Schools
35 Chatham Teachers Attain Tenure
Superintendent thanked employees at school board meeting for their dedication.
The School District of the Chathams recently recognized 35 teachers who attained tenure this school year.
Superintendent Dr. Michael LaSusa invited the teachers to last week's Board of Education meeting to thank them collectively and to recognize their "incredible amount of work and effort and dedication on behalf of the students."
Teachers who attain tenure in the district are a select group, he said. Thousands of applications are reviewed and hundreds of interviews are conducted to identify the most talented teachers, and then those employees must stay with the district and show they are effective.
The 35 employees attained tenure after completing three years and one day of employment. For newer teachers, the time before attaining tenure is four years under a 2012 state law that overhauled the tenure system.
Recently tenured teachers in Chatham
- Magdalena Albanese, CHS
- Anna Amster, CHS
- James Ascolese, CHS
- Jaqueline Berger, MAS
- Stephanie Brunner, CMS
- Denise Caamano, CHS
- Christine Cavallo, CHS
- Michelle Cervone, MAS
- Maria Doyle, CHS
- Shannon Falkner, CHS
- Corie Guberman, Sp. Serv.
- Susan Jurist, CMS
- Meredith Kempson, CHS
- Lauren LoPorto, CMS
- Christine Marconi, Sp. Serv.
- Allyson Minarik, CMS
- Katherine Mulford, SBS
- Colleen Mullen, Sp. Serv.
- Carly Nacer, CMS
- Jaclyn Noll, WAS
- Laura Brooke Phillips, LAF
- LeeAnn Renwanz, MAS
- Doreen Repsha, WAS
- Rachel Ruffner, CHS
- Laura Schaefer, LAF
- Mary Szoke, WAS
- Diana Tommasi, CHS
- Jaime Trauger, MAS
- Amanda Tsukamoto, CMS
- Julie Ullmeyer, CMS
- Vincent D'Elia, District
- Debra Becker, District
- Barbara Klemp, District
- Kimberly Lanza, District
- Heather Rocco, District
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