School District Hires New Riverview Elementary Principal
Traci Kosmach is leaving a teaching job in Tallmadge to be the principal at Riverview.
The Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education welcomed Traci Kosmach to the district by unanimously approving a resolution making her the new Riverview Elementary principal July 9.
Kosmach replaces Brenda Harriss, who went to Woodland Elementary because Deb Milford retired.
Kosmach's contract was approved for two school years and begins on Aug. 2, 2012. She will make $72,000 annually. (The resolution passed by the board is attached to this story in the form of a .pdf.)
Here's Kosmach's experience and education background:
Experience
- Intervention Specialist - Dunbar Primary Schools in Tallmadge from 2011- present
- Intervention Specialist - Overdale Primary in Tallmadge from 2004-11
- LD Tutor - Overdale Primary from 2002-04
Education
- The University of Akron 5/11-5/12 Principal Licensure
- The University of Akron 8/09-5/11 Master of Arts Educational (Principalship)
- Kent State University 6/02-5/04 Post-Graduate Special Education
- Kent State University 8/94-5/96 Post-Graduate Reading Endorsement
- Kent State University 8/78-8/82 Bachelor of Science Secondary Education
- Ohio 5-year Processional License (2012-2015) PK-6 Principal
- Ohio 5-year Professional License (2010-2015)
- 7-12 Language Arts & Journalism
- K-12 Reading
- K-12 Intervention Specialist Mild/Moderate
Jason Leonardo
8:20 am on Sunday, July 15, 2012
So now our district is hiring former tutors with no administrative experience who "know" someone in the administration to be principals in our schools?? OH MY GOD!!! Small town politics at its worst.
JA Lindsey
7:35 pm on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
You looked at that resume and list of credentials and came up with "former tutor" as your description?
Stow2013
10:18 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
So the new Woodland Elementary School principal(Brenda Harris) is leaving after only 7 months on the job? Is the next one going to last a year? Not even finishing out the school year? Stability would be nice.