The Student Achievement and Well-Being (SAWB) team is responsible for:

  • Ensuring that individual schools and school administrators adhere to the Board’s policies and procedures.
  • Working closely with principals, vice-principals, teachers, students, parents, families and community in families of school groupings to optimize all student’s:
    • Achievement
    • Learning
    • Well-being

On this page you will find:

  • SAWB team responsibilities and the schools supported by each superintendent

Chief Education Officer

Alison Gaymes-San Vicente

Administrative Assistant: Leonilda (Nilda) Gil
Email: leonilda_gil@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4219

Responsibilities

  • Student Achievement & Well-Being Team
  • Strategic Planning and Board Improvement and Equity Plan for Student Achievement & Well-Being

Superintendent – Area 1

Paula Bender

Administrative Assistant: Shelby Fried (Acting)
Email: shelby_fried@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4501

Administrative Assistant – Parent Involvement Committee (PIC): Leonilda (Nilda) Gil
Email: leonilda_gil@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4451

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Forest Heights Collegiate Institute Baden Public School
Laurel Heights Secondary School Forest Glen Public School
Preston High School Grand View Public School (Cambridge)
Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School Grandview Public School (New Hamburg)
John Darling Public School
Laurelwood Public School
New Dundee Public School
Preston Public School
Queensmount Senior Public School
Sir Adam Beck Public School
Vista Hills Public School
Wellesley Public School
William G Davis Public School

Responsibilities

  • Multilingual Language Learners (MLL)
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Secondary Principal & Vice-Principal (VP) Chair
  • Parent Involvement Committee (PIC)
  • Secondary Vice-Principal (VP) Allocation
  • Secondary Staffing/Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)-Bargaining Unit Advisory Committee (BUAC) Liaison
  • Secondary School Principal Association (SSPA) and Secondary School Vice-Principal Association (SSVPA) Liaison
  • Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils (WRAPSC)

Superintendent – Area 2

Ryan Hume

Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Boyer
Email: jennifer_boyer@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4456

Administrative Assistant – Student Mental Health and Well-being: Jennifer Crawford
Email: jennifer_crawford@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Bluevale Collegiate Institute Conestogo Public School
Eastwood Collegiate Institute Floradale Public School
Elmira District Secondary School Howard Robertson Public School
Howard Robertson Public School
John Mahood Junior Public School
Lester B Pearson Public School
Lincoln Heights Public School
Linwood District Public School
Margaret Avenue Senior Public School
Millen Woods Public School
Park Manor Senior Public School
Riverside Public School
Sandowne Public School
St Jacobs Public School
Sunnyside Senior Public School

Responsibilities

  • Co-Instructional – Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSAA) and Waterloo Region District Senior Physical Health Education Association (WRDSPHEA)
  • Critical Events Response
  • Police Services Liaison
  • Public Health Liaison
  • Safe Schools and Progressive Intervention & Discipline
  • Student Mental Health & Well-Being
  • Technology Revitalization / Facilities Representative
  • Threat Risk Assessment

Superintendent – Area 3

Kimberley Pividor

Administrative Assistant: Rose Di Martino
Email: rose_dimartino@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4438

Administrative Assistant – Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Shelby Fried (Acting)
Email: shelby_fried@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4501

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Galt Collegiate Institute Alpine Public School
Soutwood Secondary School Ayr Public School
Breslau Public School
Bridgeport Public School
Cedar Creek Public School
Clemens Mill Public School
Franklin Public School
Highland Public School
Lackner Woods Public School
Lexington Public School
Manchester Public School
St Andrew’s Senior Public School
Tait Street Public School
Westheights Public School

Responsibilities

  • Clevr/School Learning & Improvement Process Lead
  • Family of Schools (FOS) Lead
  • Leadership & Learning Co-Leads (CH/JM/KP)
    • Administrator Onboarding – Principals and Vice-Principals
    • Aspiring Leaders (Teachers)
      • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Teachers
        (IBRT) Aspiring Leadership & Mentorship
    • Indigenous, Black & Racialized Employee Network (IBREN)
    • Inclusion, Networking, Support, Professional Learning,
    • Identity, Relationship & Equity (INSPIRE)
    • Lateral Leaders
    • New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP)
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Elementary Principal Chair
  • Principal Coach Lead
  • Student Success Lead

Superintendent – Area 4

Jay Fedosoff

Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Boyer
Email: jennifer_boyer@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4456

Administrative Assistant – Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Shelby Fried (Acting)
Email: shelby_fried@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4501

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Glenview Park Secondary School Blair Road Public School
Blue Heron Public School
Brigadoon Public School
Central Public School
Chalmers Street Public School
Coronation Public School
Elgin Street Public School
Giinawind Public School
  JF Carmichael Public School
  Janet Metcalfe Public School
  Jean Steckle Public School
  Moffat Creek Public School
  Saginaw Public School
Stewart Avenue Public School
  Willow River Public School

Responsibilities

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lead
  • Elementary Staffing/Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)-Bargaining Unit Advisory Committee (BUAC) Liaison
  • Elementary Vice-Principal (VP) Allocation
  • Food 4 Kids and Nutrition For Learning
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process Oversight/Coordination
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Elementary Vice-Principal (VP) Chair
  • Professional Development (PD) Days/ School Year Calendar Co-Lead
  • Severe Weather
  • Student and Family Support Office
  • Teacher Education Candidate Liaison
  • Waterloo Region Elementary Administrators (WREA) Executive Liaison

