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2019-2020 News Releases
- NJASA Names Mackey Pendergrast New Jersey 2020 Superintendent of the Year
- NJASA Names Three Regional Superintendents of the Year
- NJASA Brings "NJASA 4 Equity" into Focus with the JCPS
- NJASA Names Dr. Michael Salvatore New Jersey 2019 Superintendent of the Year
- NJASA Names Dr. Michael LaSusa Region I Regional Superintendent of the Year
- NJASA Names Dr. Carol Birnbohm Region III Regional Superintendent of the Year
- NJASA Names Three Regional Superintendents of the Year
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2016-2018 News Releases
- DR. KATHLEEN W. TAYLOR NAMED 2018 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- NJASA Names Two Regional Superintendents of the Year
- New Jersey Special Education Administrator of the Year
- DR. ROSS KASUN NAMED 2017 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- NJASA Selects Three Regional 2017 Superintendents of the Year
- NaviGate Prepared Brings School Safety Software Platform to New Jersey Schools
- Trenton Leadership Concurs with NJASA on Salary Cap Amendments
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2014-2015 News Releases
- JUDITH ANN RATTNER NAMED 2016 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- NJASA Names Three Regional Superintendents of the Year
- NJASA Partners with Evolution Labs to Advance Next-Generation Student and Parent Success Platform
- Techspo 2015 Engages Students and Advances Learning
- DR. TIMOTHY PURNELL NAMED 2015 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- NJASA Expresses Support for NJDOE’s Streamlined QSAC Process
- Dr. C. Lauren Schoen Named Northern Regional Superintendent of The Year
- Dr. Timothy Purnell Named Central Regional Superintendent of The Year
- Dr. Scott McCartney Named Southern Regional Superintendent of The Year
- What’s on the horizon for New Jersey’s public schools this year?
- NJASA Names Three Regional Superintendents of the Year
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2013-2014 News Releases
- NJASA Appoints Its New Director of Governmental Relations
- GUENTHER NAMED NEW JERSEY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- NJASA Shares 2020 Vision Survey
- Fletcher Named Northern Regional Superintendent of the Year
- Gorman Named Central Regional Superintendent of the Year
- Guenther Named Southern Regional Superintendent of the Year
- What Parents Can Expect in the 2013-14 School Year
- Freiman named NJ Special Education Administrator of the Year
- Rattner Named NJASA 2013 Distinguished Service Award Recipient
- Technology, Security, Assessment Among Topics at NJASA/NJAPSA Spring Conference
- Educators Heading to Techspo 2013 to Learn How to Enhance Technology in the Classroom
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2010-2012 News Releases
- Teacher Evaluation Timeline Is Too Ambitious
- Montesano Named New Jersey Superintendent of the Year
- New Jersey’s Critical Education Issues Are Focus Of January 17th Meeting at Kean University
- Explore Other Options for Alternate Route Superintendent Certification Proposal, Says NJASA
- Voters Pass Majority of Budgets, Putting Schools on Road to Recovery
- Abbott v. Burke Decision is the Wild Card
- NJASA Applauds the Governors Action
- Budget Elections One Year Later, Districts Face Similar Challenges
- Use Caution When Measuring Teacher Effectiveness Through Student Achievement
- Are We Preparing Students for the Real World?
- Reforms Dont Address Real Cause of Low Academic Achievement
- School Budget Vote, Teacher Evaluation, Curriculum Standards Among ‘Items to Watch’ in 2012
- Lindenwold School Superintendent and Great Schools of New Jersey President Geraldine Carroll...
- What Does 21st Century Education Look Like in New Jersey?
