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School Leadership Team

About Us

School Leadership Teams (SLTs) are vehicles for developing school-based educational policies, and ensuring that resources are aligned to implement those policies. SLTs assist in the evaluation and assessment of a school’s educational programs and their effects on student achievement.

SLTs play a significant role in creating a structure for school-based decision making and shaping the path to a collaborative school culture.

New York State Education Law Section 2590-h requires every New York City Public School have a School Leadership Team. Members of the P.S. 153Q School Leadership Team are:

David Berkowitz - Principal
Tracy Ivanic - United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Leader
Kristine Deesena - Parent-Teacher Association President
Theresa Bethge - Elected DC-37
Nicole DeLeo - Elected UFT
Heather Wagner - Elected UFT
Brett Mollison - Elected Parent
Marie Lopez - Elected Parent
Lucy Oestreich  - Elected Parent
Rebekah Kallas - Elected Parent

School Leadership Team meetings are held in either room 307-1 or the School Library at 4:30 p.m. *Meeting dates for the 2024-2025 school year are: 

September 16, 2024
October 21, 2024
November 18, 2024
December 16, 2024
January 13, 2025
February 10, 2025
March 10, 2025
April 21, 2025 (Town Hall Meeting)
May 19, 2025
June 9, 2025

*Meeting dates, time and location subject to change.