Steve Rubin, B.A., M.A., M.S. Ed., Ph.D., Director of Sacred Heart’s Educational Leadership, Administration, and Management programs leading toward Administrative Certification and the 6th Year degree programs in Administration. He is also the Certification Officer for the 092 state certification. He also completed all course work and examinations for a second Ph.D.

Dr. Rubin began his professional career as a teacher in NYC working with economically disadvantaged youth. He was one of the organizers of NYC’s Higher Horizons program, one of the first compensatory education programs in the U.S. He was awarded the first Anderson Fellowship in Educational Administration and Leadership and completed his Ph.D. at New York University when he was 24, receiving the Founders’ Day award for highest doctoral scholarship. At the age of 25, he became a principal in New Canaan, CT, the youngest principal in the tri-state area. Subsequently, he was appointed Director of Research and then Assistant Superintendent of Schools.

Over the next 20 years, Dr. Rubin’s research in General Systems led to the development of management “tools” that enabled him to create a school that was described by NEWSWEEK as “The School of the Future”. Feature stories of the school were also written in TIME, Educational Leadership, the Kappan, the NEW YORK TIMES and many other publications. The school hosted over 4000 visitors from all over the world. The American Society for Quality Control (publishers of most TQM literature) asked his to write a book about his experiences applying systems theory and design to the solution of educational problems typically found in schools. The book, “Public Schools Should Learn to Ski: A Systems Approach to Education” described some of the “systems and tools” he developed. It was also singled out for notice by the IEEE as the definitive example of how “systems” could be applied to the organization and management of schools.

Dr. Rubin has written a number of articles and published his research in a number of professional journals. He has also been a consultant to the Far West Laboratory for Research and Development, Harvard Graduate School, the National Center for the Improvement of Learning, the Department of Defense, the DeWitt Wallace Foundation, the Battle Creek Foundation and the Kellogg Foundation and has made many keynote presentations.

Sacred Heart University’s Educational Leadership program now recommends more administrative certifications to the state in comparison to all other universities in the state. In addition, candidates also score higher on the Connecticut Administrator Test.

Contact: Oakview Building, 225-Q Ph: 203-365-7653 Fax: 203-365-7513 Email: rubins@sacredheart.edu

Mailing Address: Sacred Heart University Isabelle Farrington College of Education 5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT 06825-1000

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