After Long Wait, New Mahopac School Chief to be Named
The Mahopac Board of Education announced it intends to approve the next permanent superintendent of schools for the Mahopac Central School District next week.
In a press release issued Monday afternoon, after almost a year of searching, the school board revealed Dr. Dennis Creedon, who is currently the deputy chief academic officer for the School District of Philadelphia, is set to become the next Mahopac school chief.
A “Meet the Candidate” night will take place this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. inside the Falls School Auditorium and a vote to approve Creedon will take place next Tuesday during the board’s monthly meeting.
Creedon has a Masters Degree in Curriculum Development from Goddard College and a Doctorate in Reading, Writing, and Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1987, he also served as a teacher in the School District of Philadelphia, teacher on special assignment as director of education for the Opera Company of Philadelphia, curriculum specialist, director of arts education, and assistant superintendent.
He was the Research Director for a 5-year $1.3 million United States Department of Education Research Grant in collaboration with Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership studying the impact of arts integrated projects on literacy outcomes. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Wharton Cultural Management Program and the Mid-Career Doctoral Program.
He also has several accolades, including being recognized as a Leader to Learn From by Education Week in 2014.
Creedon will succeed interim superintendent Brian Monahan, who took over this school year after the retirement of former school leader Thomas Manko.
