Kevin John Coyne is the Director of the Community Schools Technical Assistance Center (CSTAC) at Fordham University. He leads all activities of the CSTAC’s work with new and existing schools in the New York City Region. The CSTAC provides guidance, support, professional development, and capacity building for leaders within schools and community-based organizations.
Prior to joining the CSTAC, Kevin served as an educator in the Diocese of Brooklyn for seventeen years. He was the founding principal of Our Lady’s Catholic Academy in South Ozone Park, where he established a community school-centered educational experience through the creation of multiple programs and external partnerships. Through collaboration with Crisis Management Systems, he provided cultural bias training for faculty and staff, as well as free parent workshops on anxiety and depression in teens. He extended the school day from 6 AM to 7 PM, maximizing student attendance, as well as providing a wide variety of academic support classes and student activities that emphasized social-emotional development.
Kevin earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as an M.S. in School Building Leadership from Saint John’s University in Queens, New York. He holds New York State Certification in School Building Leadership.
