Delaware Academy for School Leadership
2022 GISL Assistant Principal Academy graduation
2022 GISL Assistant Principal Academy graduates are pictured with University of Delaware faculty and staff, and Delaware Department of Education staff. Assistant Principal Academy graduates not pictured: Dr. Suzanne Street and Dr. Melinda Tartaglione.
On Thursday, December 15, 2022, fifteen Delaware school leaders graduated from the Delaware Governor’s Institute for School Leadership – Assistant Principal Academy in Newark, Delaware. State officials, University of Delaware faculty and staff, and Delaware education leaders were present to congratulate the graduates and their families.
Graduates of the 2022 Delaware Governor’s Institute for School Leadership – Assistant Principal Academy are listed below.
| Deangello Eley, Ed.D. | Assistant Principal | Appoquinimink High School | Appoquinimink School District |
| Amanda Gaglione, Ed.D. | Principal | Milford Central Academy | Milford School District |
| Zachary Huber | Principal | Phillis Wheatley Elementary School | Woodbridge School District |
| Whitney Irwin | Assistant Principal | Smyrna Middle School | Smyrna School District |
| Matthew Jones | Assistant Principal | Sussex Central High School | Indian River School District |
| Ursula McCoy | Assistant Principal | William Penn High School | Colonial School District |
| Jodi Messick | Assistant Principal | Mispillion Elementary School | Milford School District |
| Bill O’Hanlon, Ed.D. | Assistant Principal | Brandywine High School | Brandywine School District |
| Christy Parsons | Assistant Principal | Blades Elementary School | Seaford School District |
| Kishayla Payne-Miller | Assistant Principal | Eisenberg Elementary School | Colonial School District |
| Christine Seitz, Ed.D. | Assistant Principal | Smyrna Middle School | Smyrna School District |
| Lindsay Spada | Assistant Principal | Springer Middle School | Brandywine School District |
| Suzanne Street, Ed.D. | Assistant Principal | Townsend Elementary School | Appoquinimink School District |
| Melinda Tartaglione, Ed.D. | Principal | P.S. DuPont Middle School | Brandywine School District |
| Amber Tos | Assistant Principal | Charter School of New Castle Middle School | |
A keynote address was delivered by 2023 Assistant Principal Fellow Dr. Deangello Eley. He expressed his appreciation by saying: “Unlike other professions, as educators, we have a special duty of care, a special relationship, and a shared responsibility to the public to SERVE and add VALUE to our society. The communities we serve expect a high return on their investment because they entrust us with their most precious gift in the world, their children.”
Dr. Eley addresses the 2022 GISL Assistant Principal Academy graduates and guests.