Welcome to the Inside HCPSS podcast, a podcast produced by the Howard County Public School System. Today's episode is a special one as we bring you a brief message in-between Season One and Season Two of Inside HCPSS.

On November 17, Dr. Martirano announced his decision to retire as HCPSS Superintendent. Before his final day, he wanted to share a heartfelt message to the HCPSS community.

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Today's episode is about our staffing efforts and a few of the key initiatives directly supporting our educators. This work includes our outreach in recruitment and hiring, a competitive wage and benefits package, starting our new educators on the right foot with New Educator Orientation, and strengthening our classrooms with National Board Certified educators.

Joining Dr. Martirano today will be two guests: Ella Bradley, Coordinator for Human Capital Recruitment, Retention, and Talent Acquisition; and Juliann Dibble, Director of Teacher and Paraprofessional Development & Support.

We're so thankful that you joined us for our inaugural season of Inside HCPSS. While the school year is over for our students, much of our staff will be jumping into action over the summer to prepare for the upcoming school year. So as we bring the first season to a close with this episode, we'll be taking a brief podcasting break and will bring you Season 2 after the new school year begins this Fall.

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Today's episode is about our elementary reading program. The program provides multi-faceted reading instruction and supports with the primary goal of preparing our young students to be strong, capable readers throughout their educational journey.

Joining Dr. Martirano today will be two guests: Stephanie Milligan, Curriculum Coordinator for Elementary Language Arts, and Shannon Fuller, Coordinator of K-12 Reading Intervention.

We hope you enjoy this conversation about our elementary reading program.

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Today's episode is about our Special Education program, a program providing a continuum of services for children from birth to age 21 with a wide range of individual needs.

Joining Dr. Martirano today will be the HCPSS Executive Director of Special Education, Dr. Terri Savage. For over 25 years, Dr. Savage has served special education students and their families both directly inside the classroom and via leadership roles across multiple counties in Maryland.

We hope you enjoy this conversation about our Special Education program.

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Today's episode is about our Dual Enrollment program, a partnership between HCPSS and Howard Community College to expand options for students to gain college credits, explore possible careers, and earn an associate degree while in high school.

Joining Dr. Martirano today will be the program's coordinator, LaRee Siddiqui and Sarah Tokar, a River Hill High School teacher experienced in teaching dual enrollment courses.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

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Note: HCPSS High School #13 is now Guilford Park High School

Today's episode is about the prepatory work in place to open HCPSS High School #13. Joining Dr. Martirano today will be the school's principal, Joshua Wasilewski and the assistant principal, Adrienne Williams.

Principal Wasilewski has been with the Howard County Public School System for 21 years and was named HCPSS Principal of the Year in 2019. He's served as a teacher, assistant principal, and as a principal at multiple schools before being named principal of High School #13 in July 2022.

Assistant Principal Williams has been in education for 30 years and has been an assistant principal of four HCPSS high schools before becoming High School #13's assistant principal.

We hope you enjoy this conversation about preparing to open a new school.

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Welcome to the introductory episode of Inside HCPSS, a new podcast from the Howard County Public School System and hosted by our Superintendent Dr. Michael J. Martirano. With our first episode, through conversations with a few of our students, you can get to know Dr. Martirano and our school system on a deeper level.

In this episode, Dr. Martirano interviews two of our elementary school students and hears some of the wonderful things happening in our schools. Following that, the tables are turned on Dr. Martirano as he’s interviewed by one of our middle school students.

Enjoy the two conversations and our first podcast episode!

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