GREAT NECK, NY, May 15, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Mariana Ristea, Executive Director for Research and Curriculum at The Center for Research, Curriculum and Instruction, was recently named a VIP Member of Worldwide Who's Who. This special distinction honors individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to achieving personal and professional success.

Demonstrating 20 years of professional experience, Ms. Ristea has spent the past two years working as the Executive Director for Research and Curriculum at The Center for Research, Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to this job, she taught and also supervised mathematics in private and in public schools, in New York City as well as in Long Island, New York. In her current role of key strategist of program development, she provides school districts and other private companies with assistance in analyzing available data for existing programs of their organizations. She has contributed to school districts' success in the areas of curriculum design, strategic planning, staff development and data analysis in order to improve students' and teachers' performance over time.

Ms. Ristea is in the process of receiving a doctoral degree in the area of quantitative methods from the City University of New York Graduate Center. Among other degrees, she already holds a master's degree in Quantitative Methods from CUNY, a masters degree in Mathematics Education from New York University, and a masters degree in school and in district administration from Touro College. Additionally, she holds a degree in economics and corporate management from the Academy of Economic Studies from Bucharest, and one other degree in applied statistics. Ms. Ristea hopes to be able to contribute to the development of the educational process in the United States.

For more information about Mariana Ristea, visit http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mariana-ristea/8/169/110.

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