Out of the growing pervasive issue of bullying and school violence in our schools and in the communities around our country, and having been a bullied victim himself in middle school and beyond, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo, established Teach Anti-Bullying, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) in 2011 to serve children and families who have been or are being affected by bullying. Teach Anti-Bullying, Inc. works to raise awareness and support families/victims of bullying-related issues, while encouraging the collaboration of all stakeholders – children, educators, parents, community leaders, law enforcement, and local, state and federal legislators – in the pro-active intervention against bullying as well as the prevention of bullying. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo brings over twenty-three years of professional experience in the field of education to Teach Anti-Bullying, Inc. including his current role as a secondary school principal in New Jersey. He has been extremely active in addressing the great need for anti-bullying awareness, and prevention, nationwide, as a result of parents asking him to help students that are being impacted academically, socially, and emotionally by this silent threat. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo founded Teach Anti-Bullying, Inc. in an effort to further help raise awareness about what bullying really is, and how it, along with school violence, and racial profiling can be prevented. Prior to founding Teach Anti-Bullying, Inc., Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo began his career in education teaching Social Science Education. From here, his career has included positions as a K-8 School Principal; Director of Early Childhood Education; Assistant Middle School Academic Vice Principal; Assistant High School Vice-Principal/Director of Athletics; and Interim Secondary Charter School Principal.

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In 2003, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo went onto the higher education community and served as West Chester University’s Coordinator of the Federal Grant GEAR UP Program in partnership with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, and the School District of Philadelphia. After spending six-years at West Chester University, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo was asked to serve at the University of Delaware, as the Director of the Delaware Mentoring (DMC) Council, under a state grant in partnership with the Office of Governor and Delaware Department of Education. Now, internationally recognized as an expert on the subject of Anti-Bullying and School Violence Prevention, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo has provided many workshops on these two issues within the P16 community and beyond. He is interviewed regularly by many local and national media outlets on the subject of Bullying and School Violence and is a passionate public speaker on this topic of extreme interest to parents, educators and legislators across the country. He has written numerous articles and books on the subject matter, and has lectured at many local, state, and regional education forums and conferences. In 2005, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo was invited to the White House as an expert panel member in the area of school violence prevention. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo was asked to be the first keynote presenter at the State of Louisiana’s first Anti-Bullying Call to Action Conference in 2012, and was invited back to Baton Rouge in March of 2013 and October of 2013 for their anti-bullying summit. Since 2012, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo has been asked to be the Key Note Speaker for over six National Educational/Medical organizations around the United States. They include: Saint Leo University-Central Florida, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, National Assoc. of Pupil Services Administrators, and Junior League of Baton Rouge, among others. In November of 2013, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo was honored by the Philadelphia 76ers with the Heroes Among Us Award. The Sixers “Heroes Among Us” awards people in the greater Philadelphia-area who have made exceptional and overwhelming contributions to better the lives of children in the community.

Dr. Claudio Cerullo with Montgomery County PA DA Risa Freeman As an author, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo has contributed to educational videos on Bullying, including “Bullying: Children with Special Needs” and “Teaching Anti-Bullying K-8” (both released on video in December 2011. His book for parents, “Teaching Anti-Bullying,” was released in December 2011 and earned special notice from Sears and Team Up to Stop Bullying on their 2012 list of recommended Bullying Solutions books. In May 2012, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo’s second book on Anti-Bullying, “Stop Bullying Me,” was released to wide acclaim. He is also the author of four children’s books – “A Thankful Day” released in 2009, “Isabella Goes to Kindergarten” (2010), “Isabella’s Rainy Day with her Friends” (2011) and “Isabella Goes Back to School” (2011). This fall, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo collaborated on “TAB 1.0,” a new Bullying computer application for school students, parents, and teachers to use in their classrooms. He will be publishing a book on Cyber Bullying later this year. In addition, earlier this year Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo co-authored with learning expert Pat Wyman,” Amazing Grades 101 Best Ways to Improve Your Grades Faster.” Cerullo’s chapter is entitled, “Bullying and How it Affects Academic Achievement.” Lastly, in March of 2013, Claudio Cerullo’s third book on bullying was released March 2013: His new one is entitled: My Name is David, I have Autism and I was Bullied. He dedicated this book to a brave little ten-year-old boy that battled being bullied since he was five-years-old. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo has appeared on ABC, NBC, Fox News, CBS. KYW and CNN News, as well as, been interviewed on several radio and talk shows regarding his books and the bullying crisis in America. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo just submitted his new book entitled: It is Never Right to Fight, which was dedicated to all of those children that have lost their lives to senseless forms of violence. The book was released in October of 2013, and Cerullo decided to give half of the proceeds back to families that have lost a child to a violent-related incident.

As an ardent advocate of developing safe school programs nationally, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo is active with Autism Speaks. He continues to inspire many young students, parents, school, and state officials in communities across the country. He is also a champion for underrepresented youth and researches ways to eliminate the academic inequities in their respective classrooms. In 2009, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo partnered with Dr. John A. Williams, former Dean of Graduate Studies at Cheyney University, to create a new Saturday Academic Academy based in Philadelphia for at-risk students so they could be better prepared for post-secondary education and not drop out of school. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science Education at Moravian College. He earned his Master’s degree in Professional Elementary and Secondary Education (with a concentration in Educational Administration) from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from ACU. He has continued his professional development, focusing on Education Leadership and Urban Education, at West Chester University’ of Pennsylvania’s Division of Continuing Education. Among his many professional accomplishments, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo served on former Delaware’s Governor Ruth Ann Minner’s Drop Out Prevention Task Force in 2008. He provided leadership as a member of his local School Board of Education from 1998 to 2001 and was elected president of the board in his final year. While a faculty member at West Chester, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo served on former University President Adler’s Special Interest Group from 2003 to 2006 and was recognized by Dr. Adler with the Star Staff Status in 2007 for his Urban School Improvement work with U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah (D) and Dr. Bill Cosby with the School District of Philadelphia. In 2005, Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo and West Chester University received the Outstanding Service Award in Urban Education from the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education. As Director of the Delaware Mentoring Council, Dr. Cerullo partnered with Mayor James Baker of the City of Wilmington in establishing a new mentoring proclamation, the Wilmington Mentoring Commission in 2009, to help promote youth mentoring and lower the high school dropout rate to all at-risk youth within the City of Wilmington.

Dr. Claudio V. Cerullo was the past President of the Glen-Riddle Rotary Club for 2013-2014, a member of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, an Associate Member of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologist, the Association for Elementary and Secondary School Principals and the Knights of Columbus (St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Glen Mills, PA).