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For new school head, leadership comes from experience

Posted on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Tom Relihan, The Recorder
Date: 06/13/2016
Link: Complete Article

Jake Toomey, photo by Paul Franz

GREENFIELD. MA — Jake Toomey, the principal of the Academy of Early Learning and the school superintendent’s assistant for personnel in Greenfield, is no stranger to taking command.

Though his formal training was in art education, Toomey’s first pass at a leadership role came in the public transit sector.

Just after graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he helped run the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority’s student-operated campus bus service, he took a job managing the regional transit authority’s Northampton garage.

At the same time, he was serving as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army National Guard, where he said he received plenty of practice managing complicated systems, exercising everything from time management skills to navigating crisis situations.

Continue Reading at The Recorder

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Discovery School at Four Corners, Greenfield Public Schools, Jake Toomey, Principal

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