Rutland
Southwest Supervisory Union
Rutland
Southwest Supervisory Union
Supervisory Union Administration
Joan Paustian ~ Superintendent 802-287-5286 x203 joan.paustian@rswsu.org Darren McIntyre ~ Director of Student Support Services 802-287-5286 x207 darren.mcintyre@rswsu.org Paul Eaton ~ Assistant Director of Student Support Services 802-287-5286 x208 paul.eaton@rswsu.org Louis Milazzo ~ Business Manager 802-287-5286 x201 louis.milazzo@rswsu.org Aaron Boynton ~ Principal, Middletown Springs Elementary School 802-235-2365 aaron.boynton@rswsu.org Tom Fitzgerald ~ Principal, Poultney High School 802-287-5861 x204 tom.fitzgerald@rswsu.org Joe DeBonis ~ Dean of Students, Poultney High School 802-287-5861 x203 joe.debonis@rswsu.org Tracy Gallipo ~ Director of Guidance, Poultney High School 802-287-5861 x241 tracy.gallipo@rswsu.org Kristen Caliguiri ~ Principal, Poultney Elementary School 802 287-5212 kristen.caliguiri@rswsu.org Susan McKelvie ~ Principal, Tinmouth Elementary School 802-446-2458 susan.mckelvie@rswsu.org Susan McKelvie ~ Director of Educational Advancement 802-287-5286 x218 susan.mckelvie@rswsu.org Linda O'Leary ~ Principal, Wells Village School 802-645-0386 linda.oleary@rswsu.org
Dr. Joan Paustian is the superintendent of schools for the Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union serving the communities of Ira, Middletown Springs, Poultney, Tinmouth, and Wells. From July 2007 to June 2009, Joan served as the superintendent of schools for Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union also in Vermont. The focus of Joan’s work in Windsor Southwest was on improving communications, building positive learning environments, and improving student achievement. The concentration of work in Rutland Southwest will center on developing a long range plan for writing, implementing, and assessing a coordinated kindergarten through twelfth grade curriculum with aligned assessments in all content areas, in addition to establishing of a long range plan for professional development. Policy development will continue to be a priority. Assessing the use of technology to meet the needs 21st Century demands for our students will be another area to work for RSWSU.
For the 17 years prior to becoming a superintendent, Joan’s administrative career included serving as principal for both Pownal Elementary and Sunderland Elementary Schools. She also served as associate principal of Mary Hogan Elementary School in Middlebury for 2 of those years. During all of these periods, Joan was an educational leader who led standards based curriculum development and analyzed assessment for learning to ensure that student learning was maximized.
Joan first began teaching physical education in 1971 in suburban Massachusetts where she taught junior high one year and coached and taught at the high school level for many years. She then taught physical education and was the Athletic Director for 9 years in a kindergarten through eighth grade Vermont School. Joan was named Vermont’s Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year 1988.
In May 2004, Joan earned her Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Development from the University of Vermont. She received her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in 1989 from Castleton State College in Educational Administration. In 1972, Joan was awarded a Master of Science Degree in physical education and as an athletic director from Springfield College and got her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of New Hampshire in physical education and health in 1970.
Advancing educational achievement for all students has been the concentration of Joan’s committee work. For seven years, she served on the Executive Board for the Vermont Principals’ Association. In addition, she collaborated in Vermont state initiatives such as on the Department of Education Committee for Assessment and Accountability, the Vermont Task Force for School Quality Standards, the Education Commissioner’s Team on Restructuring Professional Development, and the University of Vermont’s Educator Network. Joan also chaired and was a member of Public School Approval Teams and also evaluated the Teacher Preparation Programs for Norwich University and Vermont College.
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Darren McIntyre graduated with an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts from Adirondack Community College, his Bachelor of Art’s degree in Psychology with a concentration in development from Castleton State College, a Master of Art’s degree in Educational Leadership from the Woodruff Institute as Castleton State College, and is currently working on his Doctoral degree in Educational Administration and Teacher Leadership from Walden University in conjunction with the University of Minnesota for residencies. Darren is a member of Psi Chi, the national honor society in Psychology, and a member of Kappa Delta Pi, the national honPaor society in Education. Darren’s course work and experience have allowed him to earn endorsements as Principal, Special Education Coordinator PreK-12, Special Education Teacher K-12, and Elementary Teacher K-6. Currently, Darren works as Assistant Coordinator for Special Education at Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union. Through this position Darren has also participated in Curriculum Audit Training through Phi Delta Kappa. Prior to his current position Darren worked eight years as a Special Education teacher for grades 9-12. While in this capacity, Darren co-taught Science, math, Civics, World Geography, and provided direct instruction in areas of Written Language and Math. He also had two years experience working as Elementary teacher and Elementary Special Educator. Based on Darren’s college credits, professional development, and Praxis II scores he meets Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) requirements in the areas of English, Math, Science and Social Studies. In addition to teaching, Darren also worked four years as Peer Mediation Director at Fair Haven Union High School; this allowed training with certified mediators and programming for staff and students to develop strategies in conflict reducing disciplinary infractions. Paul Eaton was born and raised in Vermont and currently resides with his wife and two sons in Fair Haven. He holds educational certifications as a Secondary Social Studies teacher 7-12, Special Educator Pre k-12, Principal and Special Education Coordinator Pre k-12. His undergraduate degree in secondary education was earned from the College of St. Joseph with supplemental coursework completed through the University of Vermont, Central Connecticut State University and Castleton State College. His Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership was received in 2007 from the Woodruff Institute at Castleton State College. Paul is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, the national honor society for Education. For six years Paul was a special educator at Fair Haven Union High School as well as at their alternative school, where he served a diverse population of at-risk teens. Prior to coming to Rutland Southwest, Paul was the Student Support Leader at the Neshobe School in Brandon. His duties were centered around student assistance including conflict resolution and discipline with a particular focus on special education. His past extracurricular involvement with schools include, among other things, coaching varsity baseball, coordinating a school-wide basketball program and directing peer mediation.
