Yvel Crevecoeur

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Yvel Crevecoeur

Prior offices

Norwalk Public Schools school board District A

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Education

High school

Stamford Public Schools

Bachelor's

Central Connecticut State University

Graduate

University of Bridgeport

Ph.D

University of Connecticut

Other

Fairfield University

Personal

Profession

Assistant professor

Yvel Crevecoeur is the Democratic and Working Families Party District A representative on the Norwalk Board of Education in Connecticut. Crevecoeur petitioned for and won the Democratic primary election on September 16, 2015. He was also selected as a Working Families Party candidate. His name appeared twice on the general election ballot on November 3, 2015, once for each party's designation. His general election vote count was a sum of the votes cast for him in both parties. Yvel Crevecoeur won the general election on November 3, 2015.

Biography

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Born in Miragoâne, Haiti, Crevecoeur was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1995. He attended Stamford Public Schools before earning five higher education degrees: a B.A. in sociology from Central Connecticut State University, an M.S. in education from the University of Bridgeport, C.A.S. degrees in special and bilingual education from Fairfield University and a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Connecticut.

He moved to Norwalk in 2004 and is an assistant professor of special education at the City College of New York. Prior to this position, Crevecoeur worked as a teacher in the Stamford school system and as a juvenile probation officer in Naples, Fla.

Elections

2015

See also: Norwalk Public Schools elections (2015)

The five district representative seats on the Norwalk Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. A Democratic primary election was held September 16, 2015, for Districts A and B.

Yvel Crevecoeur (D/WFP) won the District A seat after petitioning for and winning a Democratic primary and defeating Joe Perella (I) for the open seat. While Perella ran as an unaffiliated candidate, he was endorsed by the Republican Town Committee (RTC).

District A incumbent Rosa Murray (D) did not seek her party's nomination to run for another term. Instead, the Norwalk Democratic Town Committee (DTC) nominated Nicol Ayers to run for the seat. Ayers faced a primary challenge from Yvel Crevecoeur. Crevecoeur won with a margin of 14 votes. The tight margin automatically necessitated a recount, which held the same totals. Crevecoeur received the endorsement of the Connecticut Working Families Party after petitioning to run as a Democratic candidate. This ensured that he would appear on the general election ballot regardless of the primary outcome.

Erik Anderson (D) won the District B seat after defeating incumbent Migdalia Rivas (D) in a primary. The two had tied for the Democratic nomination at the party convention. This left the party without an official nominee in the race. Both Rivas and Anderson successfully petitioned to hold a party primary to determine a Democratic candidate for District B. Anderson won the primary and was set to face Republican nominee Harold Bonet in the general election. However, Bonet withdrew from the race, leaving Anderson without official opponents.

No primaries were necessary for the other three seats. District C incumbent Michael Lyons (R) won re-election after his party nominated him to run for re-election; he defeated Democratic nominee Lisa Nuzzo in the general election. District D incumbent Bryan Meek (R) won his first full term on the board. Meek was appointed to the board in March 2015 and received his party's nomination to run for the remainder of the seat's term. He defeated Democratic nominee Haroldo Williams on the general election ballot. In District E, Michael Barbis (D) won re-election without opposition. He was nominated to retain his seat by the Democratic Town Committee, and no Republican candidate was nominated to challenge him.

Results

General

Norwalk Public Schools, District A, General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic/WFP	Yvel Crevecoeur	54.4%	1,030
	Republican	Joe Perella	45.6%	862
Total Votes				1,892
Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Prescribed Form for Return of Votes Cast At A Municipal Election," accessed November 5, 2015

Democratic primary

Norwalk Public Schools, District A, Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Yvel Crevecoeur	52.6%	142
Nicol Ayers	47.4%	128
Total Votes		270
Source: Nancy on Norwalk, "GOP candidate withdraws, Anderson will join BoE; vote recount changes nothing," September 21, 2015 These election results are not official and will be updated when certified results are available. You can submit certified results by contacting us.

Campaign themes

2015

League of Women Voters' primary voter guide

Crevecoeur participated in the League of Women Voters of Norwalk's questionnaire for the District A Democratic primary. The questions and his responses are below. The questions have been put in bold to distinguish them from Crevecoeur's responses.

