This page lists the Student Achievement and Well-Being team responsibilities and the family of school areas by superintendent. A list of schools alphabetically with their family of school area and superintendent is available for reference.
Associate Director
Lila Read
Administrative Support: Karen Leishman
Email: karen_leishman@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4219
Responsibilities
- Board Improvement Planning
- Strategic Planning, Implementation & Monitoring
- Student Achievement & Well-Being Team
- Learning Support Services, Information Technology Services, Research & Evidence-Based Practice (oversight)
Superintendents and Family of Schools
Area 1 – Ron DeBoer
ron_deboer@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4451
Administrative Support: Sheri Martin-Crovetto (except where noted)
Email: sheri_martin-crovetto@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4451
Responsibilities
- Continuing Education
- Co-instructional Education
- Experiential Learning (Co-Op, OYAP, SHSM, Dual Credit, Outdoor Education)
- Home Instruction/Independent Learning Centre (ILC)/Home Schooling (Julianne Amaral)
- Magnet Programs
- Pathways/PLAR/myBlueprint/SWAC
- Secondary Principal PAR Process (Melanie Schmidt)
- SSPA/SSVPA Liaison
- Student Success Lead
- Subject Association
- Transitions
- 8-9 Transfers
- Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSAA)
- Waterloo Region Senior School Physical and Health Education Association (WRSSPHEA)
Area 2 – Evelyn Giannopoulos
evelyn_giannopoulos@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4456
Administrative Support: Melanie Schmidt and Julianne Amaral (school support)
Email: melanie_schmidt@wrdsb.ca and julianne_amaral@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4456 and 519-570-0003 ext. 4208
Responsibilities
- Administrator Learning Structures (FOS/PLT/PPA/SLM/SO Site Visits) (Melanie Schmidt)
- Board Leadership Development Strategy (Melanie Schmidt)
- Coherence Team (Melanie Schmidt)
- Elementary Staffing/HR/ETFO Liaison (Julianne Amaral)
- Elementary Transfers and Appointments (Melanie Schmidt)
- Elementary Vice-Principal Allocation Model (Melanie Schmidt)
- Elementary Vice-Principal PAR Process (Melanie Schmidt)
- Professional Activity Days ( Julianne Amaral )
- School Year Calendar (Julianne Amaral)
- System Calendar (Melanie Schmidt)
- System Leaders’ Meetings (Melanie Schmidt)
- WREA Executive Liaison (Julianne Amaral)
Area 3 – Angela Mercier
angela_mercier@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215
Administrative Support: Lisa Cook (except where noted)
Email: lisa_cook@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215
Responsibilities
- Curriculum JK-12/STEAM
- COMPASS/Gradebook
- Elementary Principal PAR Process (Melanie Schmidt)
- Equity (CRRP)/Indigenous Education
- French as a Second Language (Core)
- Growing Success K-12
- Mathematics and Literacy Strategies
- New Teacher Induction Program (Julianne Amaral)
- SIPIM
Area 4 – Scott Miller
scott_r_miller@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235
Administrative Support: Leonilda (Nilda) Gil
Email: leonilda_gil@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235
Responsibilities
- Access to Supports (Tier 1, 2 and 3): Behaviour Program, ACE Program (ASD/Intellectual), WATS
(Work and Transition Support, Learning Disability Program, Hearing Program, Orthopedic and Vision
Programs - Accommodation Steering Committee
- Coordination of LSS Leaders meetings
- Educational Assistant Association (EAA) Staffing/Professional Development
- Enrichment Program
- Family and Children Services
- Learning Services Support – Special Education
- Processes and tools (S4S, Cardinal) to support SBT, MDT, IPRC, IEP, SEA
- Professional Student Services Personnel (PSSP) Staffing/Professional Development Liaison
- Section 23 Programs
- Supervised Alternative Learning Program (SAL)
- System MDT
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Area 5 – Elaine Ranney
elaine_ranney@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215
Administrative Support: Lisa Cook
Email: lisa_cook@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4215
Responsibilities
- Children & Youth Planning Table (Region of Waterloo)
- Coordination of System Administrator/Superintendent meetings
- Community Connections
- Designated Early Childhood Educator (DECE) Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Liaison
- E-Learning/VLE
- Early Learning Lead/Full Day Kindergarten (FDK)
- Eco Schools
- English Language Learners (ESL/ELD)/Welcome Centre
- EQAO
- Extended Day Liaison
- French Immersion
- Kodaly Liaison
- MDI/SCIS
- School Effectiveness Lead – Tier 1 Supports
- Summer Learning
- TLLP
Area 6 – H. Peter Rubenschuh
peter_rubenschuh@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235
Administrative Support: Leonilda (Nilda) Gil
Email: leonilda_gil@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4235
Responsibilities
- Equity and Inclusion Advisory Group (EIAG)
- Equity & Indigenous Action Plan
- Rural Education Strategy
- Student Senate Liaison
- Student Voice/Speak Up
- Support development of equity consciousness across the organization
- System MDT
- Waterloo Region Aboriginal Academic Advisory committee (WRAAAC)
Area 7 – Bill Lemon
bill_lemon@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4451
Administrative Support: Sheri Martin-Crovetto (except where noted)
Email: sheri_martin-crovetto@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4451
Responsibilities
- Alt Ed School/Program Supervision
- Bullying Prevention/Restorative Justice
- Critical Events Response
- Suspensions/Expulsions
- Healthy Schools
- Mental Health and Addiction Strategy (Tier 2 and 3)
- Police Services
- Safe Schools and Progressive Intervention and Discipline
- Secondary Staffing/HR/OSSTF-BUAC Liaison
- Secondary Transfers and Placements (Melanie Schmidt)
- Secondary Vice-Principal Allocation Model
- Secondary Vice-Principal PAR Process (Melanie Schmidt)
- Severe Weather
- Student Injury Prevention Initiative
- System MDT
- Threat Risk Assessment
Area 8 – Graham Shantz
graham_shantz@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4438
Administrative Support: Mary Hingley
Email: mary_hingley@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4438
Responsibilities
- Digital Citizenship
- Digital Education Strategy
- Email Communication System
- System Startup Package
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