First Year at CTA

Dr. Kogon has an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from the State University of New York at Potsdam, Masters in Special Education & Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona State University, Doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University, post-doctorate and residency in Medical Family Therapy (department of psychiatry) from The University of Rochester School of Medicine, post-masters degree in School Administration and Supervision from Johns Hopkins University, post-masters certificate in Instructional Leadership from the Relay Graduate School of Education through the intensive fellowship in the National Principals Supervisor Academy and has completed the AASA-USC Rossier Urban Superintendents Academy Certification Program. She has worked with UNICEF in York, England as an International Education Researcher, taught on a Native American Mohawk Reservation on the border of New York and Canada, taught and supported a special education curriculum and design team with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and was a behavior therapist at the Seoul Children’s Hospital and The Mind Care Institute in Seoul, South Korea, served as a school counselor in Rochester, New York, worked as a behavior specialist in Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Manager then Director of Special Education with DC Public Schools in Washington D.C., and most recently, she was the Associate Chief of Student Equity and Opportunity for Denver Public Schools in Denver, Colorado. She is passionate about working directly with students, teachers, and families to create strong systems of support and is happy to be the lower school principal of CTA where she can do just this!

mkogon@torahacademy.org