Talent Management & Development
August 28, 2024
The Talent Management & Development team is committed to supporting the staff in the MPS from recruitment through their entire employee experience in the Milford Public Schools.
People are our purpose.
The purpose of this newsletter is to foster connectedness and belonging throughout our organization. Our motto is "Putting People First" and YOU are our people.
Welcome Back!
We're so glad you're here!
Check it out!
The TMD section of the district website has been expanded to provide you as much useful information as possible. New this fall are tabs for:
* Benefits - plan information and forms, at your fingertips
* Equity - our framework, presentations and commitments
* Required Notices - Virtual Staff Room Bulletin Board
Wellness Tip...
"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other."
~ Jet Li ~
Inside this month's Anthem Newsletter:
Take control of migraine attacks
Why should my family get immunized?
Everyone's Journey to motherhood is different
What’s really in my drink?
Pomegranate and Pear Infused Water
Leadership & Growth Opportunities!
~ BE AN AMBASSADOR ~
(don't delay - quick turnaround time)
Because the Milford Public Schools are committed to providing an inclusive environment that celebrates diverse identities, we are partnering with a growing number of colleges and universities to create mutually beneficial relationships with aspiring educators who share our vision for equitable education. The first colleges that have partnered with us are Smith College and Sacred Heart University.
We would like to invite teachers to be an “Ambassador” by participating in one or more of these exciting leadership opportunities with students in one of these teacher preparation programs. Being an Ambassador is a great way to develop your leadership, be a reflective practitioner and help shape future teachers (and get some fun swag)! There are three different ways to get involved:
~ Pre-Practicum Chats: (seeking 4 teachers, 2 elementary and 2 secondary)
Smith students and four Milford teachers will participate in three zoom meetings, each structured around a different topic relevant to teacher candidates such as creating a classroom community, professionalism and building relationships with families.
~ Secondary Methods Partnerships: (seeking 9 middle or high school teachers: 3 English, 1 math, 1 science & 4 social studies)
Smith students will be paired with MPS educators for 1-1 partnerships. The Smith students will visit once in September and once in December. In between, Smith students will meet virtually with their partner teachers four times, to ask questions and reflect on what they've been learning and observing through their program.
~ Junior Clinical Experiences: (seeking many teachers: elementary, music, and secondary social studies, English and math)
In this year-long experience, Sacred Heart students will spend 4-6 hours per week in one of our classrooms, observing, asking questions, helping and being actively involved in the learning environment.
For more detailed information, click here
To indicate your interest in participating, please complete this google form by
Wednesday, September 4
Special Offer!
Russell Speeders Milford 2
wants to thank the entire Milford Public Schools staff for their dedication and hard work!
The QR code can be scanned to generate a barcode for you to bring back to 109 Roses Mill Rd. Milford – Next to the Milford Walmart Plaza, on any day, without restrictions and they will provide a complimentary free Manager Special – Top Tier wash!!
Special Offer!
New York Yankees Teacher & Staff Ticket Offer
Using XNow verification, teachers and staff can purchase discounted tickets to select games throughout the season. After a quick verification process, you will save up to 50 percent off the advance ticket price on select seats.
Offer Expires: September 29, 2024
Tech Tip...
Here are three great things you can do with your Ctrl key!
1. Zoom In or Out on Almost Any Window
Hold down the Ctrl key while scrolling up and down using the scroll wheel on your mouse.
2. Select Everything
Hold the Ctrl key, then tap the letter A on your keyboard to select all. This keyboard shortcut works in nearly all applications.
3. Search for Text
Hold down the Ctrl key, then tap the letter F on your keyboard to search for text. While this keyboard shortcut works in nearly all applications, beware that in Outlook, it will forward the selected email.
Laughter is the Best Medicine!
"What did one pencil say to the other on the first day of school?"
"Looking sharp!"
** Trivia Contest **
How many public schools are there in the United States?
(all responses within range will be considered correct!)
