Office of Teaching and Learning

Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Helen Wild

Telephone: (772) 429-3915 Email

Talent Development

DIVISION	DIVISION LEADER	TEAM
Talent Development	Denise Rodriguez, Director
	Didi Campbell, Coordinator of Quality Instruction	Non-Instructional Support Odessa Randolph, Executive Secretary Iris Viruet, InService Data Specialis Instructional Specialists Laurie Boyer Trisha Cordeiro Natasha Rodriguez Wendy Turner Dana Worthington

DIVISION

DIVISION LEADER

TEAM

Talent Development

Denise Rodriguez, Director

Didi Campbell, Coordinator of Quality Instruction

Non-Instructional Support

Odessa Randolph, Executive Secretary
Iris Viruet, InService Data Specialis

Instructional Specialists

Laurie Boyer
Trisha Cordeiro
Natasha Rodriguez
Wendy Turner
Dana Worthington

Title I

DIVISION	DIVISION LEADER	TEAM
Federal & Special Programs	Rod Natta, Director	Graduation Coaches Michelle Alicea-Barrow Mayte Armas Wendi Bayless Cheryl Phillips Dana Sheffield
Title I Programs	Dr. Jodie Certosimo, Coordinator	Gina Jaime, Secretary I Regina McPhee, Records Specialist Cassey Chang, Mental Health Counselor Michael McCarthy, Program Specialist Sarita Rickes, Parent Involvement Specialist Emmanuel Saintil, Migrant Recruiter Linda Tapia, Migrant Recruiter Dianne Williams, Transition Specialist
21^st Century	Terrance Platt, 21^st Century Coordinator Kimberly Roberts, 21^st Century Coordinator

Grants Department

DIVISION	DIVISION LEADER	TEAM
Grants	Jennifer Chevalier, MA Ed., Grant Developer

School Renewal

DIVISION	DIVISION LEADER	TEAM
School Renewal	Cecilia Martin, Coordinator	Instructional Support Technician Adrianne Mendoza Instructional Partners Michelle Beckford Sarah Courtemanche Marjorie Laster Kaija Robinson

DIVISION

DIVISION LEADER

TEAM

School Renewal

Cecilia Martin, Coordinator

Instructional Support Technician

Adrianne Mendoza

Instructional Partners

Michelle Beckford
Sarah Courtemanche
Marjorie Laster
Kaija Robinson

Curriculum

DIVISION	DIVISION LEADER	TEAM
Alternative Education	Sunny Booker, Director	Marilyn Alvira, Placement Review Specialist Academic Alternative Performance Based Prep Academy Alternative Education Dale Cassens Education Complex
Curriculum	Kimberly Jay, Director Jane Whitaker, Coordinator Liz Pruitt, Coordinator	Elementary Education Christina Worley Secondary Education Jason Bragg Mathematics English/Language Arts Mandy Rowland Kimberlee Cooper Science Beth Bonvie Paul Reif Social Studies Kate Ems
CTE	Aliesha Seitz, Director	Keron Belgraves, Program Specialist Dana Caputo, Program Specialist LeiNitia Robinson, Program Specialist
Early Childhood	Mary Huffstetter, Coordinator	Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Cassie Dillard
ESOL		Clarissa Duskin, Program Specialist Marcy Ochacher, Compliance Specialist
Title III		Michelle Barreto, Program Specialist
Secondary Programs		Guidance & Advising April Mincey, Program Specialist
Virtual Instruction	Jeanne Ziemba, Principal	Mosaic K-5 (7023) 6-12 (7004) St. Lucie Virtual

MEET THE CTE TEAM

by JESSICA GUTIERREZ on January 7, 2019 at 7:49 pm

FROM LEFT TO RT, KERON BELGRAVES, DANA CAPUTO, ALIESHA SEITZ, LEINITIA ROINSON

Vashitie “Aliesha” Seitz is our Director of Career and Technical Education. Aliesha is a proud product of St Lucie West Centennial High School where she graduated from their exceptional Allied Health Program. She continued to work in the medical field as a Registered Respiratory Therapist. In 2007, she returned to SLPS with a passion to instill a love of CTE and Medicine to high school students and served as an Allied Health teacher at TCHS for seven years.

