The Rochester City School District is pleased to announce that the Board of Education last evening approved the appointment of Caterina Leone-Mannino as Senior Director of Staff and Educator Effectiveness in the Office of Human Capital. She officially begins her duties in this role on August 1, 2021.
Caterina Leone-Mannino most recently served as a turnaround transformation principal at Enrico Fermi School No. 17. Previously, she served in a variety of key roles at Central Office: Executive Director of School Innovation, Director of Expanded Learning, and Director of Extended Learning and Academic Intervention. Prior, she was an assistant principal at the International Finance and Economic Development Program at Franklin High School. She also led professional development, equity and inclusion efforts, and curriculum development through other Central Office roles. Ms. Leone-Mannino served as a teacher in Boston and here in Rochester, including John Williams School No. 5 and John James Audubon School No. 33, where she was a two-way bilingual education teacher, ESOL teacher, and dual language teacher. With 18 years in the RCSD, she is deeply involved in our community and well placed to ensure high-quality staff and educator support, development, and retention in the Office of Human Capital. Ms. Leone-Mannino holds a bachelor’s degree in Hispanic language and literature and bilingual education from Boston University; a master’s degree in applied linguistics from the University of Massachusetts; a certificate of advanced studies in educational leadership from the University of Rochester; and is working toward a public leadership credential from the Kennedy School at Harvard University.
Please join us in congratulating Rhonda Morien and Caterina Leone-Mannino on their new roles.
