Two New Teachers Join Huntington’s Faculty
Numerous faculty openings are being filled this summer in the Huntington School District. Vacancies are posted and advertised and committees of administrators and teachers interview candidates after an initial screening of applications narrows the field.
Trustees recently approved probationary appointments for Wendy Bonilla and Melissa Jasinski. Ms. Bonilla has been assigned to Washington Primary School where she will work as a first grade dual language teacher. Ms. Jasinski will teach social studies at Huntington High School.
Ms. Bonilla earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in January 2001 at Boston University. She obtained a master’s in bilingual early childhood education at Bank Street College of Education in May 2007.
Prior to coming to Huntington, she has in Columbia University’s Head Start program as a pre-K teacher (2002 to 2005) and in Brooklyn at PS 65, the Little Red School House as a dual language teacher for grades 1-3 (2005 to 2009).
District officials reviewed 26 applications and conducted 11 interviews before recommending Ms. Bonilla for appointment. She will be eligible for tenure on September 1, 2011.
Ms. Jasinski earned her undergraduate (BA history) and graduate (MAT, secondary education) degrees at Sacred Heart University in 2000 and 2008, respectively. She worked as a per diem substitute teacher in the East Moriches and Hampton Bays school districts from May to November 2005. In May and June 2005, she was a home tutor for Creative Home Tutoring in Plainview.
Ms. Jasinski was a social studies leave replacement at Tuckahoe Common School in Southampton from November 2005 to March 2006 and again from September to December 2007.
District officials reviewed 250 applications, pre-screened 75 candidates and conducted 13 interviews before recommending Ms. Jasinski for appointment. She will be eligible for tenure on September 1, 2012.
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