Tom Rabbitt

Tom is a retired educator. For 30 years, he worked in the Greenport School District as an English/Journalism teacher, school counselor and administrator. During that time, he advised the school’s award-winning school newspaper, The Quill. As Special Education Director, he helped create and supervise the District’s Special Education inclusion program. After retiring from Greenport, Tom served as an Admissions Counselor for Stonehill College and Sarah Lawrence College.
His responsibilities included recruitment, interviewing and reading applications. As a former school counselor, he brought a unique perspective to the college admissions process as an individual who had been on “both sides” of the process.
Tom is a past president of the East End Counselors Association and the Suffolk County chapter for the Council for Exceptional Children. He holds a master’s degree in School Counseling from Long Island University and is a New York State certified English Teacher, School Counselor and School District Administrator. He is a member of The East End Counselors Association, The New York State School Counselors Association and The National Association of School Counselors.
He recently published an article in The Edge, a publication on best practices by NYSSCA entitled On Bees and the College Admissions Process: Identifying and Strengthening Non-Cognitive Skills in our Students. He is a volunteer for Girls Write Now, a New York City organization that mentors underserved young women to find their voices through the power of writing and community.