Ridgewood elementary school to welcome new principal
MAY 16, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
Caroline Hoffman
A district educator will replace the retiring Marianne Williams as principal at Willard School.
Effective July 15, the school will be helmed by George Washington Middle School (GW) Assistant Principal Caroline Hoffman, who will be receiving a salary of $155,000 in her new position.
According to the April 28 Board of Education (BOE) meeting agenda, Hoffman, who began her career as a third grade teacher at McCormick Elementary School in Baltimore, was a teacher at Somerville Elementary School for seven years before being named GW’s assistant principal in 2007. In 2003, as a third grade teacher, she received Somerville’s Teacher Recognition Award before being designated a “lead teacher,” overseeing other teachers, in 2006.
She possesses state certification as an elementary school teacher, reading specialist, supervisor and a principal, according to the BOE. Hoffman holds a bachelor’s degree from Loyola College, as well as a master’s degree in educational leadership from the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown.
Hoffman told The Ridgewood News that she is “very excited for this opportunity” to be returning to an elementary school.
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