Student Leadership Team

All New York State public schools have a School Leadership Team (SLT). The NEST+m SLT is a proactive team of parents, teachers, Upper School students, and administrators whose purpose is to facilitate communication and involvement among all members of the NEST+m community. The SLT meets monthly and serves as an advisory panel to Principal Olga Livanis regarding NEST+m issues.

The School Leadership Team develops the school’s annual Comprehensive Education Plan (CEP), available for review in the Main Office, which sets annual goals for the school in specific areas and focuses on developing strategies for improvement. The SLT, with input from the school community, is responsible for evaluating the quality of our school’s educational programs and their effects on student achievement. The SLT is also responsible for ensuring that the school budget supports the goals set forth in the CEP. If you have a comment or question, please leave us a note in the SLT mailbox located in the PTA office or send an email.

—Student Leadership Team
slt@nestmail.org

 
THE TEAM
The SLT is comprised of six parents, six NEST+m staff members (including Dr. Livanis), and three Upper School students. The Principal, UFT Representative, and PTA President (or Co-Presidents) are automatically granted positions on the SLT. Five of the parent member positions are elected and three of the NEST+m faculty member positions are elected. Parent members are elected to two-year terms. Of the five elected parent member’s positions, at least one is to be held by an Upper School parent, at least one by a Middle School parent, and at least one by a Lower School parent. The SLT parent elections are held in the spring following the Parent Teacher Association elections.

2009-2010 SLT Members
Dr. Olga Livanis, Principal
Brendan Alfieri, Assistant Principal, Middle School
Robert Curry-Smithson, UFT Representative
Joanne Ristau, Teacher
Leslie Seery, Teacher
Pieter Voorhees, Teacher
Monica Hopenwasser, Teacher
Katie Sperling & Susan Townes, PTA Co-Presidents
Les Honig, Upper School Parent
Katy Stokes, Lower & Middle School Parent
Matthew Levey, Lower School Parent
Joan Doscher, Lower & Middle School Parent
Jody Schaeffer, Lower School Parent
Stephen Koh, Upper School Student
Anupam Kumar, Upper School Student