English Language Arts

New Jersey Department of Education:

Team Captains

Bayonne:

Nancy Ruane - Director of English K-12 nruane@bboed.org
Kathryn Cuttruff - Early Childhood Master Teacher / Reading Specialist kcuttruff@bboed.org
Kristy LeFante - Grade 3 ELA Teacher klefante@bboed.org
Alexandria Theodorou - Teacher of ELA, Grade 7th and 8th atheodorou@bboed.org
Tonya Mele - Teacher of ELA tmele@bboed.org
Angela Laszkow - Teacher of ELA, Grades 7th and 8th alaszkow@bboed.org
Megan Nolan - 2nd Grade Teacher megnolan@bboed.org
Alexa Costello - Kindergarten Teacher alcostello@bboed.org
Yuliana Sorial - English Teacher (High School) ysorial@bboed.org
Kaitlin Hickey - ESEA Supervisor khickey@bboed.org
Kelly Carroll - Multi-Sensory Reading Specialist K-12 kcarroll@bboed.org
Lindsay Pondillo - Grade 1 Teacher lpondillo@bboed.org
Nicole Suhovic - Grade 1 Teacher nsuhovic@bboed.org
Donna Weiss - English Donna Weiss dweiss@bboed.org
Alexandria Constantine - Grade 7/8 Teacher of ELA aconstantine@bboed.org
Kristy Sugrue - Reading Instructional Coach ksugrue@bboed.org
Giselle Torres - 6th Grade ELA Teacher gtorres@bboed.org

Guttenberg:

Harrison:

Brigette Picillo - First Grade Teacher brigette.picillo@staff.harrisonschools.org
Kim Madalena - Teacher of 8th Grade Language Arts kim.madalena@staff.harrisonschools.org
Maureen Kroog - Director of Curriculum and Instruction maureen.kroog@staff.harrisonschools.org
Tonilyn Pinho - 4th Grade ELA Teacher tonilyn.pinho@staff.harrisonschools.org
Cathy Cerqueira - 5th Grade ELA Teacher catarina.cerqueira@staff.harrisonschools.org
Kristy Allen - K&1 STEAM Teacher - K&1 ELA Interventionist - K&1 G&T Teacher
kristy.allen@staff.harrisonschools.org
Amy Morillo - Teacher amy.morillo@staff.harrisonschools.org

Hoboken:

Christy Gaudio - K-12 English Language Arts Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction cgaudio@hoboken.k12.nj.us

Hudson County Schools of Technology:

Leticia Garcia - District Test Coordinator and Curriculum Coordinator lgarcia2@hcstonline.org
Michael Diamond - English Instructor/ELA Coach mdiamond@hcstonline.org
Justine Franco - Supervisor jfranco@hcstonline.org
Taryn Ashe - English Instructor and Academic Coach tashe@hcstonline.org
Amy Garrett - Language Arts Instructor/Explore Middle School Academic Coach agarrett@hcstonline.org
Andrew Nelson - Teacher of Language Arts anelson@hcstonline.org
Bianca Torres - English Teacher btorres1@hcstonline.org

Jersey City:

Gladys Candelaria - Supervisor gcandelaria@jcboe.org
Chantel Perry, Ed.D. - Supervisor of Language Arts csnow@jcboe.org
Mary Albanese - Supervisor malbanese@jcboe.org
Erika Schulz - Supervisor eschulz@jcboe.org
Maria Ameruoso - K-5 ELA Supervisor mameruoso@jcboe.org
Nicole Colon - Teacher ncolon@jcboe.org
Tynetta Harris - ELA Supervisor THarris1@jcboe.org
Tanya Carneiro - Instructional Coach tcarneiro@jcboe.org
Julia Abrams - Curriculum Coordinator (K-4)/MicroSociety Supervisor jabrams@jcgcs.org
Grace Guandique - Instructional Coach gguandique@jcboe.org
Kristin Guarini - Instructional Specialist kguarini@jcboe.org
John Gurbisz - English Department Head/English Teacher jgurbisz@uachs.org
Angela Elder - K-5 ELA Supervisor aelder@jcboe.org
Wendi Howe - Instructional Specialist whowe@jcboe.org
Nicole Colon - Instructional Specialist ncolon@jcboe.org
Sara Riccobono - Instructional Specialist sriccobono@jcboe.org
Jennifer McLaughlin - Teacher jmclaughlin@jcboe.org
Grace Guandique - Instructional Specialist gguandique@jcboe.org

Dr Lena Edwards Charter School

Shirley Scamardella - Middle School ELA Teacher sscamardella@drlenaedwardscharterschool.org

