Adele T. Macula

Dr. Adele T. Macula is the director of curriculum and instruction for NJ EXCEL. Through her association with the New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (NJASCD) and NJPSA/FEA, Dr. Macula has presented workshops on implementing the Common Core State Standards to more than 2,000 educators since February 2012. She is also a trainer for the Stronge Teacher Effectiveness Performance Evaluation System and provides sessions for districts who have adopted the model. Dr. Macula spent much of her professional career in the Jersey City Public Schools beginning in 1978. She served as an elementary teacher, the District Supervisor for Programs that Maximize Potential (G/T) and Special Assistant for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Macula held the position of Associate Superintendent – Curriculum and Instruction (K-12) from September 2000 through May 2011 when she retired from the district. She has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in the Masters in Teaching Program and at Seton Hall University in the Executive Ed.D. Program. She has served on many district and statewide committees and has presented at local, state, national and international conferences.