Ronald L. Smalls

Ronald L. Smalls is the district superintendent and chief executive officer at Southern Westchester BOCES, heading up an educational organization that employs 1,200 teachers, administrators, and other professionals. SWBOCES provides more than 65 educational programs and services to students, teachers, administrators, and the general public in career and technical education, special education, adult education, and professional development for teachers. It serves 33 component school districts in the southern Westchester County region and operates with a budget of $112 million. Mr. Smalls also serves as New York State Education Commissioner Richard Mills' representative in the southern Westchester region, and as a liaison between local school districts and the State Education Department. Previously, Mr. Smalls served for six years as superintendent of schools for the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District. He was also employed for eight years as Supervisor of Special Education for Nassau County BOCES in Westbury, L.I. He has more than 32 years of experience as a teacher and an administrator, including three years as head basketball coach at Long Island University, where he also served as Director of Student Teaching. Mr. Smalls earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Long Island University, a master’s degree from Pace University, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in educational administration at Columbia Teachers College.