Click here to submit your answer. Correct responses received by noon on Friday, 8/30 will be entered into a drawing to win an Owala Water Bottle!
** ALSO **
All who submit a response to any of the trivia questions will be entered into a drawing in January for a special winter themed basket. So, even if your answer was incorrect or your correct response wasn't randomly drawn, you have another chance to be randomly selected for this great prize!!
Open Positions - Tell Your Friends!
click here for more detail
Health Teacher
Special Education Teacher
School Psychologist
Athletic Coaches
Paraprofessionals
Substitute Teachers
Links & Reminders
Clicking the link image will display the 2024 - 2025 Schedule of Paychecks. The first pay of the new contract year will be 9/13 --this means that new teachers will receive their first paycheck then and current teachers will have their 24/25 wages first reflected in this check.
What else belongs in this newsletter?
To submit suggestions, feedback, requests, good news or ideas for content for this newsletter,
click here.
Welcome New Staff!
Special thanks to all who worked this summer!!
Tiffani Acosta
Paraprofessional, Calf Pen
Fun Fact... Tiffani loves to bake and one of her specialties is lemon and cookie butter cupcakes!
Carol Allen
Lunch Aide, East Shore
Fun Fact... Carol loves going to the beach!
Shane Barker
Strings/General Music, East Shore/Harborside
Fun Fact... Shane has played viola in 9 different countries and 20 US states!
Sarah Barrett
Girls' Cross Country Head Coach, Foran
Fun Fact... Sarah was an NFL Cheerleader for the New England Patriots for 3 years!
Shanice Belnavis
Paraprofessional, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Shanice makes candles from scratch using all natural materials!
Allison Birge
Grade 1, Calf Pen
Fun Fact... Allison was born and raised in Nebraska. Go Huskers!
Zhara Bond
School Counselor, Foran
Fun Fact... Zahra loves traveling. This summer, Zahra and her family visited Japan!
Dolly Byrne
Lunch Aide, JFK
Fun Fact... Dolly's daughter is taking her to Vegas for her birthday and they are going to a Blake Shelton concert!
Susan Cameron
Paraprofessional, JFK
Fun Fact... Susan loves to walk and hike with her dog Ollie and she also builds dollhouses!
Sonya Casanova
PE Teacher, Harborside
Fun Fact... One of Sonya's favorite things is taking her kids on vacation. This year her youngest won the Disney cruise baby race. Fastest baby on the boat!
Stephanie Cavanna
School Counselor, Foran
Fun Fact... Stephanie enjoys going to concerts and spending her free time at the beach with her kids!
Maria Chappa
Science, Harborside
Fun Fact... Maria is EMT certified and currently works as an EMT!
Kalyn Cocchia
Ready to Learn Assistant Teacher, Pumpkin Delight
Fun Fact... Kalyn loves to read and usually reads a book every month!
Sara Collette
Special Education Supervisor - Middle School, Parsons
Fun Fact... Sara and her family have a holiday baking tradition, which her grandmother started over 100 years ago.
Angie Conte
Literacy Specialist, East Shore
Fun Fact... Angie's first job was at Stew Leonard's. When she was 15 she was pulled from her bagging job to dress up as the Easter Bunny at one of the Leonards' private family parties because she was the only one small enough for the costume!
Allison Cristante
Family & Consumer Science, Law
Fun Fact... Allison is also a dance teacher. She teaches tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop and contemporary!
Cathy Crowe
Paraprofessional, Calf Pen
Fun Fact... Cathy has been riding her Harley Davidson to work for the last 25 years!
Kathryn Cullen
Special Education, Harborside
Fun Fact... Kathryn has been collecting snow globes since she was a kid. To date, she has over 30 globes!
Jessica Curtis
Math Coach, Mathewson
Fun Fact... Jessica loves rabbits and has two pet rabbits, named Boba and Blanche!
Andrew Deacon
Supervisor of Student Development & Academic Success, Parsons
Fun Fact... Andrew got to travel the Mediterranean this summer, exploring Spain, France, and Italy!
