22 in Scarsdale’s ’23 tenure class

Emily Clark, Edgewood Elementary teacher

Trisha         Iasello, Fox Meadow Elementary assistant principal

Melissa Feinberg, Fox Meadow Elementary principal

Erin Bloom, Greenacres Elementary teacher

Amy Correnti, Greenacres Elementary teacher

Vincent Destefano, Greenacres Elementary teacher

Catherine Herlihy, Greenacres Elementary teacher

Sarah Bhatt, Quaker Ridge Elementary teacher

Joanny Marty, Quaker Ridge Elementary teacher

Karen         Rozencwaig, Quaker Ridge Elementary teacher

Lisa Geraghty, Quaker Ridge, general special education

Jessica Elkhatib, Quaker Ridge, music

Wynter Williams, SHS, general special education

Michael Kumaresan, SHS, mathematics

Christopher Menick, SHS, mathematics

Haley Rauch, SHS, mathematics

Michelle Britto, SHS, social studies

Elizabeth Harris, SHS, social studies

Christopher Hughes, SHS, social studies

Carine         Thompson, SHS, social studies

Kristin Madden-Crudden, SMS, general special education

Christopher Coughlin, SMS assistant principal

Achieving tenure is a significant accomplishment in the career of an educator, which marks a change in an educator’s employment status, affords that educator the right to keep his or her job, and requires due process for discipline or dismissal. Tenure is granted only after a teacher or administrator successfully completes a trial, or probationary, period of employment.

According to school district documents, Scarsdale’s appraisal system during the probationary period relies on a wide variety of inputs to inform a decision to recommend tenure, including:

At least four formal classroom observations (school visits for administrators) annually, which include a discussion, reflection, written report, and rating, conducted by supervisors (i.e., department chair) and administrators (i.e., principal, assistant principal); an observation by an assistant superintendent and/or director, annually; numerous informal “drop-in” observations by supervisors and administrators; formal and informal mentoring; a portfolio of materials documenting professional practice, with written commentary; a year-end conference, written appraisal, assessment of progress and rating, annually; a parent survey, as well as ongoing feedback from members of the community; an administrative review panel attended by district administrators, building administrators, supervisors and board of education members, annually.