Excellence isn't an event. It's a habit a school keeps.
I'm Christopher DeNigris, a NYS-certified school leader with seventeen years across New York City and Long Island classrooms, teams, and operations. Wherever I've served, the standard has been the same.
Certified School Leader • SDL • SBL • School Administrator
My seventeen years in education run from New York City classrooms to Long Island's highest-performing districts, through general education, co-taught, and self-contained settings. I've written and defended IEPs, led academic teams to national competition, built a district's COVID-19 remote learning crisis plan, and led professional development for educators across New York State.
Today I serve at Jericho High School as Exam Coordinator & Head of Testing Technology, directing the planning, staffing, and operations behind every AP and Regents administration, including the shift to computer-based testing (CBT). It's one expression of what I bring to leadership: the ability to take a high-stakes, many-moving-parts system and make it run so smoothly that students and teachers barely notice it happening.
I hold three NYS administrative certifications and four teaching certifications. I lead the way I taught: prepared, transparent, and convinced that the adults' systems exist to serve the students' learning.
Christopher P. DeNigris — North Babylon, NY
The Record
Continuity of excellence
Different buildings, different roles, different student populations. One constant.
"Highly Effective" — every year ratedNYS APPR evaluations across settings and assignments
Perfect attendanceEvery day, every year at Smithtown — reliability is a leadership trait
National-level student teamsLed students to national competitions in Science Olympiad, HOSA, and Forensics
Statewide facilitationProfessional development delivered to educators across New York State
Leadership
Four domains, one leader
Instructional leadership
APPR teacher evaluation experience, master schedule design, inquiry-based curriculum built on primary sources and Next Generation Learning Standards, and data analysis that turns exam results into instructional planning.
Student support & special education
IEPs written, defended, and modernized; CSE meetings facilitated; SEL-centered planning; an attendance action plan targeting chronic absenteeism. Every student with a plan deserves an advocate who knows the system.
Operations & technology
Districtwide AP and Regents operations, digital exam administration through College Board Bluebook and Test Day Toolkit, student data privacy consistent with NYS Ed Law 2-d, and a COVID-19 remote learning crisis plan built under pressure.
Culture & professional growth
Faculty PD on AI in education and technology integration, statewide conference organization through LICSS, clubs founded, teams led, and thousands of educators reached. Culture is built by the people who show up.
The Journey
Seventeen years, one direction
2025 – Present
Exam Coordinator & Head of Testing Technology
Jericho Union Free School District
Directing schoolwide planning, technology, staffing, and operations for all AP and Regents examinations.
2023 – 2024
Resource Room Teacher
Middle Country Central School District
Evidence-based literacy strategies that measurably raised reading levels; SEL-centered IEPs and CSE facilitation.
2021 – 2023
Instructional Support & Academic Team Coordinator
Syosset Central School District
Led student teams in national-level competition; coordinated 30+ multi-day trips and events.
2021
SBL/SDL Administrative Internship
Half Hollow Hills Central School District
APPR teacher evaluations, master schedule design, and an attendance action plan targeting chronic absenteeism.
