Thomas Edward Hogan

Thomas E. Hogan of Slingerlands and Salamanca, New York was the New York State Supervisor of Independent and Religious Schools from 1988 to 2010. Prior to that he worked for ten years within the Salamanca, NY City Central School District as a teacher, counselor, grantsman, planner and administrator, principally in programs serving the children of the Seneca Nation of Indians residing on or near its Allegany Reservation.
NYS is the only state in the USA to have a distinguishable nonpublic schools office within its state education department - this due to the fact that the University of the State of New York, and its Board of Regents, have chartered, incorporated and registered such schools since their formation in 1784 by an Act of the NYS Legislature. During Mr. Hogan's "watch," thousands of educational communities throughout New York State developed, operated and maintained schools and educational organizations of all kinds. The chartering procedures of the Board of Regents are likely the largest, most on-going alternative education experiment in world history. There are no philosophies of education and related methodologies that have not been attempted by the New York Education Corporations.
The major nonpublic elementary and secondary school associations in New York State are as follows. These represent schools enrolling about 500,000 of the 3 million children of school age (22% in NYC; 15% statewide)

*Agudath Israel of America
*Board of Jewish Education of Greater NY
*Catholic School Administrators of NYS
*Historically Black Independent Schools Association of NYS
*Islamic Schools Association of NYS
*Greek Archdiocese of New York
*Lutheran Schools Association
*NYS Council of Catholic School Superintendents
*Northeastern Conference of 7th Day Adventists
*NYS Association of Independent Schools

During his tenure, Mr. Hogan served as a liaison to ministries of education and foreign consulates that operate schools in New York State, or which are engaged in educational partnerships in the State. These include the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Taiwan, and the Republic of South Korea. Domestically, more than 30 Islamic schools were established, as well as the first all minority preparatory school in the history of New York City and State, i.e., the Trey Whitfield School in East New York, Brooklyn. The Catholic dioesan school system throughout the eight dioceses of New York State was reorganized to align with shifting demographics.
During the 1970s Mr. Hogan worked with the Seneca Indian community and the Salamanca City Central School District to plan, operate and maintain the Seneca Bilingual Education Program. He
*Organized and conducted community hearings for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare within the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation concerning education and the role of language, culture and heritage;
*Developed with input of a committee composed of tribal and school district officials, and parents a $3 million Federal grant pursuant to Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, intended to create the Seneca Bilingual Education Program, this including a five year plan;
*Implemented the program, negotiated with Federal officials concerning the dollar amounts, scope and scale of the program, identified 27 staff members for employment by the local school district, established the central office, placed and supervised instructional and counselling staff in three elementary schools, a junior high school, a senior high school, a Head Start Program, and two early childhood education centers within the reservation community;
*Designed and implemented a professional development program for a staff that included tribal members from 18 to 75 years of age with varying degrees of formal education. This included the organization of workshops and seminars, arranging for staff members without high school diplomas to obtain a GED, assisting staff members with high school educations to enroll in area colleges, and assisting tribal elders who were internationally recognized experts in Seneca language, culture and heritage to obtain credentials that would permit them to teach children in public school settings.
*Supervised and Evaluated a staff of twenty seven, and,
*Administered the program, including the preparation of reports, evaluations, and applications for tribal, school district, state and federal partners; organizing and conducting the monthly meetings of the steering committee.
Prior to that he was the school district's Director of Indian Education during which time he:
*Administered Federal and State grants pursuant to ESEA Title IV-A, the “Indian Education Act,” and Chapter 720 of New York State Education Law, including the preparation of reports, evaluations, and applications for tribal, school district, state and federal partners; organizing and conducting monthly meetings with two Indian Parent Committees composed of school district and tribal officials, parents and members of the community;
*Supervised and evaluated a staff of eight;
*Planned, Implemented and Administered an Interscholastic Lacrosse Program in the public school district where there had never been such a program, as part of the goal to decrease the 75% dropout rate of Indian children, improve average daily attendance, and improve graduation rates while strengthening the self images of children and enhancing their appreciation for their own culture and heritage; and,
*Planned, Implemented and Administered the Seneca Youth Dancers Program, which was also designed to meet the broader goals detailed above. This activity involved 75 children who toured much of the United States performing Seneca/Iroquois social dances for school/community groups, participated in an "I Love New York" tourism promotion, the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, and a Mazola Margarine commercial for national television.

Publications
Co-editor of the Bilingual Newsletter published by the New York State
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Editor of The Seneca Storybook, a collection of Seneca stories written in English and in
Seneca (NYS Education Department, 1986).
Editor of A Seneca Craftsman's Guide to Seneca/Iroquois Culture (Salamanca CSD, 1981)
Editor of The Seneca Coloring Book, a collection of Seneca Indian art with subtitles in
Seneca and English (Randolph Press, 1978).
Author, "A Bicentennial Look at Seneca Indians and the Revolutionary War in Western New
York," Allegany State Park Vacation Guide, summer of 1976.
Author, "City in a Quandary: Salamanca and the Allegany Leases," New York History, NYS
Historical Society, Cooperstown, January 1974.
Civic activities and honors
2008 - Education Award, Board of Jewish Education of New York.
2007 - Trey Whitfield Foundation Award, in recognition of support and technical assistance in the development of the Trey Whitfield School, East New York, Brooklyn, the first all minority preparatory school in the history of New York.
2006 - Educator of the Year, Lutheran Schools Association of New York State
2005 - Leadership in Education Award, NYS Coalition of Independent and Religious Schools.
2001 - Member of delegation of American educators to Republic of South Korea.
1989 - Coordinator, Legislative Awards Breakfast, State-wide Conference for NYS Association for Bilingual Education.
1989 - 1993 - member of the Silver Anniversary Committee, Urban League of Albany.
1987 - 1989 - Treasurer, Statewide NYS Hispanic Commemoration.
1980 - 1982 - Chairman, Western Cattaraugus County Chapter, American Red Cross.
1980 - 1982 - President, Salamanca Lacrosse Club.
1975 - Adopted into the Seneca Indian Bear Clan.
1975 - 1976 - Chairman of the Salamanca Area Bicentennial Commission.

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