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Georgia Pavlic takes on new role at Indian Creek

NEW POSITION — Georgia Pavlic has moved up the ranks from assistant high school principal to special needs preschool and special education coordinator for the Indian Creek School District. - Contributed

WINTERSVILLE — Georgia Pavlic has moved up the ranks and taken on a new administrative role within the Indian Creek Local School District.

Pavlic, who spent the past two years as assistant principal at Indian Creek High School, was named special needs preschool and special education coordinator and assumed her duties on July 1.

“I love it. This is definitely my niche,” she explained. “I am in charge of special education, gifted education, Positive Behaviors Intervention and Supports and special needs in preschool. I work with all of the staff on PBIS and we really are trying the best we can to make sure our students are career and/or college ready.”

Working with students is nothing new to Pavlic. A graduate of Edison Local schools, the Wintersville resident earned her undergraduate degree and administrative license from Franciscan University of Steubenville and a master’s degree from Walden University. She spent six years as an intervention specialist working in local schools, with two years in the Harrison Hills City School District and four at Indian Creek. Pavlic served at Indian Creek Middle School for three years before heading to the high school in 2013. As an assistant principal, she worked with 550 students in grades ninth through 12th, but the numbers have changed and she deals with about 250 special needs students and an estimated 50 gifted pupils at all grade levels.

“I am organizing for the beginning of the year and still getting my feet wet,” she said, adding her focus ranges from new special education laws to building on the district’s gifted program.

She explained new special education laws include a more data-driven move on Individualized Education Plans, while she is also honing PBIS methods for behaviors as well as academics. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Pavlic is extending the year-old gifted program from the middle school to the high school, and she credited Linda Lenzi and Patty Ferrell with the gifted education department at Jefferson County Educational Service Center for aiding in its implementation. Overall, her hopes are to help students obtain a quality education so they succeed in life.

“(This new post) is more about working with teachers in the district to make sure we meet the needs of students so they reach their full potential,” Pavlic noted. “I’m excited to start the school year and I’m ready for everybody to have a great year.”

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