Consider Joining the PRSD Team of Excellence

PRSD seeks individuals whose professional goals match our commitment to excellence and continuous improvement. Highly motivated professionals dedicated to children and learning and who possess a strong work ethic thrive in our district. As a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, the PRSD team of faculty and staff continuously reach for higher standards and better results. To insure each individual employee's success, and our success as a district, we offer:

To apply for a certified position at PRSD
(teacher, administrator or school nurse), log on to:
www.pnwboces.org/teacherapplication
Only online applications are accepted.
If you do not have access to a computer, or need assistance
in the interview or application process,
contact our Personnel Office at 845-620-3918

To apply for a non-certified position
(teaching assistant, secretary/clerical, buildings and grounds, maintenance) obtain an application from the PRSD Personnel Office, 275 East Central Avenue, Pearl River, NY.

PRSD also continuously seeks substitute teachers, substitute teaching assistants and substitute school nurses. Please send resumes to:
Dr. John Morgano, Assistant Superintendent, PRSD,
275 East Central Avenue, Pearl River, NY 10965

 

Comprehensive Professional Development Geared to Individual Needs 

Including New Staff Orientation followed by a one- year New Teacher Symposium with sessions on differentiated instruction, using data to inform instruction, classroom management, building content literacy, and effective teaching; in-house technology training; three Superintendent's Conference Days each year; attendance at conferences, workshops, and seminars; 21-hour annual minimum with most teachers logging extra hours

Supportive and Informed Work Environment Including building, grade-level, department, and team meetings; Individual annual planning conferences; Mentoring; Voice mail, e-mail, and electronic grade reporting; Teacher input into curriculum design and mapping; Teacher input into textbook and classroom materials selection; Teacher representation on Building Leadership Teams, hiring committees and task forces
Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning

Computers in all elementary classrooms; Smartboards and internet-connected mobile teacher towers in each school; computer labs in the middle school and the high school; four academic technology classrooms in the middle school and two in the high school; Mandarin library systems; networked color printers; PASCO probes in the high school science lab; teacher input into software selection; In-house technology training; One full-time technology director and BOCES contract agreements for support

Comprehensive
Benefits Package
 Competitive salaries; Opportunities for coaching, club advising, and chaperoning for additional pay; Comprehensive medical, dental, prescription, and vision coverage; Flexible spending plan for non-covered expenses including child care and elder-care; 403B and Tax Sheltered Annuities opportunities; Payroll direct deposit option; Employee Assistance Program; High school fitness facilities available to staff after school hours

 

In addition, PRSD employees enjoy a work environment supported by:

Positive Labor-Management Relations  Monthly Labor Management Council meetings with all labor leaders to anticipate and resolve issues; successful negotiations in contract renewals; extremely low grievance rate; cooperative projects such as the Annual Déjà vu Dance for district senior citizens and the Pirate Race for the Cure; seasonal parties and celebrations; collegial atmosphere
Strong Community Support for Schools School budgets typically pass by more than a two-to-one margin; last three bond issues passed successfully (one in a revote after a narrow 9-vote defeat); alumni association and athletic alumni association; strong parent involvement on all levels; vital adult education program including senior citizen courses and parent university courses
Rigorous Academic Programs
 Low student-teacher ratio; Motivated students; rich course offerings including academic enrichment in grades one through seven, foreign language from the sixth grade, acceleration in math and science beginning in the 7th grade, 15 Advanced Placement courses at the high school beginning in the 10th grade; resource rooms, academic labs, and co-taught classes for extra support; average 95% graduates continue on to college or university
Ideal Work Location
 PRSD's five schools are scattered throughout the suburban hamlet of Pearl River characterized by our quaint Central Avenue and town park; 25 miles north of New York City and all of its museums, theaters, sports arenas, and restaurants for school field trips and personal enjoyment; short drives to upstate New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut rich in history, parks, lakes, and hiking trails; minutes from the Palisades Center Mall, one of the country's largest destination entertainment centers; convenient to NY and NJ highways and public transportation to NYC; close to many of the area's finest teacher graduate programs including Fordham, Columbia, NYU, Iona, LIU, Pace, Manhattan and Manhattanville, among others

Title IX Anti-Discrimination

PRSD does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, creed, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status or military status in employment or its educational programs in accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1973; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( ADA), the Age Discrimination Acto fo 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA); the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA); or Section 291 of the NYS Executive Law, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, creed, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, or military status.