Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Superintendent Named School Superintendent of the Year

The New York state Council of School Superintendents has named Dr. James Langlois, superintendent of Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, as the 2015 New York State School Superintendent of the Year.

Here’s what the NYSCSS said about him:

As District Superintendent of Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, Dr. Langlois leads a responsive, innovative and collaborative agency that serves some of the highest rated and most respected school districts in the nation.

“We Can Do That,” the BOCES’ motto, exemplifies the agency’s commitment to helping school districts meet the rapidly changing challenges of education reform and tight budgets with flexible, cutting-edge, high-quality and cost-effective programs.

Council Executive Director Dr. Robert Reidy said, “Jim Langlois is admired by his colleagues in this state and beyond. They have called on him to serve in many leadership roles. He is also a respected independent voice and effective local leader among the superintendents and school boards of the Lower Hudson Valley.”

Dr. Langlois has been District Superintendent of Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES for the past 10 years, and served the previous eight years as superintendent in Goshen, N.Y. Before that, he was an Assistant Superintendent on Long Island and worked in a number of leadership positions in the public schools of Manhattan and the Bronx. He began his career in public education 50 years ago as a high school English teacher in Connecticut.

Dr. Langlois has served as President of the New York State Council of School Superintendents (The Council). He has also served on The Council’s Executive Committee, its House of Delegates, Commissioner’s Advisory Council, on many of its committees, and is a co-author of its recent vision statement, Public Education Matters.

He served for seven years on the national governing board of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), The Council’s national affiliate, and for several years on the national Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) Executive Committee.

Read more about Dr. Langlois’ accomplishments here.

As the New York State Superintendent of the Year, Dr. Langlois now becomes New York’s candidate for national superintendent of the year, to be awarded at AASA’s National Conference on Education in San Diego, Calif., in February 2015.

You can review the past list of New York State Superintendents of the Year here.