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
• Superintendents and Families of Schools
  • Area 1
  • Area 2
  • Area 3
  • Area 4
  • Area 5
  • Area 6
  • Area 7
  • Area 8

Lila Read

lila_read@wrdsb.ca

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)

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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 (Lori Willsteed)
• 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)

Secondary Schools

Elementary Schools

Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute Bluevale Collegiate Institute

Alpine Public School Bridgeport Public School Courtland Avenue Public School Forest Hill Public School Laurentian Senior Public School Lester B. Pearson Public School Lexington Public School Lincoln Heights Public School Millen Woods Public School Queen Elizabeth Public School Sandowne Public School Suddaby Public School Trillium Public School Williamsburg Public School W.T. Townshend Public School

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Area 2 – Evelyn Giannopoulos

evelyn_giannopoulos@wrdsb.ca
Phone: 519-570-0003 ext. 4456

Administrative Support: Lori Willsteed and Julianne Amaral (school support)
Email: lori_willsteed@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) (Lori Willsteed)
• Board Leadership Development Strategy (Lori Willsteed)
• Coherence Team (Lori Willsteed)
• Elementary Staffing/HR/ETFO Liaison (Julianne Amaral)
• Elementary Transfers and Appointments (Lori Willsteed)
• Elementary Vice-Principal Allocation Model (Lori Willsteed)
• Elementary Vice-Principal PAR Process (Lori Willsteed)
• Professional Activity Days ( Julianne Amaral )
• School Year Calendar (Julianne Amaral)
• System Calendar (Lori Willsteed)
• System Leaders’ Meetings (Lori Willsteed)
• WREA Executive Liaison (Julianne Amaral)

Secondary Schools

Elementary Schools

Grand River Collegiate Institute Jacob Hespeler Secondary School Preston High School

Breslau Public School Centennial (Cambridge) Public School Chicopee Hills Public School Coronation Public School Crestview Public School Grand View (Cambridge) Public School Hespeler Public School Hillcrest Public School Lackner Woods Public School Mackenzie King Public School Parkway Public School Preston Public School Ryerson Public School Silverheights Public School Smithson Public School Stanley Park Senior Public School William G. Davis Public School Woodland Park Public School

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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

• Community Connections
• Curriculum JK-12/STEAM
• COMPASS/Gradebook
• Eco Schools
• Elementary Principal PAR Process (Lori Willsteed)
• 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

Secondary Schools	Elementary Schools
Galt Collegiate Institute & Vocational School Glenview Park Secondary School Southwood Secondary School	Avenue Road Public School Ayr Public School Blair Road Public School Cedar Creek Public School Central Public School Chalmers Street Public School Clemens Mill Public School Elgin Street Public School Highland Public School Manchester Public School Moffat Creek Public School Saginaw Public School St. Andrew’s Public School Stewart Avenue Public School Tait Street Public School

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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

Secondary Schools	Elementary Schools
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School	A.R. Kaufman Public School Empire Public School J.F. Carmichael Public School King Edward Public School Margaret Avenue Senior Public School Prueter Public School Westmount Public School

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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
• Designated Early Childhood Educator (DECE) Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Liaison
• E-Learning/VLE
• Early Learning Lead/Full Day Kindergarten (FDK)
• 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

Secondary Schools	Elementary Schools
Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School	Abraham Erb Public School Baden Public School Edna Staebler Public School Forest Glen Public School Grandview (New Hamburg) Public School Laurelwood Public School Mary Johnston Public School New Dundee Public School Sir Adam Beck Public School Vista Hills Public School Wellesley Public School Westvale Public School

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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)

Secondary Schools

Elementary Schools

Elmira District Secondary School Waterloo Collegiate Institute

Cedarbrae Public School Centennial (Waterloo) Public School Conestogo Public School Elizabeth Ziegler Public School Floradale Public School John Mahood Senior Public School Keatsway Public School Linwood District Public School MacGregor Senior Public School N.A. MacEachern Public School Northlake Woods Public School Park Manor Senior Public School Riverside Public School St. Jacobs Public School Winston Churchill Public School

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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 (Lori Willsteed)
• Secondary Vice-Principal Allocation Model
• Secondary Vice-Principal PAR Process (Lori Willsteed)
• Severe Weather
• Student Injury Prevention Initiative
• System MDT
• Threat Risk Assessment

Secondary Schools	Elementary Schools
Eastwood Collegiate Institute Forest Heights Collegiate Institute	Driftwood Park Public School Franklin Public School Howard Robertson Public School John Darling Public School Meadowlane Public School Queensmount Public School Rockway Public School Sandhills Public School Sheppard Public School Southridge Public School Sunnyside Senior Public School Westheights Public School Wilson Avenue Public School

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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

Secondary Schools	Elementary Schools
Huron Heights Secondary School	Brigadoon Public School Country Hills Public School Doon Public School Glencairn Public School Groh Public School J.W. Gerth Public School Janet Metcalfe Public School Jean Steckle Public School Pioneer Park Public School

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