About Us

Dr. Sarah Cioffi has spent 36 years in education, including 16 years in leadership positions at Scotia-Glenville, Bethlehem, and Shenendehowa school districts in the Capital Region of New York State. She is the former K-12 Academic Administrator for ENL and World Languages at Shenendehowa CSD, a district which experienced a 900% increase in its ELL student population over the course of 12 years.

Sarah sits on the NYS ELL Leadership Council, the NYS World Language Leadership Council, and the NYS Seal of Biliteracy Task Force, and is the founder and former director of the Capital Region ENL Roundtable and Capital Area Language Leaders.

Sarah teaches in the MAT program at Bard College; and the MAT-TESOL program at Siena University, where she also sits on the MAT Program Advisory Board. She serves as a consultant for multiple school districts across New York State and at Capital Region BOCES, and has presented or led trainings at NYS-TESOL, the School Administrators' Association of NYS (SAANYS), the Capital Area School Development Association (CASDA), the New York State Association for Women in Administration (NYSAWA), the Empire State Supervisors' and Administrators' Association (ESSAA), and the Bard Early College Programs in Manhattan and Queens. 

Sarah's area of research is on the roles, responsibilities, and needs of content-area teachers of English Language Learners.