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Rita Prager Stein, Ed.D. received her doctorate degree from Columbia University Teachers College, and has studied at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Hunter College in New York and received a professional degree from C.W. Post College of Long Island University.

As an instructor in administration at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, she is the co-author of the best selling book Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping Students Do the Right Thing, published by the Association for Supervision and Development (ASCD).

Dr. Rita was a human resource director for over 20 years in a very large school district on Long Island, New York, and as such, was in charge of the hiring, training, management and supervision of over 2000 employees. She is well versed in the field of labor negations, both for union and non-union personnel. Dr. Rita has recently co-authored Induction: Connecting Teacher Recruitment to Retention, a guide book to finding the best staff and then retaining them as productive, effective, loyal and long lasting employees.

As a consultant to school districts and companies, including Sandals Resorts and Iberostar Hotels as well as major law firms and a host of others, Dr. Rita has developed training workshops on character education, leadership and employee development, customer service and transforming staff culture for all levels of school and corporate personnel.

Dr. Rita's presentations, whether they are keynote addresses or in depth seminars and workshops, are lively, informative and entertaining.