0.1 Introduce Yourself
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Meet Your PLC
Hi, my name is Ximena Rodriguez and I am an assistant principal at a comprehensive High School in Los Angeles. Unified School District. I have been an assistant principal for four years now, and I've been in education for 23 years.
Ximena Rodriguez
Assistant Principal
Hey, everyone, my name is Ryan McCabe. I am the principal at Bronx Charter School for the Arts Middle School in the Soundview section of the Bronx. This is my second year in the role. Been a principal for 9 years now, but our school's been around 4, and this is my second year in the role looking forward to learning with everyone. Take care.
Ryan McCabe
Principal
Hi. My name is Erika Clarke. I'm principal of Lafayette School in Bound Brook, New Jersey, where a first and second grade building have approximately 250 students. I taught for ten years in the same district, and now I'm entering my fourth year as principal.
Erika Clarke
Principal
Hello, my name is Aimmie Kellar and I'm the high school principal at Korea International School. This is my fourth year in my current role as the high school principal. This is my 11th year in a school administration roll. And I've been obviously a principal and Associate principal and research and accountability officer. This is my 21st year in education, and I really excited to see what I can learn in this course. And what I can bring back to my school to in.
Increase the impact of our school, walkthroughs, and administrative feedback.
Aimmie Kellar
Principal
My name is Kyle Hutchinson. I'm an Assistant Principal at Shorewood, Elementary in the Highline School District. I've been in that role for one year and I've been in education for about eight years.
Kyle Hutchinson
Assistant Principal
Hi, my name is Carolyn Jackson. I am the assistant principal for Dubiski ski Career High school in Grand Prairie, Texas. I have been an assistant principal for five years and I have been in education for 31 years.
Carolyn Jackson
Assistant Principal
Hi. My name is Jeff Salmeri. I work at Bound Brook School District in Bound Brook, New Jersey. My position is ELA supervisor, grade 6-12. And this is my second year in the position.
Jeff Salmeri
ELA Supervisor
I'm Seonaid Davis. I'm vice principal of teaching and learning at a girls' school, in Toronto, Canada. I've been in that role for 10 years and I've been in education for 30+ years, I'm also a doctoral student at the University of Western Ontario in Ed Leadership, and I'm looking forward to this program.
Seonaid Davis
K-5 Principal
Hi, my name is Robyn Griffin, and I work in the Bound Brook School District. I am the elementary supervisor, and this is my fourth year in this role. But this is my year in education.
Robyn Griffin
Elementary Supervisor
Hi, I'm Kari Schneider with Killdeer Public Schools in Killdeer, North Dakota. I am the curriculum director here. I'm in my second year and this is my 17th year in education.
Kari Schneider
Curriculum Director
Hi, my name is Nadia Luenig, and I am the principal at Smally Elementary School. Smally elementary School is an elementary school with grades three to six and has approximately 560 students in it. I've been in education for 14 or 15 years and I just took over as acting principal. I was the VP for a year and a half before that.
Nadia Luenig
Assistant Principal
Good afternoon. My name is Anthony Egan. I'm the assistant principal at the community middle school in Bound Brook, New Jersey. I've been in this role for four years now. Prior to this, I spent a few years at the Bound Brook High School school as an assistant principal as well. This is my 22nd year in education. I look forward to this program.
Anthony Egan
Assistant Principal
Hi. My name is Nadia Leunig, and I am the assistant principal at Smollett Elementary School, which is a three to six building. I've been assistant principal for a year and a half now and I have been in education about 14 years.
Nadia Leunig
Assistant Principal
My name is Carlos Baggage. I am a first year of principal at Barbour County Intermediate School. Again, Carlos Baggage first year principal Barbour County Intermediate School and ten years overall in education. Thank you.
Carlos Baggage
Principal
Yeah. I'm Ricardo Vieira. I work in an international bilingual school in Shenzhen, China. My role is a dean of students and I'm moving to deputy head of primary school next year in an international school, IB school. I'm being in administration position for twelve years and in education.
