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Office of Human Resources
Welcome to the Human Resources Office
Consider joining the Pearl River School District 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 school district.
Office of Human Resources
John Piscitella, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources & Community Services
Pearl River School District
135 West Crooked Hill Road
Pearl River, NY 10965
(845) 620-3928
(845) 920-0494 (fax)
Rachel Ammer (845) 620-3928
Lana Clohessy (845) 920-7416
Monica Muthig (845) 620-3918
What We Offer
As a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, Pearl River School District's 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 impressive advantages:
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Our professional development includes 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.
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Including building, grade-level, department, and team meetings; Individual annual planning conferences; Mentoring; 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.
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The district provides a 1:1 Chromebook for all students to use both at home and in school; Interactive Flat Panels and internet-connected mobile teacher towers in each school; four academic technology classrooms in the middle school and two in the high school; OPALS library systems; networked color printers; PASCO probes in the high school science lab; teacher input into software selection; In-house technology training; two full-time instructional technology coaches who work with teachers to integrate technology in the classroom; One full-time technology director and BOCES contract agreements for support.
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Our package includes 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; Employee Assistance Program.
Positive Work Environment
Pearl River School District employees enjoy a work environment supported positive relationships between administrators, staff and our local community:
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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 Prom for district senior citizens; seasonal parties and celebrations; collegial atmosphere.
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School budgets typically pass by more than a two-to-one margin; recent bond issues passed successfully; alumni association and athletic alumni association; strong parent involvement on all levels; PR Rotary scholarships awarded; vital adult education program including senior citizen courses and parent university courses.
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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, Advanced Placement courses at the high school beginning in the 10th grade, Project Advance courses in conjunction with Syracuse University, courses for college credit through SUNY Rockland (RCC), language courses offered through SUNY Albany, and C-TECH programs offered through Rockland BOCES; resource rooms, academic labs, and co-taught classes for extra support; average 97% graduates continue on to college or university.
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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.
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The Pearl River School District is committed to the Safety and Security of our employees. We comply fully the the NYS Workplace Violence Prevention Program beginning with the Board of Education's adoption of the Workplace Violence Prevention Policy on January 23, 2024.