Superintendent – Area 5

Bobbie Chatha

Administrative Assistant – Family of Schools: Jennifer Crawford
Email: jennifer_crawford@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235

Administrative Assistant – Responsibilities: Lisa Cook
Email: lisa_cook@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Grand River Collegiate Institute Chicopee Hills Public School
  Crestview Public School
  Mackenzie King Public School
  Rosemount School

Responsibilities

  • Early Years Lead; Designated Early Childhood Educator (DECE) Liaison
  • Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
  • Kindergarten to Grade 12 Literacy
  • Tier 3 Literacy Interventions
  • Assessment & Reporting (Co-Lead)
  • Child & Youth Planning Table (CYPT)
  • Special Education
    • Accommodation Steering Committee
    • Educational Assistants Association (EAA) Liaison
    • Professional Student Services Personnel (PSSP) Liaison
    • Special Education Advisory Committee

Superintendent – Area 6

Michelle Newlands

Administrative Assistant: Julianne Amaral
Email: julianne_amaral@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4208

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Huron Heights Secondary School Abraham Erb Public School
Country Hills Public School
Driftwood Park Public School
Edna Staebler  Public School
Empire Public School
Forest Hill Public School
Glencairn Public School
Groh Public School
J W Gerth Public School
Keatsway Public School
  Mary Johnston Public School
  Meadowlane Public School
  Oak Creek Public School
  Pioneer Park Public School
  Southridge Public School
  W T Townshend Public School
Westvale Public School
Williamsburg Public School
Wilson Avenue Public School

Responsibilities

  • Arts, Geography, History, Music, Physical Education
  • Elementary Remote Learning
  • French as a Second Language/French Immersion
  • Healthy Schools (curriculum)

Superintendent – Area 7

Jodi Albrecht

Administrative Assistant: Julianne Amaral
Email: julianne_amaral@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4208

Administrative Assistant – Student Mental Health & Well-Being: Jennifer Crawford
Email: jennifer_crawford@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools Rosemount Family of Schools
Jacob Hespeler Secondary School Avenue Road Public School Alternative Education & Choices
  Centennial Public School (Cambridge) Summer School
  Doon Public School  
  Hespeler Public School  
  Hillcrest Public School  
  King Edward Public School  
  Laurentian Public School  
Parkway Public School  
Prueter Public School
Queen Elizabeth Public School  
Sandhills Public School
  Sheppard Public School  
  Silverheights Public School
  Smithson Public School
Stanley Park Senior Public School
Trillium Public School
Woodland Park Public School

Responsibilities

  • Alternative Education & Choices
  • Education and Community Partnership Programs (ECPP)
  • Elementary Summer Learning
  • Family and Children Services Liaison
  • Home Instruction/Independent Learning Centre
  • Homeschooling
  • Student Mental Health & Well-Being (Co-Lead)

Superintendent – Area 8

Crissa Hill

Administrative Assistant: Lisa Cook
Email: lisa_cook@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Waterloo Collegiate Institute Cedarbrae Public School
Centennial Public School (Waterloo) 
MacGregor Public School
N A MacEachern Public School
Northlake Woods Public School
Winston Churchill Public School

Responsibilities

  • Experiential Learning:
    • Co-operative Education
    • Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
    • Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)
  • Indigenous Education
  • Indigenous Education Circle (IEC)
  • Leadership & Learning Co-Lead
    • Administrator Onboarding – Principals and Vice-Principals
    • Aspiring Leaders (Teachers)
      • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Teachers
        (IBRT) Aspiring Leadership & Mentorship
    • Indigenous, Black & Racialized Employee Network (IBREN)
    • Inclusion, Networking, Support, Professional Learning,
    • Identity, Relationship & Equity (INSPIRE)
    • Lateral Leaders
    • New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP)
  • Outdoor Education

Superintendent – Area 9

Jamila Maliha

Administrative Assistant – Schools and Equity Portfolio: Rose Di Martino
Email: rose_dimartino@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4438

Administrative Assistant – Assessment & Reporting,
Numeracy, Reporting Secondary, Science: Lisa Cook
Email: lisa_cook@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215

Administrative Assistant – Leadership Capacity: Shelby Fried (Acting)
Email: shelby_fried@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4501

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute Courtland Senior Public School
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School Hillside Public School
Rockway Public School
Suddaby Public School
Westmount Public School

Responsibilities

  • Assessment & Reporting (Co-Lead)
  • Equity
  • Equity & Inclusion Advisory Group
  • Leadership & Learning Co-Lead
    • Administrator Onboarding – Principals and Vice-Principals
    • Aspiring Leaders (Teachers)
      • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Teachers
        (IBRT) Aspiring Leadership & Mentorship
    • Indigenous, Black & Racialized Employee Network (IBREN)
    • Inclusion, Networking, Support, Professional Learning,
    • Identity, Relationship & Equity (INSPIRE)
    • Lateral Leaders
    • New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP)
  • Numeracy Kindergarten to Grade 12
  • Reporting Secondary
  • Science Kindergarten to Grade 12
  • Student Achievement & Well-Being (SAWB) Budget Liaison