Ricardo Vieira
Dean of Students
My name is Mike Zboray. I am the principal at Pemetic Elementary School in Southwest Harbor, Maine. This is my first year at Pemetic; 7 years at a previous school in the district and 14 years as an assistant principal at another school. I have been in education for 26 years now and looking forward to the Evidence-Driven Certification. Thanks!
Michael Zboray
K-8 Principal
Hello everyone. My name is Paige Kinnaird. I am the Director of Instruction at a school district in Western New York. My responsibilities are curriculum, instruction, assessments, Title One grants, teacher evaluations, mentoring program, and the list goes on. I've been at my current district, this is year 6, and I have a total of 22 years in public education.
Paige Kinnaird
Director of Instruction
Good morning. My name is Amy Taylor. I'm PK-2 Principal in Knoxville, Iowa. This is my first year in Knoxville and my fifth year as a primary years principal in Iowa. Also, it's my 19th year as an educator, glad to be here.
Amy Taylor
PK-2 Principal
Hi everyone. My name is Donna Spangler. I'm the department chair for instructional coaches in the Derry Township School District. I've been in that role for about 5 years now. Prior to that I was a World Language teacher, and this marks my 34th year in public education. I'm really looking forward to working with you all and learning from you all in this program.
Donna Spangler
Instructional Coaching Department Chair
Hi, my name is Joshua Cooper. I work at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran School in San Antonio, Texas. I'm the Upper School director for grades 3, through 8. I've been doing that role for about 1 year. Start my second year here in August and also I've been teaching Middle School English, language arts and history for 16 years total
Joshua Cooper
Upper School Director, Grades 3-8
Hi, my name is Kathy Davis. I am the principal at Ridge Early Childhood Center which is part of the Forest Ridge School District 142, just south of Chicago. This is my fourth year, going into my fourth year as principal in this building but it is my 17th year in Administration and my 27th year in education.
Kathy Davis
Principal
Hi, my name is Stephanie Phillips. I'm the executive director for teaching and learning or Burlington School District in Burlington Vermont. I have been in this role since 2006, and this is my 30th year in education. And during that time. I've been a classroom teacher and assistant principal at the high school, curriculum director, and now as the executive director of teaching and learning, I supervise curriculum EL and Special
Education Services directors.
Stephanie Phillips
Executive Director for Teaching and Learning
Hello, my name is Dr. Donna Fitzgerald. I'm the very proud principal of Jasinski Elementary School. This is my 7th year in this role, and I've been an educator for 34 years. I'm very excited to attend—I've been thinking about it for a very long time.
Donna Fitzgerald
Principal
Hi, my name is Estelle Benson, and I'm the principal at Jackson School in the Kershaw County School District. I have been a principal for seven years and I have been in the field of education for 26 years.
Estelle Benson
Principal
Hi, everyone, my name is Shereca Rose-Foster, I am the student services coordinator, which is a de facto assistant principal role, here at Hill Academy in Jamaica for the past five years. I have been in education for 17 years. Now. I am really excited about starting this program and look forward to all the things that I will learn to improve my practice as an instructional leader and also just supporting the staff and teachers that I work with.
Shereca Rose-Foster
Student Services Coordinator
Good morning. I am Kathy Standefer. I'm an assistant principal at Lakewood Elementary School in Tomball, Texas. I've been in education 30 years, and I've been an assistant principal for over 10. I'm excited and look forward to seeing all of you!
Kathy Jo Standefer
PreK-4 Assistant Principal
Hello. My name is Beth Fischer. I'm the assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction for Bound Brook School District. I've been in the district for ten years, and I have been in education for 30.
Beth Fischer
Assistant Superintendent
Good afternoon or good evening. Now, I am doctor Toni Lyn Martin. I am in my 7th year as an administrative principal of an elementary school of fifth and 6th graders. I am from Natchez, Mississippi, and that's me.
Toni Lyn
Administrative Elementary Principal
Hi, I'm Dr. Pat Goolsby at the Combs Center for Success where I'm the principal. I've been in education for the past 40 years, and I'm looking forward to learning something new from Dr. Baeder. Thank you.