Jersey City Global Charter School

Lemuer Perez - Principal lperez@jcgcs.org

Kristen Turner - K-8 Literacy Coach kturner@jcgcs.org

University Academy Charter High School

Susan Suarez - English Teacher Lead mssuarez@gmail.com

Empowerment Academy Charter School

Kearny:

Danielle Polk - Literacy Coach dpolk@kearnyschools.com
Flora Encarnacao - Superintendent fencarnacao@kearnyschools.com
Aliki Bieltz - Assistant Superintendent abieltz@kearnyschools.com
Danyel Cicarelli - Supervisor of English Language Arts dcicarelli@kearnyschools.com
Karen Pichinin - Director of Curriculum and Instruction PK - 12 kpichinin@kearnyschools.com
Mercedes Alves - District Supervisor of ELA and SS malves@kearnyschools.com
Karen Cristalli - Instructional Supervisor kcristalli@kearnyschools.com
James Watts - Instructional Coach (ELA 9-12, Social Studies 6-12) jwatts@kearnyschools.com
Andrea Regan - ELA Instructional Coach aregan@kearnyschools.com
Kristen Salisbury - Instructional Coach K-2 ELA/SS ksalisbury@kearnyschools.com

North Bergen:

Jill Giambelluca - Literacy Coach jgiambelluca@northbergen.k12.nj.us
Vanessa Conroy - Language Arts Director vconroy2@northbergen.k12.nj.us
Josephine Solorzano - Elementary ELA District Supervisor jsolorzano@northbergen.k12.nj.us
Suzette Morales - 6th grade ELA Teacher smorales@northbergen.k12.nj.us
Danielle Billings - 5th grade ELA dbillings@northbergen.k12.nj.us
Kerrianne Schillari - Teacher kschillari@northbergen.k12.nj.us

Secaucus:

Christine Candela - 6-12 Supervisor of English and Social Studies ccandela@sboe.org
Maria Brislin - English Teacher mbrislin@sboe.org
Leilani Carson - English Teacher Lcarson@sboe.org
Daniel Riser - Director of Curriculum and Instruction - driser@sboe.org
Allison Cunniff - Supervisor of Humanitiers acunniff@sboe.org
Sandra Vitulano - ELA Teacher svitulano@sboe.org
Janine D'Aurizio - High School ELA Teacher jdaurizio@sboe.org
Felicia Chetrit - Director of Elementary Education, Curriculum, and Instruction fchetrit@sboe.org

Union City:

Kristine L. Nazzal - ELL Teacher, Hudson County Teacher Leader (2012-13) knazzal@ucboe.us
Angela Hutton - Supervisor ahutton@ucboe.us
Michele Cowan - Assistant Principal mcowan@ucboe.us
John Bennetti - Assistant Superintendent jbennetti@ucboe.us
Krystle Santaniello - District Supervisor ksantaniello@ucboe.us
Lissette Ariza - Supervisor lariza@ucboe.us

West New York:

Jose Jimenez - District Supervisor of English Language Arts jojimenez@wnyschools.net
Anastasia Olivero - Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction aolivero@wnyschools.net
Beth Ann Wolanski - Special Education District Supervisor bwolanski@wnyschools.net
Jessica Leach - Grades 3 and 4 Special Education Teacher jleach@wnyschools.net
Eileen Polanco - Grade 3 Bilingual Education Teacher epolanco@wnyschools.net
Ashley Blair - Grade 6 ablair@wnyschools.net
Bianca Juncosa - Grade 4 bjuncosa@wnyschools.net
Barbara Zelna - Grade 5 bzelna@wnyschools.net
Evita Gutshteyn-Gomez - Grade 12 egutshteyn-gomez@wnyschools.net
Erin Hunt - Grade 4 ehunt@wnyschools.net
Julie D'Angelo - Grade 6 jdangelo@wnyschools.net
Juan Ouvina - Grade 10 jouvina@wnyschools.net
Rachel Klansky - Grade 1 rklansky@wnyschools.net
Ines Baez - Grade 2 ibaez@wnyschools.net
Betsy RIvera - Grade 2 brivera@wnyschools.net
Shaina Tsiaklis - Grade 9 tsiaklis@wnyschools.net
Dawn Cardona - Grade 11 dcardona@wnyschools.net
Adam Knight - Grade 7&8 aknight@wnyschools.net
Janine Feeley - Teacher jfeeley@wnyschools.net
Yesmeen Alhroub - Third Grade Teacher-General Education yalhroub@wnyschools.net
Suzanne Penn - Master Teacher of ELA/Literacy spenn@wnyschools.net