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1996

Groundbreaking ceremony
is held in the Centre Drive
complex in Monroe, NJ, for
the new NJPSA headquarters.
1981-82 Building opens in November 2001
1996.
JoAnn Bartoletti is named
NJ Society of Association
Executives Executive
NJPSA holds its first Legislative Director of the Year
Conference. Guest speakers
include then-Assemblymen 2002
Joseph Doria and William
NJPSA is Established - The Pascrell.
New Jersey Association of
Secondary School Principals NJPSA reaches its goal of 1990 Chuck Stein is hired as NJPSA
and Supervisors and the New 4,000 members. Assistant Executive Director.
Jersey Elementary Principals 1997
Association officially merged 1984
and became the New Jersey
Principals and Supervisors
Association with 3,500 original NJEXCEL is approved by
members. the New Jersey Department
of Education as a provider
The NJ Supreme Court of principal certification for
issues its ruling in the case candidates with master’s
of Abbott v. Burke. degrees, supervisor
After five years of working as certification, and supervisory
a summer intern and part-time, NJPSA holds a dedication experience. More than 2,000
Stacy Barksdale-Jones joins NJ enacts the Quality ceremony for its new administrators will complete
Henry Miller is named the staff of NJPSA and is still Education Act (QEA) as headquarters at 12 Centre this FEA program in the
its new school funding
following 20 years.
Executive Director of NJPSA. active today as Assistant to the formula. Drive in Monroe, NJ. Attendees
Ronald Watson is named the Executive Director. include Monroe Mayor Richard
first President. 1985 1991 Pucci and Assemblywoman
Barbara Wright.
The Foundation
for Educational 1998
Administration (FEA)
is created, which NJPSA’s Government
allows NJPSA to obtain Relations team successfully
grants for major defeats an effort FEA holds the first ELITE
research projects announced by Governor summer institute at the
Among the original staff are and, later, to provide Henry Miller retires and JoAnn Christine Todd Whitman Wildwood Convention Center.
attorneys Robert Schwartz school leaders with Bartoletti is named Executive in the State of the State
and Wayne Oppito, Assistant professional development Director of NJPSA, a position Address that would have 2003
Executive Director Walt opportunities. she will hold for 20 years. eliminated tenure for all
Chesner, and Terry Evanko, principals. The first cohort of 41
who would go on to become 1993 NJEXCEL candidates begins
Assistant Executive Director 1988 its journey toward principal
in 1987. certification.
1982

Sweeping changes are made
to the principal certification NJPSA collaborates with
process, including the need Senator Joseph Palaia and
to pass a state-administered Tony Scannella is hired as the Assemblyman Louis Romano
examination, to complete NJPSA Director of Professional on legislation that reformed
NJPSA Executive Council a residency, and to earn a Development. He would later tenure and protected all due FEA was awarded “The 3Rs
for School Leadership: Recruit,
votes to form a Political Action master’s degree in a field of be named as the CEO of FEA. process rights. The bill passed Retain and Revitalize” SLP
Committee (PAC). leadership/management. both Legislative Houses and Grant to improve student
1989 was signed by the Governor. achievement in nine high-need
Virginia August, vice 2000 LEAs in New Jersey.
principal in the Deptford NJPSA receives a $5.1 2005
Township School District, million grant from the
becomes the 5,000th Bill and Melissa Gates
NJPSA offers its members member of NJPSA. Foundation to enhance
professional development NJPSA holds its first Principals the skills of school leaders
through the Center for Principals Center for Educational to integrate technology
and Supervisors. Sixty Leadership at Princeton into the classrooms and
administrators (capacity) enroll University. curricula of New Jersey.
in the Center for leadership This grant results in the New Jersey Leaders to
seminars over five days. creation of the New Jersey Leaders (NJL2L) is established
as New Jersey’s official
1983 Exemplary Leadership mentoring program for new
Institute for Technology in
Education (NJ ELITE). administrators.
Debra (Cosgrove) Bradley, Denise Hecht
Esq. is hired as Director of David Nash, Esq. is hired is hired
Government Relations. as Assistant Director of as NJPSA
Government Relations. He
would later go on to create Assistant
NJPSA moves its headquarters LEGAL ONE in 2008 and Executive
Director.
to 1479 Pennington Road in currently serves as its director.
Trenton.