Timothy F. Lisante has worked for the New York City Department of Education (DOE) for the past 32 years. Since 1988, he has led alternative programs and currently serves as a Deputy Superintendent of 53 alternative sites including 13 programs in adult corrections (Rikers Island) and 8 Juvenile Justice sites. He has been a teacher, assistant principal, and principal at the Rikers Island Academies. He has a B.A. from Catholic University in Special Education, an M.A. from New York University in Special Education, and earned his Ph.D. in Education with a dissertation topic entitled Designing and Implementing Education Programs for Incarcerated Youth.
Dr. Lisante is the chairperson of the Correctional Education Association (CEA) Jails Education workgroup. He has presented workshops throughout the country, visiting correctional education programs in 10 states as well as Ireland and Japan.
He has served as an adjunct professor at Hunter College teaching graduate courses in special education.
Tim lives with his wife Margaret and their three teenage sons in Floral Park, NY.
