Dominic Armano (@DominicArmano) is a proud educator, a loving husband and father, and a public school
Dominic has an undergraduate degree in elementary education and graduate degrees in both
special education and school district leadership. He currently works as an assistant principal at
P.S. 84, Steinway Elementary School in New York.
Through his years as an assistant principal, Dominic has become passionate about social-
emotional learning and has had the opportunity to highlight and build upon ongoing programs
that help promote a positive culture for students, staff and the community. Dominic has started
several initiatives that promote respect and focus on bully prevention, intimidation and bias-
based harassment. As a result, his school was awarded the “Respect for All” award for the 2018-
As an educator, he feels that every child deserves to have fun, feel excited to learn and is happy
to go to school. His main goal is to develop programs that encourage schools to educate children
through a social-emotional pathway that creates a healthy school climate. He believes that by
doing this, you strengthen the core of instruction and build a community of eager, enthusiastic
Dominic was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Long Island Coalition Against Bullying
in 2018 and was inducted into the New York Academy of Public Education in 2019.
Dominic loves spending time with his family and closest friends. He currently lives on Long
Island with his wife Sara and their daughter, soon to be big sister, Maria.