Project Director
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Molly McCloskey first joined ASCD as project director of the First Amendment Schools (FAS). During her tenure, FAS grew from 11 to nearly 100 schools and earned national recognition from groups including the National Conference of State Legislatures. Prior to coming to ASCD, McCloskey served as the executive director of community youth development for the YMCA of Greater Cleveland, where she supervised an alternative school for secondary school students who would otherwise have been expelled and an alternative court for first-time misdemeanor offenders.

Her career began as a 5th grade teacher in the District of Columbia and has included every level from prekindergarten to graduate school. As a school counselor and Comer School Development Program facilitator in the Prince George's County Public Schools (Md.), McCloskey engaged school communities in comprehensive school reform and served as a member of the Yale Child Study Center national faculty. In addition, she served as an adjunct professor for Western Maryland College (now known as McDaniel College), teaching group dynamics and human growth and development to graduate students in the School of Education.

Since joining ASCD, McCloskey has presented across the United States and has written and been interviewed about school reform and First Amendment issues in the Miami Herald, USA Today, and Chicago Tribune. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Catholic University of America and a master's of education degree in school counseling from the University of Maryland.

Contact Molly by e-mail at mmccloskey@ascd.orgor by phone at 1-800-933-2723, ext. 5475.

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