Donna DelSole
Lunch Aide, Pumpkin Delight
Fun Fact... Donna has gone on a trip to Las Vegas every year for the past 20 years!
Tia DiBlase
Grade 5, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... When Tia was a teenager she had a pet squirrel named Steven!
Katelyn Donofrio
Secretary, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Katelyn enjoys cooking and baking from scratch!
Kimberly Dunn
Special Education Supervisor - High School, Parsons
Fun Fact... Kim loves to vacation in New Hampshire during the summer!
Souheyla A. Elachkar
Lunch Aide, Mathewson
Fun Fact... Souheyla loves to cook, especially Middle Eastern food!
Saniyah Ferguson
Paraprofessional, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Saniyah really loves astrology!
Mark Fitzgerald
Building Substitute, West Shore
Fun Fact... Mark can play 4 instruments: the guitar, piano, bass and banjo!
Emily Flamme
Communications Coordinator, Parsons
Fun Fact... Emily has the most common birthday in the United States, September 9th!
Melissa Flanagan
Paraprofessional, Pumpkin Delight
Fun Fact... Melissa loves to make her own jewelry!
Natalia Gagliardi
Lifeguard, Foran
Fun Fact... Natalia loves to swim and hike in her free time!
Kimberlina Gerena
ASL, East Shore/Harborside/West Shore
Fun Fact... Kimberlina absolutely loves salsa dancing and has even participated in and won some dance contests!
Heidi Ghebretzadick
Resident Teacher, JFK
Fun Fact... Heidi is obsessed with her new Cricut machine, and loves to create different type of t-shirts to wear around the classroom!
Karli Golembeski
Spanish Teacher, West Shore
Fun Fact... Karli just moved back from Galicia, Spain, where she lived and taught English for three years!
Monica Griffin
Food Services, Foran
Fun Fact... Monica loves to camp and seeks out new campgrounds all around the state!
Angela Hardison
Paraprofessional, Matthewson
Fun Fact... Angela and her family moved to Connecticut from Florida last year. Her children are in high school and college and they have a Chihuahua named Tito!
Megan Hosking
Health, Foran
Fun Fact... Megan has only ever broken one bone and it was her eye socket!
Caitlin Innamorato
Grade 1, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Caitlin has a dog named Petey!
Alexandra Jackson
Secretary, Law
Fun Fact... Alex got married four years ago during the pandemic and has made Bolt Farm Treehouse in Tennessee her designated anniversary spot!
Virginia Krumwiede
Lunch Aide, JFK
Fun Fact... Virginia loves playing with her three grandchildren, going to the playground and the audubon with them, and doing arts and crafts with them!
Joseph Lahav
Lifeguard, Foran
Fun Fact... Joseph is a junior at Foran High School!
Zachary Lane
Social Worker, East Shore
Fun Fact... Zack loves making music, playing tennis and pickleball, hiking, and is currently learning how to not kill plants!
Nadine Macklin
Special Education Supervisor - Elementary, Parsons
Fun Fact... After graduating from UCONN with her Bachelors, Nadine taught English in China for 8 weeks!
Courtney Manciero
Girls' Head Basketball Coach, Foran
Fun Fact... Courtney has a a 14-year-old Yorkipoo named Charlie!
Kayleigh Mann
Psychologist, Mathewson
Fun Fact... Kayleigh had twins in January!
Katelyn Mansfield
BCBA, District
Fun Fact... Katelyn fosters dogs in her free time and tries to get them into their forever homes!
Allison McAlinden
Social Worker, West Shore
Fun Fact... Allison enjoys singing in her free time and was a member of an acapella group in college!
Kristen Mingrone
Paraprofessional, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... Kristen loves math and hopes to be a math teacher. She is also a singer and a musician!
Jenna Mizzi
Grade 1, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... Jenna is ambidextrous!
Gabrielle Mushinski
Mathematics, Jonathan Law
Fun Fact... Gabrielle is the least picky eater she knows, and is always willing to try new foods!