Dr. Patricia Goolsby
Principal
Hi, my name is Andrea Puhl. I am the principal of a Catholic School in Bowling Green, Ohio, serving preschool, through grade 8. This is my 13th year in this role and my 26th year in education. I look forward to learning with all of you.
Andrea Puhl
Principal
Hi, I'm Bonnie Demmons, I'm a principal at a middle school in Rothesay, New Brunswick. I have been at this present middle school as an administrator for about 14 years. I have been in education between middle level and high school, so middle level 6 to 8, High School grades 9 to 12 for about 22 years and I look forward to learning more about walkthroughs.
Bonita Hayward-Demmons
Principal
Hello. I am Anna Robinson. I am currently an assistant principal at a school in South Carolina. Elementary school is kindergarten through fourth grade. I'm glad to be a part of this group and I am looking forward to gaining so much information that will help me. As I am assistant principal. And as I look for a principalship.
Anna Robinson
Assistant Principal
Hello, everyone. My name is Champagne Young and I am so excited to be a part of this community. I have been an educator for 10 years. I've held various roles like self-contained teacher, professional General, educator, special, ed teacher, you know, just to name a few. In three days. I'll actually be stepping into leadership for the first time formerly. I will be a dean of a school in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, Excelsior Charter School.
Arden first second, and third grade, and I am very excited nervous, but very excited. As I joined this community to learn from all of you and to grow my practice, stepping out into the role of leadership.
Champaigne Young
Dean of School. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
Hello, everyone. My name is Samantha Bartrom. I am the principal of Coastal Academy High School. We are a charter high school located in San Diego, California, part of the Classical Academies, a group of seven charter schools servicing about 5000 students in Greater San Diego County. So why am I here? Well, I'm the founding principal of our high school. I've been here since 2017, since its inception and I've taken strides since 2017 to grow my own capacity as an instructional leader. Having been in the classroom myself prior to going into administration, I know how it feels like to be observed by your principal and receive feedback. And I sure have done my best to grow my capacity in providing timely, relevant and helpful feedback to teachers. But when I saw this certification program, I saw an opportunity to refine my craft even more. And then also, I'm hoping in addition to getting tips, tricks and gems as it relates to classroom observations, I'm hoping to find a way to better tie that into our end of year evaluations for teachers as well. And then also teachers who are struggling that are on a coaching plan that I really need to see some specific improvement efforts. I'm hoping to get some wisdom in that regard as well as it relates to best tips and tricks to support those teachers and trying to get them where they need to be. So I look forward to connecting with you all virtually.
Samantha Bartrom
Principal
Hello, I'm Stacey Green and I am a preschool through 7th grade principal at Stockton Elementary School in Stockton, Kansas. I have been in this role for nine years and I have been in education.
Stacey Green
Principal
My name is Paul Goffron, I am currently principal at Cross Lutheran School in Yorkville, Illinois. We are a private Christian preschool through eighth grade school. This is my third year in this role here at Cross and I'm in my 17th year in education in total. I'm really looking forward to this program.
Paul Goffron
Principal
My name is Edward Smith, and I'm the principal of Bound Brook High School here in Somerset County, New Jersey. I've been in education for 21 plus years, ten of which I have been serving here at Bound Brook high school as an administrator. I was hired in January of 2013 as the assistant principal for curriculum and instruction. Only five, six short months later, in July of 2013, I was appointed the principal. I'm looking forward to working with the Principal Center and learning about effective walkthroughs.
Edward Smith
Principal
Hi, my name is Dana Goodier and I am currently a consultant. I have been working with Justin for about four and a half years. Now. I've been a dean of students and I am going to be applying for the 2022-23 school year, principal, and assistant principal jobs. I live in the Denver area and I do consulting in a large school, district and suburbans.
School District, I've been in education for 22 years now. I'm excited to learn more about the classroom walkthroughs.
