Assistant Professor and Director of Non
Public School Leaders Program
Administrative and Instructional
Leadership
The School of Education
Sullivan Hall, Room 514
Queens Campus
Phone: (718) 990-5277
Fax: (718) 990-2964
delveccr@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
Ed.D., 2005, Fordham University, Educational Leadership,
Administration, and Policy
Professional Diploma, 2005, Fordham University, Administration,
Policy, and Urban Education
M.S. Ed., 1976, Iona College, Spanish, Latin American Studies/
Comparative Literature
B.A., cum laude, 1971, College of Mount St. Vincent, Spanish/
Teacher Education
Biography
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio is Director of the Master Degree
Program in School Building Leadership for aspiring principals and
administrators in the non public schools. She also teaches Master
and Doctoral level courses and mentors students in the Department
of Administrative and Instructional Leadership (DAIL). A
member of the St. Vincent de Paul team for the Catholic Institute,
she provides professional development to principals and board
members of the new academies in the Diocese of Brooklyn and
coordinates The Catholic Principals Academy (TCPA), which prepares
future school administrators for the Archdiocese of New York and
the Diocese of Brooklyn. A proponent of global programs, Dr.
Del Vecchio taught in the first DAIL Instructional Leadership
global initiative, on the Rome campus. She received the Global
Certificate Program sponsored by St. John’s Office of Global
Studies and the Center for Teaching and Learning. An active member
of St. John’s Chapter of the Ladies of Charity, she served as the
former Chair of the Spirituality
Committee.
Prior to her work at St. John’s, Dr. Del Vecchio served as a
high school teacher of Spanish, Italian, French and English, then
as a school building and central office administrator in one of the
Big Four Districts in New York State. For over ten years, she
was Director of Funded Programs responsible for the management of
over $ 60 million in categorical and competitive grants in the
Yonkers Public School District. A grant proposals reader for
the US Department of Education and New York State Education
Department, she is also a Board of Directors member of the Yonkers
Partners in Education (YPIE) Foundation, which seeks to provide
career and college opportunities to underserved children.
A former Fulbright and National Endowment for the
Humanities Fellow, Dr. Del Vecchio was Vice President of the
Fulbright Association of Greater New York and continues to serve on
its Board. She is the founder of the Youth Mentoring
Initiative for International Understanding, a partnership
program with the Fulbright Association of GNY, Sarah Lawrence
College and an urban school district.
A graduate from Fordham University, Dr. Del Vecchio specializes
in educational leadership, administration and policy, with a
concentration on partnership development and professional
development of aspiring school administrators. Recently, she
traveled to China, where she presented a paper on the preparation
of the next generation of school leaders, at the International
Education Leadership Conference sponsored by the Beijing Institute
of Education, The Beijing Institute of Educational Sciences, Global
Interactions, the National Staff Development Council, and The
Council of Chief State School Officers. The Business
Review Cambridge just published her article on The Disconnect
between workplace and graduate school motivation, written in
collaboration with a colleague from Tobin School of Business.
Courses Taught at St. John’s
University
Graduate
- Administrative Leadership