Grace Nielsen
Paraprofessional, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... Grace has recently been certified as a Yoga Instructor!
Michele Olsson
Paraprofessional, Calf Pen
Fun Fact... Michele loves to go cliff diving!
Alexia Petremont
Special Education, Live Oaks
Fun Fact... Alexia enjoys hiking and loves finding new and different places all over New England to explore!
Nicole Porter
Special Education, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Nicole is a die hard 49ers fan!
Sasha Powell
Science, West Shore
Fun Fact... Sasha loves college basketball and her favorite way to relax is binge watching reality TV!
Yulian Randall
Paraprofessional, Harborside
Fun Fact... Yulian was born in Costa Rica and raised in The Bahamas. She absolutely loves clamming and celebrating Halloween!
Audrey Regan
School Counselor, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... Audrey was a DI rower in college!
Mariyka Roman
PreK Special Education, Pumpkin Delight
Fun Fact... When Mariyka is not working, you can find her supporting her Ukrainian community through dance and education events!
Julia Rossi
Special Education, Calf Pen
Fun Fact... Julia fosters dogs in her spare time!
Michael Scaramuzzino
Cyber Security & Forensics Specialist, Parsons
Fun Fact... Michael enjoys snowboarding in the winter and last summer started learning to surf with his brother in Rhode Island!
Rebecca Selander
Building Substitute, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Rebecca loves to travel and has been to two countries so far this year: St. Maarten and the Dominican Republic!
Christopher Shular
Paraprofessional, Harborside
Fun Fact... Christopher loves being surrounded by his family and friends!
Melissa Sokota
Special Education, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Melissa enjoys coloring in kids coloring books!
Madison Sosa
SLP, JFK/Calf Pen/Pumpkin Delight
Fun Fact... Madison loves to go for walks at the beach and watch the sunset!
Caroline Spears
Grade 1, Orange Ave
Fun Fact... Caroline went camping in the Grand Canyon!
Sarah Spicer
Physics, Law
Fun Fact... Sarah has 7 chickens and likes to fish in the LIS to make ceviche!
Paige Spiewak
Psychologist, Harborside
Fun Fact... Paige went to Ireland over the summer!
Janae Staltaro
School Counselor, West Shore
Fun Fact... Janae loves to dance and is a licensed Zumba instructor!
Meghan Sumner
Paraprofessional, Live Oaks
Fun Fact... Meghan has 10 tattoos and her most recent one is a hammerhead shark named Ted!
Tanya Taylor
Kitchen Manager, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... Tanya loves sunflowers and spending time with her family!
Nick Toto
Building Substitute, Foran
Fun Fact... Nick previously worked in the staffing/recruitment industry and is very excited to be transitioning into the teaching profession, beginning his journey as a part of the Foran team! When he is not working, he is often at Fenway for Red Sox games!
Ashley Veillette
Paraprofessional, Meadowside
Fun Fact... Ashley has been busy working all summer but as a last hurrah of the summer she went to the Sunflower festival at Lyman Orchards in Connecticut!
Joseph Woglom
School Counselor, Orchard Hills
Fun Fact... Joe lives in Bethel with his wife and three children, and loves vacationing at beaches up and down the East Coast, from Maine to Florida and everything in between!
Mia Zajac
Building Substitute, Harborside
Fun Fact... Mia loves traveling to concerts across the country to see her favorite bands perform!
Welcome New Substitutes!
Kathryn Alderman - Teacher Substitute
Darlene Calderon - Teacher Substitute
Tucker David - Teacher Substitute
Teresa Fedor - Paraprofessional Substitute
Korene Garcia - Teacher Substitute
Taylor Kennedy - Teacher Substitute
Jean Kovacs - Teacher Substitute
Anya Lucas - Food Service Substitute
Hailey McGinnis - Teacher & Paraprofessional Substitute
Elina Milimoh - Paraprofessional Substitute
Erin Steele - Teacher Substitute
Gavin Storz - Paraprofessional Substitute
Anthony Vitelli - Teacher Substitute
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