Dana Goodier
Educational Consultant
Hello everyone. My name is Chris George. I'm the principal at Westside. High School near Jonesboro, Arkansas. This is my 19th year in education. Previously. I was a health, physical education, driver's ed, basketball coach. I did that for 13 years. I was a dean of students at our middle school for five years. I was assistant principal at our high school for four years, and then this is my into my second year as the principal of the high school. This is the fourth year that I have followed Dr. Baeder and his Principal Center material. So I'm excited to dive in with this new material.
Chris George
Principal
Hello, my name is Rhonda Dennis. I am principal at Antelope Elementary in Pearblossom, California. I've been a principal there since January of 2021 so I'm brand-new and I have been in education for 21 years.
Rhonda Dennis
Principal
Hi, my name is Lee. I live and work in Fox Lake, Alberta. And I'm the principal here and have been the principal, this is my fifth year and I've been in education for close to 20 years.
Lee Barrios
Principal
Hi. My name is Ellen Smith. I am the principal of Dorothy Hamm Middle School in Arlington, Virginia. And I have been administrator here for the last four years in admin in Arlington for the last 10, ad in education here in Arlington for the last 31.
Ellen Smith
Principal
Hi Justin, my name is Tanja Brown. I live in Crosby North Dakota where I am the elementary principal at Divide County, Elementary School. This is my 14th year as the principal here and I have been in education for 28 years.
Tanja Brown
Elementary Principal
My name is Kate Lyon and I work at High Wycombe Primary School, which is in Perth, in Western Australia. I've been principal in this school for around six months, but been in the principal role for about nine years, and in education for 29.
Kate Lyon
Principal
Hi, I'm Susan Herman. I am the principal of St Francis of Assisi School, Ohio. This is my fourth year, as principal of St. Francis. I have been in education for the last 26 years, and I'm super excited for this course.
Susan Herman
Principal
Good afternoon. My name is Nick Edwards. I am the principal at Smalley school in Bound Brook, New Jersey. This is my fifth year as principal, and I'm excited to start this role. Thanks for having me.
Nicholas Edwards
Principal
Hello. My name is Shaun Cleary, and I'm an assistant principal at Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook, New Jersey. I've served as a history teacher and wrestling coach in the same school for 14 years, and now in my fourth year as an assistant principal.
Shaun Cleary
Assistant Principal
Hey there, it's Heather, and I'm excited about checking out the certification program. I've been in the education gig for 33 years and a principal for a couple of decades and principal and a small K-5 school in st. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. Looking forward to it.
Heather Bell-Williams
K-5 Principal
Hi, my name is Miriam Raccah I'm the executive director of Bronx, Charter School for the Arts. I have been in this position for six years and I've been in education for 20 years. That's me.
Miriam Raccah
Executive Director, Bronx Charter School for the Arts
Hi. This is Marc DeMarco, Bound Brook School District. I am the Director of Special Services. I've been in this position for eight years. Total years in education. I am going on year 29.
Marc DeMarco
Director of Special Services
My name is Keith Fickle and I am transitioning into a brand new role for myself that of a high school principal. I'll be opening Almita Crawford High School in August of 2023 and I'll be taking this next school year to build culture, meet parents, hire staff and things like that. But prior to this coming school year, I was a middle school principal here in my home school district of Fort Bend ISD and the southwest side of Houston. Prior to that, I was an assistant principal for seven years. In total I've been in my district for 27 years and in education. Now going into my 32nd year and I'm really looking forward to this Evidence-Driven Classroom Walkthrough learning with Dr. Baeder
Keith Fickle
Principal
Hi everybody. My name is Casey Lanning. I am the acting assistant principal here at Great Wolf Elementary with the Sequim School District in Sequim Washington here at Sequim. Our motto is "Every moment, every child, every day" and we live that out through being a kids at hope school. And we believe every child is capable of success. No exceptions. And we try to live that out in our instruction. We try to live that out in our curricular choices. But we also do that through the programs provide the operations that we have here at the school and then the connections that we build with families and communities. So thank you very much and I'm looking forward to this evidence driven PLC with you and I look forward to being an integral part. Thank you.
