Melissa Freedman
Director of Assessment and AccreditationAdministration
Melissa Freedman is the Director of Assessment and Accreditation in the Office of the Dean at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University.
Melissa works across academic departments, with a focus on programs nationally accredited by CAEP and CACREP that lead to state licensure. This includes the initial teacher certification, advanced certification (principal, reading specialist, etc.), and school counseling programs. She is involved in academic program and student-level assessment, and manages the Watermark Student Learning & Licensure platform that tracks relevant course-based and clinical assessment data. Melissa also participates in GSE-wide assessment projects.
Prior to joining Rutgers GSE in 2018, Melissa worked at The SEED Foundation in Washington, DC where she served as Associate Director of College Success on the College Transition & Success (CTS) team. Among her responsibilities, she helped to oversee the CTS Program, advised underrepresented students on the journey to and through college, led the implementation of Salesforce, and helped develop SEED’s process for assessing the quality of college campus-based support services and overall college rating system. Prior to The SEED Foundation, Melissa was a 3rd grade teacher in Baltimore, MD through Teach For America.
Melissa enjoys spending time with her husband, daughters, extended family and friends. She holds an M.A. in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Human Resource Management and Marketing from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also earned a Graduate Certificate in Counseling Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Persons from George Washington University.
• M.A. in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University
• B.S. in Human Resource Management and Marketing from The University of Maryland, College Park
• Graduate Certificate in Counseling Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Persons from George Washington University
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