- Teaching Profession Could Lose Best Educators
- The New Jersey Council of Education Recognizes Dr. Richard G. Bozza
- State’s Expanded Role in At-Risk Schools Will Benefit Students
- Groff Named NJASA 2012 Distinguished Service Award Recipient
- Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District Superintendent Co-Chairs Statewide Conference
- New Providence School District Superintendent Co-Chairs Statewide Conference
- Schools Must Redefine Priorities in Tough Times
- Loosening Certification Requirements Is Not the Answer
- NJ Chief Education Officers Challenged to Restructure School District Budgets
- NJASA Announces New Initiative for Districts to Save Big by Going Paperless
- Personal Connection Not Test Scores Characterize Successful Teachers
- Commissioner Announces Priorities for School Year
- BROWN NAMED SOUTHERN REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- FISHBEIN NAMED NORTHERN REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- MANNO NAMED CENTRAL REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- NJASA Names Three Regional Superintendents of the Year
- Strategic Planning Helps Schools Create “Road Map” for Success
- MANNO NAMED NEW JERSEY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
- Danny Forster Discovery Channel Host Shares Professional and Classroom Experience with New Jersey’s
- Online and Blended Learning Essential to Transformation of Student Learning and Outcomes
- NJASA Names Three Regional Superintendents of the Year
- What Teachers, Parents and Kids Need to Know About Cyber Bullying
- Copy of Sweeping Reform Is Just ‘Sweeping the Real Answers Under the Rug,’ Say School Administrators
- Pension Reform is a ‘Two-Way Street’ Say School Administrators
- School Administrators Challenge State on Contract Breaches
- Chief Education Officers Flag ‘Items to Watch’
- Merit Pay is 'Okay,' Say School Administrators, But Be Careful How Performance Is Measured
- Technology is Essential to Prepare U.S. students to be Globally Competitive
- Proposed Voucher Program Impractical in Wake of School Budget Cuts
- NJASA Encourages Voters to Pass School Budgets on April 20
- A New Era for New Jersey Education Uncharted Territories
- Many School Districts Lose 100% of State Aid; Losses in Millions of Dollars
- NJASA Summits Serve Double Duty
- Decreased Public School Programs Anticipated for Next Year
- Anti-Bullying Law Needs to Be Revisited
- Teacher Evaluation Moving in Right Direction
- Common Core Curriculum Standards Among States Will Change Face of Assessment by 2014
- Bullying Law Based on Good Intentions
- Bullying, Teacher Evaluation, Student Assessment Educational ‘Items to Watch’ in 2011-2012
- Anti-Bullying Law Needs to Be Revisited
- NJASA Names Three 2012 Regional Superintendents of the Year
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- 2013-2014 News Releases
- Freiman named NJ Special Education Administrator of the Year
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Contact Anne H. Gallagher
NJASA Director of Communications
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Fourth from left, Dr. Arthur Freiman, Director of Pupil Services/Director of Special Education, Bergenfield Public School District, was selected the New Jersey Special Education Administrator of the Year by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), the New Jersey Association of Pupil Services Administrators (NJAPSA), and the Centris Group/IEP Direct, an NJASA Titanium Sponsor. Joining Freiman at the awards ceremony during the General Session of the NJASA/NJAPSA Annual Spring Conference, in Atlantic City, are from left, Incoming NJASA Treasurer Dr. Antoinette Rath; NJASA Secretary Dr. Brian Zychowski; NJAPSA President Mitchell Badine; NJASA Allied Member Andrew Horelick, Vice President, Centris Group/IEP Direct; Bergenfield Chief Education Officer Dr. Michael Kuchar; and NJASA President Dr. Donna Van Horn. Missing from the photo is NJASA Special Education Committee Chair Lizabeth Buoro.
Trenton, New Jersey, June 14, 2013....Dr. Arthur Freiman, Director of Pupil Services/Director of Special Education, Bergenfield Public School District, was selected the New Jersey Special Education Administrator of the Year by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), the New Jersey Association of Pupil Services Administrators (NJAPSA), and Centris Group/IEP Direct, a Titanium Sponsor of NJASA.
NJASA Titanium Sponsor Andrew Horelick, Vice President, Centris Group/IEP Direct, and one of the sponsors of this prestigious award said, “Art Freiman is an excellent role model for all aspiring special education administrators to emulate. He is a results-oriented administrator who continually strives to improve the quality of education for students with disabilities through his knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm.”
This award, the first in the history of NJASA, NJAPSA, and Centris Group/IEP Direct, recognizes a special education administrator who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in providing services to students with special needs and whose work reflects the highest professional and ethical standards.
Freiman, a graduate of Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, was instrumental in the integration of the child study team and guidance department to improve delivery of services to all students within the Bergenfield Public School District. His leadership provided the foundation for a paradigm shift that transformed the guidance department from focusing on scheduling to counseling.
Certified by Legal One in all areas of school law, Freiman reduced the number of due process cases to “zero” in the last five years. He also worked tirelessly to get students with special needs included in general education classes and is now fighting to enable all teachers to maximize the power of new technology tools to customize teaching to address the individual learning needs of every child.
A Teaneck resident, Freiman created an elementary school counseling program through the implementation of the USDOE Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Grant. He was influential with elevating expectations for all students through data-driven instruction resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of students participating in and succeeding in Advanced Placement Programs at Bergenfield. This success led to Bergenfield High School being named # 1 Most Improved School on New Jersey Monthly Magazine’s Top 100 List and being named to America's Promise Top 100 Communities in America for Children.
Freiman is President of the Bergenfield Administrators Association and served as the Association’s Vice President. He is also an active member of the North Jersey Special Education Administrators Association and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He serves as a member on the Principal and Teacher Evaluation Committee piloting new evaluation systems for the New Jersey Department of Education.
In 2010, he was the recipient of the Paul Hoffmeister Inspiration Award from the Bergenfield Public Schools.
The selection qualifications for the New Jersey Special Education Administrator of the Year include: dedication to students with disabilities and their families; demonstrated exemplary contributions to the field of special education; respected by colleagues for leadership qualities; demonstrated distinguished level of professional and ethical standards; knowledge of special education law; demonstrated leadership in special education process and improvement to enhance compliance and best-practices; demonstrated vision for the use of technology in education and program administration; active role in providing professional development for staff; and active role in professional organizations, regional groups and/or community affairs.
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