Good afternoon. I am
pleased to announce that I have offered the position of Principal at the Lt. Peter
M. Hansen Elementary School to current Interim Principal, Mr. David Brauninger,
pending successful negotiations. Mr.
Brauninger, who has been in the Interim Principal role at the Hansen since the
end of November, is replacing Peter Boucher, who served as the Principal at the
Hansen for the previous three years.
Mr. Brauninger has served
as the Student Services Coordinator at Canton High School for the past three
years. In that capacity, he oversaw the
implementation and development of curriculum within the Student Services
department. In addition, he chaired all
Special Education Team Meetings and was responsible for the supervision and
evaluation of Student Services staff, including teachers, educational
assistants, adjustment counselors, school psychologists and speech and language
pathologists. Prior to his arrival in
Canton, he was a special education teacher in the Franklin Public Schools for
six years. During one of those years, he
also served as the Coordinator/Team Chair of their Alternative Learning
Program. With a Master’s in Education
from Simmons College, along with a second Master’s in Organizational Management
from Endicott College, David has also successfully completed an administrative licensure
program through the Massachusetts Secondary School
Administrators Association.
Since taking over
as the Interim Principal, Mr. Brauninger has shown tremendous leadership skills
and has gained the confidence of the students, staff and parents within the
Hansen community. While at the Hansen,
Mr. Brauninger has fully embraced a number of the district and state
initiatives that are taking place at all levels. He and his team have continued the work of Professional
Learning Communities (PLCs) this year.
He has worked with the leadership team in moving forward in year two of
the new Model Educator Evaluation System and has worked with staff and parents
in bringing forth the second year of enVision
MATH, along with continued work the district is undertaking in aligning our
curriculum to the recently revised MA State Frameworks. In addition, Mr. Brauninger has been able to
see the full impact that curricular and instructional enhancements have had on
student learning through the newly formed Data Teams that have been established
at the elementary level across the district.
Mr. Brauninger is extremely
excited about the opportunity to lead the Hansen and looks forward to
continuing the work that already underway with the talented educators at the
Hansen. In addition, he understands the benefits
of continued collaboration with all of the Hansen stakeholders as he works to
continue the progress that has occurred there over the past few years. I want
to thank our Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Ms. Jennifer Henderson, for
chairing the search committee as well as the entire committee for their efforts
in this large and extremely important process.
They include:
•
Cindy Thomas - School Committee Chair
•
Deb Bromfield - Director for Student Services
•
William Conard - Principal, Galvin Middle School
•
Sarah Collmer - Principal, JFK Elementary School
•
Mary Cawley - Asst. Principal of Hansen Elementary School
•
Yan Yii - Hansen Teacher, Grade Five
•
Claire Lund - Hansen Teacher, Grade One
•
Katie Doherty - Elementary Home/School Interventionist
•
Myriam Francoeur, Hansen Parent
•
Michelle Roberts, Hansen Parent
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