School Leadership Team (SLT)

The most critical element of successful school leadership is Teamwork: the ability to communicate and collaborate with all stakeholders. Teamwork promotes inclusion, ownership and recognition, and results in timely solutions, efficiency, motivation, goodwill and excellence.

Creating a collaborative atmosphere is integral to Green Woods Charter School. This vision of collaboration is mandated in Green Woods' charter with the State of Pennsylvania. In addition, researchers who study educational leadership agree with our vision, viewing leadership as a shared process involving administrators, teachers, staff, students, parents, and community members.

The Green Woods School Leadership Team Model ensures that important school decisions are made through a team approach true to our vision, mission and charter: people working collaboratively to meet the needs of our children. To that end, teamwork is a school-wide mandate, part of everyone's job description, requirements and expectations. In addition, the Board of Trustees has established the Home/School Committee (HSC) to provide an opportunity for collaboration and team work between our parents, teachers, administration, and board.

The School Leadership Team (SLT) is made up of two leadership positions: the Academic Director and the Business Director. In addition, Green Woods has an Administrative Assistant who supports the SLT and also acts as the Confidential Secretary to the Board of Trustees. The Administrative Assistant works to help establish effective communication between parents and the board by providing a direct link from the Home/School Committee to the Board of Trustees. Parents are asked to contact the Administrative Assistant kbirmire@greenwoodscharter.org when they need an immediate response to a concern or to a non-academic issue.

All academic questions, concerns, or suggestions should be directed to the classroom teacher and/or to the Academic Director at jwallace@greenwoodscharter.org. Business or facilities questions should be directed to the Business Director at dlotkowski@greenwoodscharter.org

In addition to the SLT and the Administrative Assistant, Green Woods Special Education Coordinator and two Academic Coach positions, held by members of the Green Woods teaching staff, are actively involved in the decision-making process. Green Woods believes that by distributing the leadership to members of our teaching staff, we can model the success of effective collaboration and teamwork and better support the needs of our children.