 Robert Bundy Superintendent of Schools
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Robert Bundy, Superintendent of Schools, began his career at CF in 1979 as an Industrial Arts teacher in the High School. During that time, he also served as the assistant swim coach and junior varsity softball coach for seven seasons. In the mid-1980s, he was employed as CF's Director of Communications on Curriculum Development. One of the major components of this position was publishing the CF Newsletter, for which he won numerous awards for photography and journalism. He also started a secondary and primary summer school program which is still in operation today.
In the late 1980s, Mr. Bundy balanced his position as director while serving as Assistant Principal of Harshaw. Following his appointment as Principal of the school in 1987, he implemented the concept of Site Council, instituted Reading Recovery, added a Universal PreKindergarten program, updated the early childhood curriculum, initiated good early literacy practices, and involved the staff in the Literacy Collaborative. In 2000, Mr. Bundy assumed the principalship of Kenyon Intermediate School, where he introduced the Literacy Collaborative and instituted changes to move the building towards heterogeneous classrooms and full inclusion of the Special Education population. During the summer of 2001, Mr. Bundy assisted Bernie McDermott with his transition to the Kenyon principalship, while assuming his duties as CF's Assistant Superintendent of Schools. In his new position, Mr. Bundy was responsible for implementing the "No Child Left Behind Act." He also instituted the District Literacy Team, as well as the District Math Team that ensure vertical alignment in the K-12 curriculum, and assists teachers in moving their practice from procedural to more conceptual teaching. As Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Bundy also helped form the Building Level Literacy Teams. "The purpose of the teams," says Mr. Bundy, "is to address the implementation of literacy practices that will provide a pathway for all of our students to access the K-12 curriculum, as well as provide additional opportunities for our gifted students. More students accessing the curriculum should lead to improved student achievement." The Chenango Forks Comprehensive District Educational Planning Team (CDEP) was also formed under Mr. Bundy's leadership. The CDEP team is responsible for setting the district's educational goals to improve our students' achievement on an annual basis. Mr. Bundy's plans for the future are to emphasize staff development by introducing additional teaching strategies. "The acquisition of these strategies will allow our gifted to excel, give our special needs students the ability to better access our curriculum, and assist all our students to maximize their potential," according to Mr. Bundy. This should lead to increased achievement on the New York State Department of Education exams in grades 3-8 and the Regents exams. |