About Us
The Student Achievement and Well-Being team supports schools through:
- School-level leadership and support across secondary and elementary families of schools
- System responsibilities that promote student achievement, learning and well-being
- Collaboration with staff, students, families and community partners
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Associate Director, Student Achievement and Well-being
Alison Gaymes-San Vicente
Responsibilities:
- Student Achievement & Well-Being Team
- Strategic Planning and Board Improvement and Equity Plan for Student Achievement & Well-Being
- Administrative Assistant: Leonilda (Nilda) Gilleonilda_gil@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4219
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Superintendent - Area 1
Paula Bender
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
- Administrative Assistant: Rose Di Martinorose_dimartino@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4438
- Administrative Assistant - Parent Involvement Committee (PIC): Leonilda (Nilda) Gilleonilda_gil@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4451
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Superintendent - Area 2
Ryan Hume
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
- Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Boyerjennifer_boyer@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4456
- Administrative Assistant - Student Mental Health and Well-being: Jennifer Crawfordjennifer_crawford@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4235
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Superintendent - Area 3
Kimberley Pividor
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
- Administrative Assistant: Rose Di Martinorose_dimartino@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4438
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Superintendent - Area 4
Jay Fedosoff
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
- Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Boyerjennifer_boyer@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4456
- Administrative Assistant - Positions of Added Responsibility (PAR) Process: Rose Di Martinorose_dimartino@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4438
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Superintendent - Area 5
Bobbie Chatha
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)
- Administrative Assistant - Family of Schools: Julianne Amaraljulianne_amaral@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4208
- Administrative Assistant - Responsibilities: Lisa Cooklisa_cook@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4215
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Superintendent - Area 6
Michelle Newlands
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
- Administrative Assistant: Julianne Amaraljulianne_amaral@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4208
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Superintendent - Area 7
Jodi Albrecht
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
- Administrative Assistant: Jennifer Crawfordjennifer_crawford@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4235
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Superintendent - Area 8
Crissa Hill
Responsibilities:
- Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Education Advisory Circle
- Indigenous Learning Team
- Leadership Capacity Co-Lead (NTIP, administrator onboarding, mentorship, and leadership development)
- Outdoor Education
- Experiential Learning (Co-op, OYAP, SHSM)
- Administrative Assistant: Lisa Cooklisa_cook@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4215
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Superintendent - Area 9
Jamila Maliha
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 (NTIP, administrator onboarding, mentorship, and leadership development)
- Administrative Assistant: Sheri Martin-Crovettosheri_martin-crovetto@wrdsb.ca519-570-0003 ext. 4501