Keri Zurlini
New Paltz,NY
Summary
Equity-focused instructional leader with extensive experience in K–8 education. Expertise in inclusive curriculum design, faculty coaching, restorative practices, and social-emotional learning. Passionate about fostering collaborative, mission-aligned school cultures that enhance both academic and community engagement.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Head of School
High Meadow School
Stone Ridge, NY
07.2023 - Current
- Coordinate and manage individualized education programs (IEPs) and 504s plans, ensuring compliance with regulations, supporting student needs, and facilitating communication between families, teachers and service providers.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver academic and behavioral support services to neurodiverse students, fostering an inclusive learning environment and individualized interventions
- Lead initiatives as a key member of the school’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Committee, promoting inclusive practices and driving school-wide efforts towards equity and justice
- Supervise and evaluate faculty performance in collaboration with the Head of School
- Develop a mission-aligned professional development program for staff alongside the Head of School.
- Work with faculty and staff to develop an inquiry-based, interdisciplinary curriculum that incorporates through-lines of social justice, sustainability, and place-based education for students in Nursery through 8th grade
- Coordinate with external professional development consultants to enhance learning opportunities for faculty, families, and students.
Early Childhood and Lower School Curriculum Coordinator
High Meadow School
Stone Ridge, NY
07.2022 - 07.2023
- Coordinated and facilitated academic intervention support services for K-4 students
- Provided coaching and mentorship to PreK-4th grade classroom teachers, assistants and interns
- Facilitated professional development for reading and writing, word study, and social emotional learning
- Engaged in community outreach to support place-based learning opportunities related to Indigenous and Black History
Lower School Division Head
High Meadow School
Stone Ridge, NY
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Supported colleagues with implementation of new curricula, and social emotional learning
- Provided teaching mentorship to intern teacher
- Conducted peer observations and modeling to enhance instructional practices.
- Established an open and collaborative line of communication with families
Lead Teacher
High Meadow School
Stone Ridge, NY
08.2020 - 06.2021
Kindergarten and Third Grade Classroom Teacher (Tenured)
Westorchard Elementary School
Chappaqua, NY
09.2011 - 06.2020
Administrative Intern
Westorchard Elementary School
Chappaqua, NY
09.2017 - 06.2018
- Developed integrative, inquiry-based curriculum in collaboration with grade level teams.
- Planned and facilitated district in-service courses on racial bias and mindfulness in education.
- Conducted parent workshops and book groups to enhance community engagement.
- Created and led space revitalization team to enhance underutilized areas in school.
- Provided website design support for newly implemented educational web platform.
- Contributed to research and redesign of local assessments as part of Local Assessment Design Team.
- Supported redesign of classrooms and open spaces to promote project-based learning.
Kindergarten and First Grade Classroom Teacher (Leave Replacement)
Duzine Elementary School
New Paltz, NY
09.2008 - 06.2010
First and Second Grade Classroom Teacher
PS 183, Community District 2
New York, NY
09.1996 - 09.2001
Education
Masters of Education - School Leadership
SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NYMaster of Science - Elementary Education
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NYBachelor of Arts - English and Rhetoric
SUNY Binghamton University
Binghamton, NYSkills
- Individualized education programs
- Instructional leadership
- Academic intervention strategies
- Equity and inclusion
- Team collaboration
- Relationship building
Certification
- New York State School Building Leadership Certification
- New York State School District Leadership Certification
- New York State Certification, Elementary Education K-6
- Science of Reading Fundamentals Microcredential
Awards
Faculty Innovator of the Year Award 2018 Awarded by the Chappaqua School Foundation
Hero of the Hudson Valley Award 2017 Awarded by Hudson Prevention Resource Center for volunteer work for prevention and wellness in the New Paltz Community
Timeline
Assistant Head of School
High Meadow School
07.2023 - Current
Early Childhood and Lower School Curriculum Coordinator
High Meadow School
07.2022 - 07.2023
Lower School Division Head
High Meadow School
08.2021 - 06.2022
Lead Teacher
High Meadow School
08.2020 - 06.2021
Administrative Intern
Westorchard Elementary School
09.2017 - 06.2018
Kindergarten and Third Grade Classroom Teacher (Tenured)
Westorchard Elementary School
09.2011 - 06.2020
Kindergarten and First Grade Classroom Teacher (Leave Replacement)
Duzine Elementary School
09.2008 - 06.2010
First and Second Grade Classroom Teacher
PS 183, Community District 2
09.1996 - 09.2001
Masters of Education - School Leadership
SUNY New Paltz
Master of Science - Elementary Education
CUNY Hunter College
Bachelor of Arts - English and Rhetoric
SUNY Binghamton University
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