Alicja Winnicki

Alicja Winnicki is a life-long educator.  During her almost 30 years in the NYC Department of Education, she worked as an ESL teacher, bilingual coordinator, staff developer, assistant principal, principal, and superintendent.  She was a 2010 Fellow in the Columbia University Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished Principals and received many prestigious awards and recognitions for her leadership.  Her passion in educational leadership is centered on creating inclusive and collaborative share of practices to enhance instruction that impact diverse students, with emphasis on multilingual learners. When she was Principal of PS 34 in Brooklyn, the school received the National Blue Ribbon Award.  In her tenure as superintendent, District 14 hosted national delegations of educators featuring promising practices in bilingual and dual language education and in building and sustaining school leaders.  Alicja holds Master’s Degrees in the Polish Language and Literature, TESOL, and Administration and Supervision.  She publishes briefs and articles about bilingualism and dual language programs in professional journals in the U.S. and in Poland.  She was a keynote speaker at the NYS TESOL Conference 2020 and has frequently presented at national and state conferences.  She is a member of NYS TESOL, NABE and NYSABE.  She serves as a Polish Language Delegate on the NYSABE Board and was recognized as a recipient of the Dr. Antonia Pantoja Bilingual Education Advocacy Award in 2020.