-: My name is Lynette Waller,
and I am the Assistant Superintendent at the
Wyomissing Area School District.
So as the Assistant Superintendent, I work closely
with the District Superintendent to primarily
oversee instructional operations as far as the curriculum.
I also supervise the other district administrators,
and I support with all areas of operations
as far as facilities management,
instructional technology, finances.
So I'm available to support the district and also
I would lead up on new initiatives.
I work closely with the district staff,
along with parents and our school board.
One new initiative that we're focusing on is
implementing a STEAM program.
So STEAM is a fairly,
it's something that's a hot topic in education.
We're implementing one to one technology,
so all of our students, K to 12,
would have their own device to use.
Right now we're using iPads.
At the same time, we're implementing a STEM initiative,
where we're creating maker spaces in our buildings
where our students would be introduced to
design methodology and innovation.
They would have experiences starting at kindergarten
all the way up to high school.
I go in in the morning,
and I'm normally at the school around 7:15, 7:30.
A lot of that starts off with just being in the office
and getting a sense of any new emails
or anything that may have come in over the evening,
and just staying on top of that.
Then it just depends.
Some days it's a Board meeting first thing in the morning.
It could be meeting with teachers,
maybe participating in a faculty meeting
or planning out a professional development session.
Then it's getting around to our buildings,
interacting with our principals,
making sure that they have all of the necessary materials
or resources or instructional focus for whatever
they are focusing on that day.
So I get around to a lot of the schools,
and then sometimes it's being available if a parent
has a need or if there's a situation with a student.
I may have to support that,
maybe meet with the family.
Sometimes it's going out into the community
and maybe going to a borough meeting
or just working with some of our community partners.
Every day is a little bit different.
Even when you have a schedule, you kind of don't.
So you just have to be extremely flexible and fluid
in everything that's happening and just responsive.