Casey Lanning
Acting Assistant Principal
Hi, my name is Angie Rasmussen. I am the school director at Noah Webster Academy. I have been school director for the past five years and I've been in education for 20 years, I think. So anyways, that's me.
Angie Rasmussen
School Director
Hi, I'm Karin Denholm. I am a principal of the Cornish Elementary School in Cornish, New Hampshire. I have been in this role for two years in administration for five and in education for the last 19.
Karin Denholm
Principal
Hi, Justin, and the PLC Community. My name is Tasha-Lyn Francis. I am the proud principal of Queens United Middle School located in Laurelton, New York, which is a part of the New York City public school system in Queens, and I have been a principal for the past four years. I started in July of 2018 and I've been in education since 1995. So I'm excited to be a part of this community.
Tosha-Lyn Francis
Principal
Hi everybody. My name is Jarred Haas. I'm the principal at Amesbury Middle School in Amesbury, Massachusetts. This is my 16th year in education. Previously. I was a curriculum director and an assistant principal. This is my first formal year as a principal and I'm really excited to be part of this program and learn from my colleagues and from Justin. Nice to meet everybody!
Jarred Haas
Middle School Principal
Hello. My name is Lisa Henline. I'm in my fourth year of administration, I was an assistant principal for two years and I am in my second year of being a head principal of an elementary school, Blackshear Elementary School. Our population is 332 currently, I'm excited about this opportunity and to learn more and can't wait to see where this adventure takes me. Talk to you guys soon.
Lisa Henline
Principal
Hi, my name is Mary Baker and I am the principal of New Vision, Charter School in Loveland, Colorado. This is my third year as principal. I've been an administrator prior to that in a large district for six years. And then a dean of students at a middle school in California for one year. And prior to that I was a teacher for 11 years where I taught second grade and fifth grade, and a 2-3 combo class, very excited to learn and become a very do better feedback.
My teachers and help them grow.
Mary Baker
Principal
Good morning. I'm Kathy Standefer. I work in an elementary school. I am an assistant principal. I've been in that position for over 10 years and I have been in education for over 30. My experience ranges from first grade bilingual all the way up to sixth grade.
Kathy Standefer
Assistant Principal
Hello, my name is Khalid Oluewu, and I work with Chicago Public Schools. This is my fifth year as principal and my 15th year and education.
Khalid Oluewu
Principal/Lead Learner
Hi, I'm Madeleine Defond and I'm at Ames Middle School in Oakland, California. I'm the dean of students and it's my first year in administration, but my 6th year at our school. And I'm really excited to get started with this program.
Madeleine Defond
Dean of Students
Good evening everyone. I'm Deanna Albert. I am the assistant principal at Hardin High School in Harden Montana. This is my first year as an assistant principal. The last three years I spent as the instructional coach here in the high school. And before that. I was in elementary teacher and coach, so this is a really big change for me and I'm really looking forward to learning about these walkthroughs so I can get into the classrooms.
Deanna Albert
Assistant Principal
Hello, my name is Julia Maxwell. I am the superintendent principal of Merion School in Marion Montana. We are a K through 8 school.
I run just about every position. You can think of I'm a single administrator in a rule, single independent district. And the reason I have decided to be a part of this is because I want to make sure that evaluations are valuable and have real neat and understanding for the teachers, when I was a teacher, I very much dislike devaluation time because I felt like it was never an accurate picture, and it really didn't mean.
Anything. It just felt like busy work and I want to make sure my teachers don't feel like that. And on my end, I want to make sure I am showcasing the teachers strengths and also using these as a tool to help increase our teachers skill level,
Julia Maxwell
Superintendent Principal
Thank you. Hi. My name is Tanya Newell. I am the principal at mountain View Montessori charter school in Victorville, California. This is my 7th year as principal, and it's my 15th year at our charter school. And this is my 21st year as being an educator and a Montessori educator.
Tanya Newell
Principal
