Twenty educators including teachers, teaching assistants and administrators have earned tenure this school year after successfully completing a four-year probationary period of effective instruction and evaluation. They each were recognized at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting in the Columbia High School auditorium.
“It is a challenging process to earn tenure,” said Superintendent Jeff Simons during the ceremony. “It is not an automatic. It certainly is not an automatic in the East Greenbush Central School District. So the individuals who are being honored this evening and receiving recognition from our board are well deserving.”
Congratulations!
- Alyssa Breznak, Elementary Teacher, Bell Top
- Emily Cooke, Science Teacher, Columbia
- Estelle Craven, Teaching Assistant, Green Meadow
- Jennifer Davis, Teaching Assistant, Columbia
- Donna Dedrick, Teaching Assistant, Green Meadow
- Leanne Dietrich, Speech Teacher, DPS/Red Mill/Goff
- Heidi Edwards, Teaching Assistant, Columbia
- Jessica Fowler, Teaching Assistant, Columbia
- Megan Helmrath, Elementary Teacher, Red Mill
- Sarah Hoffman, Assistant Principal, Goff
- Kara Horton, Elementary Teacher, Red Mill
- Julia Keyoskey, Elementary Teacher, Goff
- Christopher LaBarge, Elementary Teacher, Bell Top
- Lisa Mahar, RTI Coordinator
- Marna McMorris, Spanish Teacher, Columbia
- Kelly Panasci, Elementary Teacher, Bell Top
- Ashleigh Pratt, Elementary Teacher, Red Mill
- Joelle Ruger, Teaching Assistant, Genet
- Melanie Schmitt, Mathematics Teacher, Columbia
- Helen Squillace, Principal, Red Mill