CENTRAL VALLEY— The Monroe-Woodbury School Board approved several administrative appointments during a recent meeting:
Dolores Terlecky has been named principal of Central Valley Elementary School.
John Flanagan named assistant principal, Monroe-Woodbury High.
Christine Richter nad been named the assistant principal at Smith Clove Elementary.
Dolores TerleckyTerlecky has been serving as interim principal at Central Valley Elementary School since last August. As principal, she is responsible for operation of the entire school building. She has been an employee of the Monroe-Woodbury School District since 1988, when she began her career as a teacher in the Middle School.
She served as an ELA, social studies, Spanish and AIS teacher in the middle and high schools, and as the ELA department chairperson during her time at the middle school.
In 2007, she was appointed assistant principal for North Main Elementary School, where she stayed until her appointment as interim principal at Central Valley in 2014.
Previously, Terlecky was a member of the adjunct faculty at Marist College and Empire State College and as a fellow in the doctoral program at the State University of New York at Albany. She also served as a teacher of high school equivalency courses, GED and adult education at Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene BOCES.
Terlecky earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Marymount Manhattan College; a master’s degree in history from SUNY Albany; and a certificate of advanced studies from the College of St. Rose in Albany.
She has certifications in English 7-12, Social Studies 7-12, Spanish 7-12 and Education Administration – School District Leader.
John FlanaganJohn Flanagan has been named assistant principal at the Monroe-Woodbury High School. He has served as dean of studies at the high school since 2012. His responsibilities at the high school include serving as assistant principal for House C; conducting teacher evaluations and observations; overseeing the M-W Academy (after school program), student activities and scheduling of non-teaching duties; as well as supervising monitors and the following high school departments: science, art, family and consumer science, health and the library.
Prior to joining Monroe-Woodbury in 2012, Flanagan worked as assistant principal at the George F. Baker High School in Tuxedo. Before that he was a social studies teacher at Washingtonville High School.
Flanagan earned an advanced certificate in educational leadership from Long Island University in Brookville; a master’s degree in education from Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh; and a bachelor’s degree in communication from SUNY Cortland. He holds a N.Y.S. Initial Certification: School Business Leader and N.Y.S. Professional Certification: Social Studies 7-12. He is a member of the N.Y.S. School Administrators and the Mid-Hudson Social Studies Council.
Christine RickerChristine Ricker has been named assistant principal for Smith Clove Elementary School in Central Valley. Ricker has been an employee of the Monroe-Woodbury School District for 25 years. As Smith Clove’s assistant principal, she will be assisting the principal in all school matters.
Ricker has served as the secondary committee on special education chairperson since 2011. In the summer of 2014, she took on the role of principal for the district’s extended school year program, grades 1-12.
In addition, she served as school psychologist at the Central Valley Elementary School from 1990-2011.
Ricker earned a School Building Leader, Initial Certificate and a School District Leader, Professional Certificate, from the State University of New York, New Paltz; a master of science degree from the College of New Rochelle; and a bachelor of science degree from the SUNY Cortland.
“We are strengthening our administrative team with the addition of these three individuals,” said Superintendent of Schools Elsie Rodriguez. “It is important our Monroe-Woodbury employees continue to grow and be challenged in their careers, so they bring their best each day for our students.”