East Windsor’s Mark Daniels Named Mercer Superintendent Of The Year

EAST WINDSOR, NJ – Mark Daniels, the Superintendent of East Windsor Regional School District has been named the 2024 Mercer County Superintendent of the Year.

The recognition came from the Mercer County Association of School Administrators (MCASA).

Daniels has served the County and the school district for the past five and a half years.

Among his numerous accomplishments is leading the EWRSD community through a 5-strategic Planning process (2024-2029), engaging the EWRSD community through an identity rebrand process resulting in an updated brand narrative and district logo, successfully guiding the district through the 23-24 NJQSAC Review, leading the district related to all concerns and challenges related to COVID-19, and recently received the Best Communities for Music Education Award (5th time since 2019).

Under Daniels' leadership, EWRSD has completed a districtwide Equity Audit to identify programmatic barriers that may impede a student’s full participation, access, and opportunity for academic growth.

Furthermore, in an effort to support the academic progress of our Multilingual Learners, supported the in-depth training of more than 100 EWRSD educators in the SIOP approach (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol). In addition, EWRSD has committed to training elementary special education teachers in the Orton Gillingham multisensory reading approach.

Daniels has served as the Mercer County Association of School Administrators President since 2023.

“Mr. Daniels is a highly respected district leader. His work and leadership during the past five school years is a testament to Mr. Daniels’ dedication to the students and staff of EWRSD,” David Aderhold, Superintendent of West Windsor – Plainsboro Regional School District said in a statement. “He is an outstanding selection as the 2024 Mercer County Superintendent of the Year and we offer him our thanks and congratulations on his recognition.”

Daniels has now been submitted for consideration for the Region II Superintendent of the Year for New Jersey.

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