“	Why do you feel qualified to run for this position? I have over 17 years of experience in education, working directly or indirectly with kindergarten through graduate-level students and related professionals and agencies. As a public school teacher and curriculum associate for staff development in Stamford, CT, I (1) taught a range of diverse students, (2) wrote an extended school hours grant that resulted in an award that provided me the opportunity to manage afterschool programs, (3) coordinated and implemented district and state high-stakes testing, and (4) contributed to the improvement of curricula and assessment via the collaborative writing and implementation of the school improve plan. As a juvenile probation officer in Florida, I worked with parents to re-introduce at-risk students into schools and to support their educational outcomes. I am currently an assistant professor in the School of Education at The City College of New York, and will become the director of the special education program in January 2016. In terms of my CT teaching and administration certifications, I currently hold K-6 elementary education, elementary bilingual education (Language: Haitian- Creole), K-12 special education, preK-12 TESOL, and intermediate administration and supervision. As for my education, I earned (1) a Ph.D. in special education with a focus in reading and educational leadership and administration in 2008, (2) a Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) in special education in 2004 (3) a C.A.S. in bilingual education in 2002, (3) an M.S. degree in education in 1997, and (4) a B.A. in sociology with a minor in criminal justice in 1995. A campaign advertisement for Crevecoeur's joint campaign for the Democratic primary with Common Council candidates Eloisa Melendez and Steve Serasis 1.Effective school boards commit to a vision of high expectations for students and achievement and quality instruction and define clear goads toward that vision. List and explain at least 2-3 goals that you advocate for in the area of student achievement and quality instruction. My three goals to support student achievement and quality instruction are: 1.Support the engagement of parents with their schools and the district to enhance collaboration that results in improved social development outcomes for their children (e.g., socialization skills [play, hands-on group projects, etc.], coping mechanisms, mental health). 2.Maximize the learning opportunities of students by providing flexible learning options (e.g., innovative and creative projects) and interventions and supports for all types of learners in all grade levels 3. Improve the working conditions of all Board of Education employees. I believe all stakeholders within any school district should engage in shared decision-making processes. Where appropriate, I would advocate for structured, semi-structured, and open dialogue opportunities to engage parents in decision-making processes. In order to maximize their learning opportunities, students need to experience environmental conditions that are engaging--the Goldilocks "just right" type of learning environment. Therefore, we must implement a plan of action that would ameliorate present conditions, such as large class sizes, while simultaneously planning for the future. Beyond issues related to collaborating with parents or the district infrastructure, I would advocate for an emphasis on reading and writing in our school district to maximize student learning. I believe we can improve and reinforce reading and writing within mathematics, social studies, science, the arts, and technology across all grade levels without additional financial resources. I believe we must provide BoE employees opportunities to grow as professionals via relevant professional development and other types of roles and responsibilities across the district. 2.Effective school boards align and sustain resources, such as professional development, to meet district goals. According to researchers, LaRocque and Coleman, effective boards saw a responsibility to maintain high standards even in the midst of budget challenges. What would you do to ensure a reasonable balance between the need to maintain high academic standard through quality programs and the need to establish spending levels that dovetail with the overall financial condition of Norwalk? Purchasing quality programs alone will not result in improved and sustained academic achievement, unless we empower BoE employees and build capacity within the district. I subscribe to the notion that if we establish a culture of actions that focuses on continuous improvement, then we would improve the social and academic outcomes of students with minimal to no increases in taxes. The key is to become more effective and efficient with our practices. Therefore, I believe we need to provide BoE employees opportunities to align their professional interests with district initiatives. To extend this further, a team of teachers and administrators who self-selected specialized trainings, can in turn, build capacity by training other teachers and administrators. Teachers must also have the opportunity to maintain their teaching positions while expanding their responsibilities to other school or district roles (e.g., non-administrative leadership positions for those who wish to remain in the teaching core and transitional leadership positions that develop the requisite competencies for administrative positions). I also believe we need to provide administrators the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in administration and supervision while being able to assume other roles and responsibilities within the district that they would view as promotions. Otherwise, Norwalk will continue to lose teachers and administrators to other school districts. Last, I believe teachers, administrators, and central office personnel should increase the degree to which they currently collaborate on grant submissions to improve and increase parental involvement and student engagement across all grade levels.	”
—Yvel Crevecoeur, (September 2015)

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See also

• Norwalk Public Schools, Connecticut
• Norwalk Public Schools elections (2015)

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