Superintendent James Tager Announces
Principal and Assistant Principal of
the Year
No tricks, just treats for a pair of school administrators
this Halloween. Flagler Schools Superintendent James
Tager announced the district’s Principal and Assistant
Principal of the Year on Halloween morning.
LaShakia Moore, principal at Rymfire Elementary School
was tapped as the top school administrator while
iFlagler’s Erin Quinn was selected as Assistant Principal
of the year.
“In both LaShakia and Erin, you have two people who
consistently reach beyond their school in collaboration,”
says Superintendent Tager.
LaShakia Moore graduated from Bethune-Cookman
University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in
exceptional student education and earned a master’s
degree in educational leadership from St. Leo University
in 2017. Of her nearly 15 years in education, 12 of them
have been with Flagler Schools. She was a teacher and
then a teacher support colleague at Rymfire Elementary
before moving to the district’s Teaching and Learning
office as a curriculum specialist. A year after that move,
Superintendent Tager chose her to return to Rymfire as
the school’s principal.
“For me to be able to be out front, leading alongside
such amazing faculty and staff is such an honor,” Moore
said after she was announced as the District’s Principal
of the Year. “I am eternally grateful for the opportunity
to lead such an amazing group of people.
It’s almost as if we are a hidden secret so my job is to
just expose them to the world and expose the world to
the great things happening here at Rymfire Elementary
School.”
Superintendent Tager says of Mrs. Moore, “Her
enthusiasm is infectious. When you sit down and talk
with her, you know she has a plan in place and rolling
to give every one of her students every opportunity
to succeed. She has parents and community leaders
buying into her plan so there is no stopping her.”
Superintendent
James Tager,
LaShakia Moore,
Tirrell Moore
(husband),
Kennedy Moore
(daughter), Dr.
Earl Johnson,
Exec. Dir.
Leadership and
Operations
Erin Quinn has been the assistant principal for iFlagler
for nearly four years. iFlagler, now in its tenth year, is a
virtual learning environment and a franchise of Florida
Virtual School. In Flagler County, students enrolled in
iFlagler have access to Flagler Schools teachers whenever
additional help is needed.
“During Erin’s tenure as assistant principal of iFlagler,
the program has been recognized as the best small
district Florida Virtual School franchise in the state two
out of the past four years,” says Superintendent Tager.
“That goes to show just how great a leader Erin is. She
has been able to assist our students through the very
unique challenges of a virtual learning environment,
and those students are succeeding.”
Quinn is “one of our own,” a 1997 Flagler Palm
Coast High School graduate. She went on to Florida
State University where she graduated in 2001 as a
communications major. Quinn earned her Master’s from
Stetson University in 2016 educational leadership.
“I am just so grateful and honored to be recognized,”
said a surprised Quinn. “As a graduate of Flagler County
Schools, it’s great to be able to come home and give
back to the community and the students and just help
our team.”
Diane Dyer, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning,
as well as serving as iFlagler’s principal says of Erin,
“In the virtual world, the school never closes, and Erin
spends many, many hours at night and on the weekend
in communication with parents. She will often reach
out to a parent before the conversation becomes a
tough one, and is very skilled at getting the parent’s full
support.”
Both LaShakia Moore and Erin Quinn will be honored
at the District’s Teacher and Employee of the Year Gala,
January 16th which will be held at Flagler Auditorium
beginning at 6:00 pm.
Superintendent James Tager, Erin Quinn, Diane
Dyer, Exec. Dir. Teaching and Learning
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