This summer the Manchester Township School District welcomed a new Director of Special Services, Mrs. Jill A. Moore, to the Administrative Team.
Mrs. Moore is a Jersey Girl, born and raised here in Ocean County. She attended college in New Jersey, first at TCNJ where she achieved her undergraduate degree, and then moved on to Jersey City State College for her Special Education Certification. She continued with her studies to successfully achieve a Masters Degree in Administration and Supervision.
Mrs. Moore was most recently the principal of Manchester Township Elementary School before taking on her new role as the Director of Special Services for the Manchester Township School District. Manchester is where she has spent her entire career. Mrs. Moore began in 1990 as a second-grade teacher before moving into roles as a resource teacher, basic skills teacher, self-contained teacher, vice principal, and then her most recent position as the principal of Manchester Township Elementary School. Mrs. Moore has worked closely throughout her career in Manchester with SEPAG, is Crisis Prevention & Intervention (CPI) trained, and has been the district CPI trainer for the last four years. “Special education has been my passion since I started teaching,” says Jill A. Moore, Director of Special Services. “I feel most connected to our students and my career when I am working with students with special needs. It has always been a goal of mine to be able to support all students, giving them access to a supportive environment in which they feel comfortable to take risks and find success. I now have the opportunity to do so outside of one classroom, or one school building, as Manchester’s Director of Special Services.”
The responsibilities of the Director of Special Services in the Manchester Township School District are plenty but the goal is focused: to assist the Superintendent in providing leadership, supervision, and coordination of the total education program. “The Manchester community is my community,” says Jill A. Moore, Director of Special Services. “As the new Director of Special Services it is my goal to meet all of our students’ needs. I am committed to remaining connected to our students and their families, understanding that parents are a child's number one advocate. I strive to support each individual student's needs by making and maintaining relationships in partnership with families and staff. I want to ensure each child has a successful educational experience.”
Mrs. Moore’s leadership style has always been to lead by example, never asking someone to do something she would not do herself. She does not see anything as a problem but only as a challenge to be solved. Mrs. Moore’s tagline and response to most anything that comes her way is, “how can I help?” and she is now honored to be able to answer this question by helping Manchester’s students and community in the role as the new Director of Special Services.
Outside of her career with the Manchester Township School District, Mrs. Moore is married, with two children: one child who is a fifth-grade teacher in New Jersey and another who is a computer software engineer for Amazon. She is a dog mom of two and also has a granddog and a grandcat. Mrs. Moore is a fitness enthusiast who works out and participates regularly in challenges at Extraordinary Fitness in Toms River. She loves to exercise, enjoys the beach, and to travel, especially to Vermont.