor, I do my best to help with a range of different challenges. You may see me in the classrooms, running groups or working with individual students. Throughout the year I try to be involved in as many school-wide programs as possible in order to maximize my time with each and every student in our school.

In addition to my role as School Counselor, I ...

• am the Anti-bullying Specialist (ABS),

• serve on the I&RS committee,

• am a member of the Jefferson School ROCKS school-wide behavior system committee,

• am a member of the School Culture and Climate Committee and the School Safety Team/Emergency Response Team, and

• am a member of the district Crisis Management and Risk Assessment Committee.

My background and experience...

During Undergrad, I spent summers working as a Teacher's Aide in the Special Education summer school program and my academic year working at a Day Care facility just outside of Philadelphia. I was also a Nanny to some wonderful children and spent time volunteering with the READ Across America program.

After graduating from Arcadia University (Glenside, PA), I went on to pursue a Master's in Education with a concentration in School Counseling at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. During those two years I worked full time as an elementary level Teacher's Assistant at the Center for Disability Services in Albany, NY; I completed two full-time internships in both an elementary school setting and a middle school setting; and I worked as a substitute teacher K-12.

During my last year of Grad school I was lucky to get a position as a Reading Teacher for The Institute of Reading Development. With this job I was able to gain valuable experience working as a teacher and traveling throughout NY/NJ and further! This position gave me a true appreciation for the teachers I work with and an incredible learning experience as well. I worked for the Institute for a total of 6 terms and gained a great deal of classroom confidence.

After completing my internship and graduating in December of 2009, I was offered a position as the School Counselor for the district's out of school suspension (OSS) program. The position worked with long and short term OSS students from the middle/high school (totaling close to 70 students)...as well as overseeing the 50 or so students in the self-contained special education high school program grades 9-12. During my first year, our team designed an Alternative Learning Program that provided a full day of school for those kids who were not successful in, or were suspended from, the regular public school setting. My years with the ALP are some of my most cherished - it will always hold a special place in my heart.