Mr. Carl Schneider, President
Mrs. Jennifer Spisso, Vice President
Mrs. JoAnne Demetrio, Board Member
Mrs. Mary O'Mara, Board Member
Mrs. Egnita Pardo, Board Member
Ms. Kimberly Kohlhepp Sack, Board Member
Mr. Robert Schaffhauser, Board Member
Mrs. Patty Tymon, Board Member
Courtney Williams-Goeloe, Board Member
2025-2026
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DISTRICT GOALS
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Goal 1:
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Student Achievement
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Foster a positive academic culture that promotes student perseverance, ownership of learning, engagement through high expectations, and development of individualized student learning instruction.
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Objective:
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Successfully launch and implement new Language Arts programming across the district during the upcoming school year by ensuring 100% of instructional staff are fully trained in the curriculum, resulting in a measurable increase in student reading and writing proficiency.
- Provide comprehensive, hands-on professional development prior to the launch of the new Language Arts curriculum.
- Development of individualized student learning instruction and high-engagement strategies within the new programming to foster academic perseverance.
- Establish regular check-ins and instructional coaching cycles to support teachers during the initial rollout phases.
- Measurement: Track success through professional development completion rates, walkthrough data assessing implementation fidelity, and Language Arts benchmark assessments.
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Goal 2:
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Cultural Diversity
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Build educator capacity through job-embedded professional learning focused on the effective use of data to inform instruction and improve student outcomes.
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Objective:
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Establish a culture of continuous improvement by successfully implementing the LinkIt! data platform district-wide, ensuring all educators are trained to utilize student, staff, and family reports to directly guide instruction and improve learning outcomes.
- Provide targeted professional development on navigating the LinkIt! dashboard, with a focus on interpreting individual student profiles and class-wide mastery reports.
- Student participation in three benchmark assessments throughout the year and development of staff goals based on expected growth scores as identified by the LinkIt! platform.
- Train staff on how to effectively share and communicate with LinkIt! student and family reports during parent-teacher conferences to foster a collaborative home-school connection.
- Measurement: Success will be measured by 100% platform adoption among instructional staff, regular documentation of data-driven instructional adjustments in lesson plans, and the successful distribution of student/family data reports during designated grading periods.
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Goal 3:
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Personnel
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Empower educators to utilize data-driven practices to personalize learning, strengthen instructional effectiveness, and enhance professional satisfaction and retention.
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Objective:
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Empower and retain high-quality educators by fostering a culture of shared leadership, utilizing specialized district teams to develop forward-thinking programs and policies that strengthen instructional effectiveness and boost professional satisfaction.
- Leverage the District Curriculum Team to design and vet engaging, personalized learning framework, and select curricular programs throughout the district.
- Engage the District Artificial Intelligence Team to research, develop guidelines for, and implement AI tools that streamline administrative tasks, giving teachers more time to focus on instruction.
- Utilize the District Data Team to distill complex data points into actionable insights, ensuring school policies and interventions are deeply rooted in real-time student needs.
- Structure Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) around the New Jersey School Climate Improvement Survey to conduct data analysis, empowering teachers to collaborate on planning and implementation of initiatives designed to address identified needs.
- Establish regular cross-collaborative sessions between these teams to build cohesive, teacher-backed district policies.
- Measurement: Success will be measured via annual staff climate surveys (tracking increases in perceived voice, autonomy, and job satisfaction), successful policy/program rollout timelines, and retention rates of instructional staff.
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