Louis Milazzo resides in the town of Poultney with his wife Jaime and 3 children Isabella (6), Lucas (4) and Nicolas (2). He graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and Finance. He has 10 years of accounting and finance experience with the private sector. His last role was Business Manager for RetailVision, an international magazine distributor located in Middlebury, Vermont. In that role Louis managed all aspects of the business office. He is looking forward to his new opportunity which will allow him to become more active in his community and be closer to home. back to top Aaron Boynton received a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Elmira College in Elmira, NY, with a concentration in Science in 2000. Later, he received his Masters in Administration from the Woodruff Institute for School Leaders at Castleton State College, Castleton, VT in 2004. He has been an educator since 2000. During his time, he has taught in the classroom at the first and sixth grade level in Rutland City Public Schools. He has served and led curriculum committees that focused on math instruction and assessment and has assisted at the college level, guest speaking on inquiry based learning. He received the Phi Delta Kappa level one curriculum audit training in Texas in January of 2009 and level two at Green Mountain College in April of 2009. Currently, as principal of Middletown Springs Elementary School since 2007, he is acting chair of the supervisory union technology committee oversees all aspects of a small Pre-K through sixth grade community school. back to top Tracy grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine,Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in History. She completed her Master’s degree in Psychology at the College of St. Joseph. Tracy worked for a number of years in the field of college admissions counseling and has been a licensed guidance counselor since 2002.Tracy is a member of the Rutland Area Guidance Counselors college fair planning committee. She is also a member of the executive board for the Greater Rutland Asian Studies Project (GRASP) and traveled to China with the group in 2004. In her spare time she enjoys reading, gardening and going to the beach with her family. back to top Joe DeBonis has returned to Poultney High School as the Dean of Students. After graduating from PHS, Joe earned a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont, and went on to complete his Masters in Education from the College of St. Joseph’s. Before returning to get his masters degree, Joe worked for the Rutland County Solid Waste District and The Brass Butterfly. Joe taught Language Arts at Fair Haven Grade School and currently teaches English Composition at Community College of Vermont. He has worked with children all his life, volunteering to coach in the Poultney Community League and being a certified official in basketball and baseball. Joe lives in Poultney with his wife, Leanna, and his two children, Emily and Jacob. Kristen Caliguiri graduated from Castleton State College with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She obtained a Master’s in Education when she graduated suma cum laude in 2005 from the College of Saint Joseph and subsequently received her Principal’s endorsement from the state of Vermont. Kristen has been working in education for over sixteen years, with classroom teaching experience spanning from the kindergarten through grade six level. As a teacher she served on her school’s EST, Action Planning, Language Arts, Foundation for Excellent Schools, and Capstone committees. As her school’s Assessment Coordinator, Kristen was responsible for the organization, distribution and scheduling of all NECAP and related materials. In addition, she created an assessment brochure which outlined various school-wide programs and activities, as well as reported data trends for three years in regard to NECAP, DRA and SAT scores. Kristen was an active member of her district’s mentoring program and training, in addition to serving on the district’s local comprehensive assessment team which was a responsible for gathering and organizing data, as well as planning Pre-K – 12 initiatives and in-service. She continues to be an advocate for community and college partnerships, and embedded professional development as a means to support student learning. Kristen was trained as a Curriculum Audio in 2009. Susan McKelvie has been the teaching principal at Tinmouth Elementary School since July 2007 and has taken on the position of Director of Educational Advancement at the SU level for the 2010-2011 school year. Previously, Susan taught 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts at Rutland Middle School and Castleton Village School. She served as the Middle School representative on the K-12 Literacy Committee in Rutland City Public Schools where she developed a school-wide reading improvement plan for grades 7 and 8. She has worked as a K-12 writing consultant in the SVSU and RNWSU. Susan completed her Masters in Education Administration in 2008 through the Woodruff Institute for School Leaders at Castleton State College where she also completed her undergrad degree Summa Cum Laude in English Literature and certification in Secondary Education in 2001. Additionally, she has completed coursework in curriculum and assessment through UVM. Susan completed Level I Curriculum Audit Training through Phi Delta Kappa in San Antonio, Texas in January 2009 and Level II Systems Audit Training in Poultney, Vermont in April 2009. She has twice been recognized at the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Annual Symposium for Excellence in Writing. Linda is certified in Elementary Education (K-6), Reading (K-12), Special Education (K-12), and Administration (K-12). She received her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary Education with a concentration in Reading from Castleton State College. The majority of her post graduate work has taken place at Castleton State College, the University of Vermont and the College of St. Joseph. She returned to the Wells Village School as a full time administrator in 1999 after serving as the Teaching Principal in Middletown Springs for ten years. Prior to that experience she taught grades 5 & 6 at WVS for ten years, also serving as the assistant principal. Linda is a Co-Chair of the RSWSU Crisis Team and additionally represents the district at the Rutland County School Crisis Task Force Committee and the Southwest Regional Administrative Relicensing Board. Linda is a 21 year veteran of the Manchester Rescue Squad and maintains her certification as an Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate. She is also a certified American Heart Association CPR Instructor. She has held many leadership roles with the organization including first woman president. As an active member of the United Church of Dorset & East Rupert she again has served in many roles including first woman Moderator, choir member and youth group leader. During her spare time Linda enjoys traveling and spending time with her family & friends. back to top
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