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News & Perspectives
PCG Manager Co-Facilitated an Education Webinar About Building and Sustaining Racial Equity
15 days agoOn February 2, 2021, PCG Manager Sophia Thwaites co-facilitated the webinar, Conversations with District Leaders: Building and Sustaining Racial Equity with Luis Versalles, Director of Pre K-12 District Partnerships at Courageous Conversation. Sophia and Luis were joined by Instructional Facilitators Cassandra Davis, EdD, and Amelia D’Costa, from the Equity and Diversity Department at Broward County Public Schools.
ReadMorePCG Publishes Series in NJ Spotlight on Supporting Remote and Hybrid Instruction in Education
70 days agoThis fall, PCG’s Education team in New Jersey was honored to partner with NJ Spotlight to publish a series of articles about rising to challenges in education as schools pivot between remote and hybrid instruction.
ReadMoreBroward County Public Schools Helps Shine the Spotlight on PCG’s Online Learning Program Courageous Conversations about Race with Glenn Singleton
72 days agoIn January of 2018, Broward County Public Schools (BCPS), the sixth largest and most diverse district in the country, partnered with PCG to offer an equity-focused professional learning program featuring the online course Courageous Conversations about Race with Glenn Singleton. Courageous Conversations about Race provides a framework, tools and strategies for productive interracial dialogue about race and directly supports improvements in culture and climate.
ReadMore‘Back-to-School’ Blog Series (Post #4): Progress Monitoring during Virtual Learning
111 days agoThe fourth blog post in our ‘back-to-school’ series highlights several best practices of evidence-based progress monitoring that educators can apply to virtual instruction to ensure ongoing progress monitoring continues regardless of the learning environment, be it remote, blended, or in-person. According to author Jennifer Meller, “Such monitoring can, and should, be used broadly to provide feedback to all students but is critically important for students with IEPs to meaningfully update goals, accommodations, and services.”
ReadMore‘Back-to-School’ Blog Series (Post #3): Social-Emotional Learning
146 days agoThe third blog post in our ‘back-to-school’ series explores the need for districts to implement a multi-tiered approach to social-emotional learning (SEL) during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent recommendation from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Author Lauren English-Mezzino acknowledges that while many districts are familiar with a tiered approach for academics, integrating SEL into a multi-tiered system of support—whether instruction is fully remote, in person, or a blend of the two—may present new challenges for districts.
ReadMoreSpecial education subject matter expert shares insights into supporting students with special needs during the pandemic
152 days agoOver the summer, state education agencies required local school districts to create “re-entry plans” to outline how students can safely and equitably return to school in multiple learning environments. These plans primarily focused on supporting the majority of students but offered minimal, if any, support on the unique needs of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). That’s according to an article authored by special education subject matter expert (SME) Matthew Korobkin that was published by eSchool News on September 25, 2020.
ReadMorePCG to Support Connecticut’s New Statewide Special Education Data Management System
162 days agoThe Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) recently partnered with PCG to develop a new statewide special education data management system. PCG will support CSDE’s project from start to finish providing system design, development, data integration, implementation, training and then support.
ReadMoreIntroducing K12 Space Education Curriculum from PCG and the Aldrin Family Foundation
166 days agoToday, PCG is excited to announce a new suite of K12 Space Education offerings with The Aldrin Family Foundation. According to Dr. Andy Aldrin, CEO of The Aldrin Family Foundation, “The first crew to explore Mars are in America’s classrooms today.” Through this partnership, we are providing Space camps, robots, gigantic Mars and Moon learning maps and a unique Space Education curriculum that can be taught in classrooms, virtually, or in a hybrid approach to locate and inspire students across America.
ReadMore‘Back-to-School’ Blog Series (Post #2): Virtual Co-Teaching
173 days agoTo help educators navigate the unprecedented times of a global pandemic, we recently launched a series of ‘back-to-school’ blog posts featuring actionable insights and free resources developed by a team of special education subject matter experts (SMEs) at PCG. This blog series is based on PCG’s Special Education Reentry Checklist and each post aligns to a core theme from that checklist: Health and Safety, IEPs and Instruction, Communication Planning, and Budget and Finance.
ReadMoreIntroducing a New ‘Back-to-School’ Blog Series Focused on Special Education
174 days agoThe 2020-21 school year will be unlike any other experienced by American schoolchildren and their teachers since the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918. Although the Spanish Flu gives us a glimpse of some lessons learned, when it comes to Special Education, we have no playbook to follow.
ReadMoreMeet Our Team

Gerry Stefhon
Associate Manager / Education
Mr. Stefhon is an Associate Manager in PCG's education division overseeing large scale MTSS/RTI implementations. Currently, he is leading extensive communications planning projects for Dallas ISD and...
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Dan Wistman
Manager / Education
Mr. Wistman has more than 25 years of information systems experience, including extensive experience in software development and project management of enterprise application implementations...
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Natasha Newman
Associate Manager / Education
Natasha Newman is an Associate Manager in Education. In this role, she collaborates with client teams across the U.S. who specialize in school-based Medicaid fee for service. Natasha provides leadership in the areas of project management, reimbursement optimization, and policy and program compliance.
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Dr. Jack McLaughlin
Manager / Education
Dr. McLaughlin comes from a proud family tradition of service in public education. He has served as school teacher and chief administrator in New York and California. In California, he served as...
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Cameron Lackey
Associate Manager / Education
Cameron Lackey is an associate manager in Education. He joined PCG in 2016 and brings strategic and programmatic planning expertise in the areas of system and service implementation and program and project management...
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Brian Riley
Associate Manager / Education
Brian Riley is an associate manager in Education. He joined PCG in 2013 and has over 13 years of experience specializing in K-12 education. He manages PCG’s education products, services, and support teams across the State of Texas...
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Florie Wong
Manager / Education
Florie Wong is an Associate Manager with PCG's education division and has been working in the education field for over 16 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Framingham...
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Rick Purcell
Associate Manager / Education
Rick Purcell came to PCG after the acquisition of eWorker Technologies in November, 2001. In his 32 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, he has developed...
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Bryan Hawkom
Manager / Education
Mr. Hawkom currently heads up the northeast business for PCG's education division. In addition, he runs large engagements in Michigan and New Jersey and oversees staff in five PCG offices throughout...
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