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Michael Pawlik hired for newly created position in areas of curriculum and instruction.

NANTICOKE — The Greater Nanticoke Area School Board voted unanimously to hire Michael Pawlik as a district principal of curriculum and instruction during a specially called board meeting Monday night.
Pawlik will be paid $85,000 a year for the newly created administrative position. Pawlik could begin work by July 1, Superintendent Tony Perrone said.
As district principal of curriculum and instruction, Pawlik will work with the district’s principals to provide administrative direction for districtwide professional development programs, coordinate academic testing, develop curriculum guidelines and continue to improve the district’s Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test scores.
He will report directly to Perrone.
“He’s a tremendous person,. very intelligent and certified all the way up (to superintendent level),” Perrone said.
Pawlik, the only applicant for the 12-month position, worked for the district previously for five years overseeing federal programs and the grant writing position.
Perrone said Pawlik worked at another district for one year and then decided to come back to Nanticoke.
Board member Cindy Donlin said she was pleased with Pawlik’s hiring.
“He knows what he is doing. He is very knowledgeable in school and curriculum,” she said.