JOANNA M. WEXLER
Abington,PA
Summary
Experienced educational leader prepared for role of Superintendent. Strong background in overseeing school operations, curriculum development, and teacher mentorship. Focus on fostering team collaboration and achieving results. Adaptable and reliable, with skills in strategic planning, conflict resolution, and policy implementation.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Superintendent
GREAT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
07.2020 - Current
- Provide leadership and supervision in areas of policy, personnel, and systems of support for all students.
- Responsible for hiring, supervision, and evaluation of principals.
- Create and administer teacher evaluation systems to support instructional initiatives and student success.
- Provide supervision to the director of teaching and learning and director of student services regarding implementation of new curriculum and student intervention systems.
- Restructure roles and responsibilities of elementary interventionist teachers to enhance student growth and teacher effectiveness.
- Enhance tiered support structures at the high school by creating an intervention model to support student success and well-being.
- Lead the policy sub-committee of the school board.
- Responsible for developing and executing a three-year strategic plan for implementation of a newly created equity policy that impacts all aspects of the organization.
- Serve as the District’s Title IX coordinator and support principals with student disciplinary procedures.
- Successfully negotiate a four-year contract with the educational association with language to create flexibility for staffing shortages in key instructional areas.
- Lead various stakeholder groups to support community engagement for district initiatives.
Director of Special Education and Student Services
GREAT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
08.2014 - 07.2020
- Responsible for programmatic and compliance matters related to special education, Section 504, gifted education, health services, and school counseling services.
- Led a restructuring of special education programming and at the high school level to improve student proficiency rates in mathematics from 15% to 65% in two year's time.
- Instituted a new literacy curriculum at the elementary level to significantly student proficiency rates in reading through individualized growth measures.
- Enhanced crisis response and threat assessment protocols and served as a member of the school safety committee.
- Instituted the delivery of the PREPARE model to enhance crisis response and school safety procedures.
- Responsible for oversight of the Safe2Say Initiative
- Restructured gifted support services to enhance student choice and achievement.
- Managed all staffing requests in student services and restructured services to reduce costs in key areas.
- Stabilized the special education budget during my tenure.
- Led the implementation process of 'Responsive Classroom' at the elementary level.
Supervisor of Student Services
LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT
07.2013 - 08.2014
- Supervised a large department of school psychologists, school social workers, occupational and physical therapists, mental health counselors, and speech and language clinicians.
- Enhanced district gifted screening procedures and service delivery.
- Increased participation of under-represented groups in gifted support at two elementary buildings.
- Oversight of special education referral process.
- Developed tiered-intervention system for school refusal behaviors through collaboration of nursing, counseling, social work, and school psychologist staff.
- Improved risk assessment and crisis response procedures.
Coordinator of Clinical Services
LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT
04.2009 - 03.2013
- Led school psychologist, school social worker and related services staff
- Monitored completion of evaluation/re-evaluation reports and mediated requests for Independent Educational Evaluations
School Psychologist
LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT
10.2005 - 03.2009
- Delivered comprehensive services as a building-based school psychologist at the elementary and middle school levels in the Lower Merion School District
- These services included counseling, emergency evaluation, consultation, and comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations
Adjunct Instructor
ROSEMONT COLLEGE
09.2005 - 08.2008
- Taught Child Development and Research and Statistics Courses for a Master’s in Education Teacher Certification Program
School Psychologist
SOUDERTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2003 - 09.2005
- Conducted psycho-educational evaluations across all levels
School Psychologist and High School Transition Coordinator
EXETER TOWNSHIP AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2001 - 09.2003
Adjunct Instructor
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
01.2001 - 12.2002
- Taught undergraduate coursework (Introduction to Psychology)
Teacher of Specialized Instruction/Teaching Assistant
MONTGOMERY COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT
07.1997 - 07.1999
- Worked as a one – to – one support to students with disabilities in classrooms
- Taught discrete trial training programs to students with autism
Teacher
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PRESCHOOL
12.1997 - 08.1997
- Taught early literacy and numeracy skills in a pre-school setting
Skills
Organizational Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Policy Development
Community Engagement
Labor Relations and Mediation
Timeline
Assistant Superintendent
GREAT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
07.2020 - Current
Director of Special Education and Student Services
GREAT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
08.2014 - 07.2020
Supervisor of Student Services
LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT
07.2013 - 08.2014
Coordinator of Clinical Services
LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT
04.2009 - 03.2013
School Psychologist
LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT
10.2005 - 03.2009
Adjunct Instructor
ROSEMONT COLLEGE
09.2005 - 08.2008
School Psychologist
SOUDERTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2003 - 09.2005
School Psychologist and High School Transition Coordinator
EXETER TOWNSHIP AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
09.2001 - 09.2003
Adjunct Instructor
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
01.2001 - 12.2002
Teacher
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PRESCHOOL
12.1997 - 08.1997
Teacher of Specialized Instruction/Teaching Assistant
MONTGOMERY COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT
07.1997 - 07.1999
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