Just in time for the Holidays
An Update on Administrative Personnel

Superintendent Paul Doyle

Superintendent Paul R. Doyle began his tenure at RCSD on
November 29th and is hard at work rebuilding an administrative team.

Mr. Doyle began his career in education as a social studies teacher in the Syracuse City School District. He quickly became the House Chairperson of the junior high in which he worked and then the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent. He has been a superintendent in four other New York districts: Rome, Fairport, Saranac Lake, and most recently the Clyde-Savannah School District in Clyde, NY.

Mr. Doyle is married and has three grown children and is now centrally located between his daughter in East Hampton and his son in Manhattan. His other son is a medical student at the University of Rochester Medical School.

“I am looking forward to working with the board of education, the community and the administrators, faculty, and staff in this district. Working together we can help our students realize their potential in one of the best school districts in the state of New York.”

Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction

Ms. Nancy Carney, currently the Principal at the Springs Union Free School in East Hampton, NY, has been appointed to fill the position of Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for the Riverhead School District. Ms. Carney will assume her duties on January 3, 2005.

Ms. Carney received her BA in Elementary Education and graduated from Long Island University-Southampton. She received her MS in Educational Technology from LIU-C.W. Post and her SDA Certification from SUNY Stony Brook. She began her teaching career as a 5th and 6th grade teacher at the Hampton Day School and was also the technology and division coordinator. She later became a 7th and 8th grade technology teacher at the Springs Union Free School in East Hampton and most recently was the principal at this K-8 school.

Ms. Carney initiated and facilitated a school-wide curriculum mapping project at Springs, developed a School Portfolio Team, and has been working with teachers on a new Reading and Writing Initiative. One of her special areas of expertise is in integrating technology into teaching and learning. She is also researching strategies and techniques for classroom management and instructional practice that decrease the likelihood of discipline problems.
We welcome Ms. Carney to the Riverhead School District.

Assistant Principal for RHS

Ms. Shirley Cepero joins the administrative staff at the high school as an Assistant Principal. Ms. Cepero comes to the district from the Freeport School District, where she was an ESL teacher. (Ms. Cepero was also a summer school principal for 2 years at Freeport). She is bilingual in Spanish and received her BA from SUNY-Albany, her MA from Columbia University and is currently a doctoral candidate in Ed. Admin. at Hofstra University. Ms. Cepero grew up in Baldwin, NY, is a certified diver and has two horses.

Her educational interests include mentoring new teachers, differentiated instruction and creative approaches for diverse learning styles.

“I enjoyed the diversity of the student body at Freeport, and now I am very happy to be in Riverhead--another richly diverse community,” shares Ms. Cepero.

Ms. Cepero joins RHS Assistant Principals Stanley Pellech and Barry Tacktill, who were hired at the beginning of the school year.