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:

Associate Director, Student Achievement and Well-being

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

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

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Jacob Hespeler Secondary School Baden Public School
Laurel Heights Secondary School Forest Glen Public School
Preston High School Grand View Public School (Cambridge)
Southwood Secondary School Grandview Public School (New Hamburg)
Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School Hespeler Public School
Laurelwood Public School
Laurentian Public School
New Dundee Public School
Parkway Public School
Preston Public School
Sir Adam Beck Public School
St Andrew’s Public School
Wellesley Public School
Williamsburg Public School
William G Davis Public School

Responsibilities

  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Secondary Principal & Vice-Principal (VP) Chair
  • Secondary Vice-Principal (VP) Allocation
  • Parent Involvement Committee (PIC)
  • 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

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
Eastwood Collegiate Institute Courtland Public School
Elmira District Secondary School Doon Public School
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School Hillside Public School
Howard Robertson Public School
Park Manor Public School
Queensmount Public School
Sandhills Public School
Sheppard Public School
Sunnyside Public School
Westheights Public School
Wilson Avenue 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
  • Safe Schools and Progressive Intervention & Discipline
  • Threat Risk Assessment
  • Student Mental Health & Well-Being
  • Public Health Liaison

Superintendent – Area 3

Kimberley Pividor

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

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Galt Collegiate Institute Alpine Public School
Ayr Public School
Breslau Public School
Bridgeport Public School
Cedar Creek Public School
Centennial Public School (Cambridge)
Chicopee Hills Public School
Crestview Public School
Franklin Public School
Highland Public School
Hillcrest Public School
Lackner Woods Public School
Lester B Pearson Public School
MacKenzie King Public School
  Manchester Public School
  Silverheights Public School
Tait Street Public School
Vista Hills Public School
Woodland Park Public School

Responsibilities

  • School Learning and Improvement Process Lead
  • Family of Schools (FOS) Lead Planning
  • Student Success Lead
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Elementary Principal Chair

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

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Glenview Park Secondary School Avenue Road Public School
Blair Road Public School
Blue Heron Public School
Brigadoon Public School
Central Public School
Chalmers Street Public School
Clemens Mill Public School
Coronation Public School
Country Hills Public School
Elgin Street Public School
Groh Public School
  JF Carmichael Public School
  JW Gerth 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

  • Elementary Staffing/Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)-Bargaining Unit Advisory Committee (BUAC) Liaison
  • Elementary Vice-Principal (VP) Allocation
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process Oversight/Coordination
  • Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Elementary Vice-Principal (VP) Chair
  • Severe Weather
  • Waterloo Region Elementary Administrators (WREA) Executive Liaison
  • Professional Development (PD) Days/ School Year Calendar Co-Lead

Superintendent – Area 5

Bobbie Chatha

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

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

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Forest Heights Collegiate Institute Glencairn Public School
  Oak Creek Public School
  Pioneer Park Public School
  Queen Elizabeth Public School
  Rockway Public School
  W T Townshend Public School

Responsibilities

  • Early Years Lead; Designated Early Childhood Educator (DECE) Liaison
  • Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
  • French as a Second Language/French Immersion
  • Kindergarten to Grade 12 Literacy
  • Tier 3 Literacy Interventions
  • MultiLingual Learners
  • Assessment & Reporting (Co-Lead)
  • Child & Youth Planning Table (CYPT)

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
Conestogo Public School
Driftwood Park Public School
Edna Staebler  Public School
Empire Public School
Floradale Public School
Forest Hill Public School
John Darling Public School
John Mahood Public School
Keatsway Public School
  Linwood Public School
  Mary Johnston Public School
  Meadowlane Public School
  Northlake Woods Public School
  Riverside Public School
  Southridge Public School
  St. Jacobs Public School
Westmount Public School
Westvale Public School

Responsibilities

  • History, Geography, Arts, Physical Education, Music
  • Elementary Remote Learning
  • Food 4 Kids and Nutrition For Learning
  • Healthy Schools (curriculum)
  • Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils (WRAPSC)
  • Teacher Education Candidate Liaison
  • Professional Development (PD) Days / School Year Calendar Co-Lead

Superintendent – Area 7

Jodi Albrecht

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

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools Rosemount Family of Schools
Grand River Collegiate Institute King Edward Public School Rosemount School
  Margaret Avenue Public School Education and Community Partnership Programs (ECPP)
  Prueter Public School Alternative Education & Choices
  Smithson Public School Summer School
Stanley Park Public School Elementary Summer Learning
Trillium Public School

Responsibilities

  • Accommodation Steering Committee
  • Family and Children Services Liaison
  • Educational Assistants Association (EAA) Liaison
  • Home Instruction/Independent Learning Centre
  • Homeschooling
  • Professional Student Service Personnel (PSSP) Liaison
  • Special Education
  • Special Education Advisory Committee

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
Winston Churchill Public School

Responsibilities

  • Indigenous Education
  • Indigenous Education Advisory Circle
  • Indigenous Learning Team
  • Leadership Capacity Co-Lead
    • New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP)
    • Administrator Onboarding – Principals and Vice-Principals
    • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Administrator Mentorship Support (IBRAMS)
    • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Teachers (IBRT) Aspiring Leadership and Mentorship
    • Indigenous, Black & Racialized Employee Network (IBREN)
    • Aspiring Leaders
    • Board Leadership Learning and Development
    • Lateral Leaders
    • Administrator Mentorship Program (AMP)
  • Outdoor Education
  • Experiential Learning:
    • Co-operative Education
    • Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
    • Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)

Superintendent – Area 9

Jamila Maliha

Administrative Assistant: Sheri Martin-Crovetto
Email: sheri_martin-crovetto@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4501

Secondary Schools Elementary Schools
Bluevale Collegiate Institute Lexington Public School
Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute Lincoln Heights Public School
Millen Woods Public School
Sandowne Public School
Suddaby Public School

Responsibilities

  • Equity
  • Equity & Inclusion Advisory Group
  • Equity & Inclusion Team
  • Reporting Secondary
  • Science Kindergarten to Grade 12
  • Numeracy Kindergarten to Grade 12
  • Assessment & Reporting (Co-Lead)
  • Leadership Capacity Co-Lead
    • New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP)
    • Administrator Onboarding – Principals and Vice-Principals
    • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Administrator Mentorship Support (IBRAMS)
    • Indigenous, Black and Racialized Teachers (IBRT) Aspiring Leadership and Mentorship
    • Indigenous, Black & Racialized Employee Network (IBREN)
    • Aspiring Leaders
    • Board Leadership Learning and Development
    • Lateral Leaders
    • Administrator Mentorship Program (AMP)