Aliesha earned her Master’s in Ed Leadership from American College of Education. In 2014, she became a Dean at Westgate K-8 where she enjoyed working with a great leadership team and continued her own professional growth. In 2016 she became a district Career Specialist where she has played a key role in growing the programs, expanding business partnerships and increasing Industry Certifications. As the Director of CTE, Aliesha’s top goals include continuing to expand strong community partnerships, increasing participation in CTE and Industry Certifications and ensuring high quality and relevant programs to support College and Career Readiness

She is the proud mother of two beautiful children, Kiely and Nadia and her husband, Travis is also employed in the medical field.

Aliesha Seitz

Director

Career Technical Education

Dana Caputo has worked in Career and Technical Education (CTE) for more than twenty years starting first at Indian River State College then to Fort Pierce Westwood (August, 1999) before moving to the district office. Dana’s belief in the importance of vocational education, bringing business into the classroom and connecting the community to schools has held her in CTE for many years.

Prior to education, Dana worked in the finance and accounting of ‘Corporate America’ with General Electric. She has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Mathematics. She lives in Port St Lucie with her husband. They enjoy spending time with friends, family, and college-aged son, especially if it involves ice hockey or boating.

Dana Caputo

Program Specialist

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

St Lucie Public Schools

LeiNitia Robinson has been working in the educational field for more than 11 years.

Her husband, Cliff Robinson, also works in the educational field for St. Lucie Public Schools.

Prior to her current role as the Program Specialist for the Career and Technical Education Department, she worked at Treasure Coast High School as the lead Criminal Justice Academy Instructor. Mrs. Robinson has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice.

Working as a Career Specialist, Mrs. Robinson comes in eager to work with students and teachers at the district level where every day is another day to support the vision of St. Lucie Public Schools and making strides to further the goals of Career and Technical Education.

LeiNitia Robinson, MS
Program Specialist
Career and Technical Education (CTE)
St. Lucie Public Schools

Keron Belgraves joins the Career Technical Education department after 13 years with the ITS Department performing many functions, most recently as Team Lead for the Central Zone. However, he began his employment at SLPS as a Teacher at CAST (formerly Fort Pierce Magnet School of the Arts). Mr. Belgraves has a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance and a Master’s in Information Systems.

Mr. Belgraves resides in Port St Lucie with his wife and two daughters and teaching and learning is a family tradition. His mother, father, wife and elder daughter considered teaching their calling. Mr. Belgraves is energized and excited about this new challenge of engaging with the CTE department and supporting teachers who are the pillars of student learning and achievement.

Keron Belgraves

Program Specialist
Career and Technical Education (CTE)
St. Lucie Public Schools
When Math and Literature Collide

by JESSICA GUTIERREZ on January 4, 2019 at 3:37 pm

Often when teaching mathematics, we are looking for alternatives to the materials and resources that come with the district provided text. There are times when we would like to read a story and have the math unfold from within the story. There are fiction and non-fiction books in school libraries, classrooms and narratives on You-Tube. These books often have a new way of doing the same old math. The article provided “Measuring Penny: Activities from children’s book can support youngsters in developing conceptions of measurement” is an example of a “read-aloud” fiction book that can be used to transfer math content into centers, activities and math learning in a new way. These read-alouds are not just for elementary students, the content in literature materials can be used in middle and high school. There are many websites that can assist you in finding a literature book on a topic Scholastic, Math Solutions, NCTM illuminations, dearteacher, and k-5mathteachingresources to name a few.
Growing with Canvas-Spring Session

by JESSICA GUTIERREZ on December 19, 2018 at 8:28 pm

Are you interested in exploring Canvas? Growing with Canvas will help you learn what you need to get started with Canvas. A new session of Growing with Canvas will begin on January 28. See the flyer below for more information. Registration opens on Frontline on January 14. For more information Please contact Jessica Gutierrez – Jessica.Gutierrez@stlucieschools.org or Julia Hilburn – Julia.Hilburn@stlucieschools.org