Michael Leventhal email: Leventhal.michael@gmail.

com
LinkedIn Profile Mlevent3@schools.nyc.gov
Cell: 914.262.9753

Special Educator, New York City Department of Education (1986-present)



Classroom Experience
Twenty-three years in the classroom working with autism and other developmentally
challenged students, age 5 to 21. Familiar with: ABA, PECS, TEACCH, Miller Method, SI,
OT, PT, counseling,

IT Integration
• Effectively
engaged
over
one
hundred
severely
involved
students
with
autism
in

technology-aided
activities
promoting
metacognition,
decision-making
and
language

acquisition.

• Obtained
$400,000
in
grants
to
update
school
building
technology

• Piloted
the
use
of
video
resumes
in
NYC
as
an
effective
tool
to
capture
student
progress

for
New
York
State
alternate
assessment.

• PowerPoint
and
video
presentation:
“The
Value
of
Video
Resumes
in
Assessing
the

Performance
of
Non-Testable
Students”
at
Special
Education
Principals
Annual
Meeting,

2004.

• Designed
the
original
site
on
Autistic
Spectrum
Disability
for
the
New
York
City

Department
of
Education.

Compiled
the
first
comprehensive
guide
to
Department
of

Education
programs
and
services
for
ASD
students



Audio/Video Production
• Produced 3 documentaries for the NY State Department of Education: “Career
Education for the Autistic Student” (26 min.), “Computer Assisted Writing for Language-
Impaired Students” (9 min.), “The Culinary Arts Program” (11 min.)
• Created
original
programming
for
Special
Education
students,including
educational

videos,
video
yearbooks

• Served
as
official
school
videographer
and
documentarian
for
17
years

• Produced
a
twenty-year
historical
perspective
to
honor
retiring
principal





Director of Advertising, Software 1040, Inc., Lake Success, N.Y. (1983–1985)
Division of Prentice-Hall Publishing
Developed
“corporate
personality”
approach
to
promoting
tax
preparation
software
to

professional
tax
accountants
promoting
the
synergy
between
print
and
digital
accounting

software
available
from
Prentice-Hall.



Director of Marketing, AMSCO/Spontex, Long Island City, N.Y. (1977–1983)
My
recommendations
for
improved
product
mix
reduced
manufacturing
cost
$100,000.


Anticipating
market
trends,
I
was
able
to
introduce
new
consumer
products
that
increased
net

sales
by
$400,000.

By
resolving
conflicts
between
conflicting
discount
structures
and
outlining
a

simplified
discounting
program,
I
was
able
to
improve
the
bottom
line
an
additional
$100,000.



Upon
sale
of
the
company
to
a
competitor,
I
participated
in
planning
for
the
transition
to
new

ownership
by
provided
analysis
and
recommendations
for
revised
product
lines
and
held

creative
responsibility
for
revising
corporate
image,
product
packaging
and
promotional
aids,

advertising
and
trade
show
exhibition.

I
was
creative
director
for
a
two
day,
national
rollout

meeting
for
a
group
of
400
sales
people
comprising
our
existing
sales
network
as
well
as
the

network
we
inherited
from
the
sale.







Instant Fortunes, Inc., New York, N.Y. (1976-1977)
I
constructed
prototypes
for
Lucite
executive
gifts
incorporating
shredded
U.S.
currency,

including:
The
Million
Dollar
Sign
featured
on
the
Tonight
Show,
The
Money
Pen,
coin
banks,

perfume,
soap
and
a
line
of
greeting
cards.





EDUCATION
B.A.

Psychology,
Hofstra
University,
Hempstead,
NY


M.A.
Elementary
Education,
Adelphi
University,
Garden
City,
NY


NYS
Certified:
N,
K
and
Grades
1-6








NYS
Certified:
Special
Education
K-12