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DELMAR — The Bethlehem Central Board of Education appointed two educators to fill vacancies in management roles on Thursday, Aug. 11; Zachary Tacelli was named as Okay-12 tutorial supervisor of bodily schooling, health and household and client science, and Jennifer Denis joins the district as Okay-12 health providers supervisor and can oversee all pupil health providers.

Tacelli joins Bethlehem Central School District as a Okay-12 tutorial supervisor. He is to supervise the district’s bodily schooling, health and household and client science division. Prior to coming to Bethlehem, Tacelli had been serving as assistant principal at Knickerbacker Middle School in Lansingburgh for the previous 4 years.

A Capital District native and present district resident, Tacelli has 16 years of Okay-12 expertise as a instructor, coach and administrator, together with a number of years as a bodily schooling instructor within the Albany metropolis colleges. He earned a bachelor’s diploma in schooling from SUNY Cortland, a grasp’s diploma in curriculum and instruction from Walden University and an administration diploma from Western Governors University.

Tacellli mentioned Bethlehem’s status as a pacesetter in teachers impressed him to hitch the district’s educational management crew.

“I want to see our physical education, health education and FACS programs thrive and help our kids understand the importance of being active while maintaining a healthy lifestyle,” mentioned Tacelli.  “I am a coach and teacher by trade and this position gives me the perfect balance of both.”

Tacelli and his spouse reside in Delmar with their two youngsters: one a pupil at Elsmere and one other who’s preschool age. Tacelli says he’s a giant Yankees fan and in addition says he loves watching the Jets on Sundays though that exercise, he admits, “does not always have a happy ending.”

Denis joins Bethlehem Central School District because the Okay-12 health providers supervisor.

The administrative place supplies management and coordination of complete health providers. Denis will supervise the district’s faculty nurses, will coordinate applicable look after all college students and can make sure the district is complying with all related legal guidelines and rules and following greatest practices associated to pupil health.

Denis brings over twenty years of expertise to the place;  she’s presently a long run care nurse practitioner for Optum. She has additionally served as a household nurse practitioner for Saratoga Hospital, and as a registered nurse with Premise Health.

“I am looking forward to the opportunity to combine my advanced nursing degree with a return to school health in an exemplary school district,” mentioned Denis. “ I’m eager to build relationships within the school community and to support school nurses in promoting academic success and wellness.”

Denis lives in Saratoga along with her husband and two teenage daughters. She spends her free time touring to numerous sporting occasions and enjoys downhill snowboarding.