Corigliano will replace Bob Frampton, whose retirement begins on Dec. 1
The Washington Township Board of Education has named Washington Township High School Director of Bands Casey Corigliano as the district’s new supervisor of visual and performing arts, covering kindergarten through 12th grade. Corigliano will replace Bob Frampton, whose retirement begins on Dec. 1 after 23 years with the district.
“Casey has been a long-standing and respected member of our teaching staff and a highly regarded former marching band director,” Superintendent of Schools Joe Bollendorf said. “We are happy to welcome him into this role. We are confident that, under his leadership, our visual and performing arts programs will continue to shine.”
As arts supervisor, among other duties, Corigliano will be charged with overseeing all staff members in the department. He will observe instruction, develop procedures for curriculum and instructional improvement, and review teacher lesson plans on a consistent basis. He will develop procedures to guide student achievement, assess that achievement, and work with teachers to help improve their effectiveness to increase student achievement. Corigliano will be responsible for planning the logistics for concerts and arts events throughout the district. In addition, he will assist in recruiting, interviewing and hiring personnel within the subject area. Corigliano will provide orientation and in-service training programs, prepare department budgets and provide principals with updated courses of study within the visual and performing arts. He will be asked to keep up with educational innovations and implement those into the district.
Corigliano has spent his entire music education career with the Washington Township schools. He came to WTHS in September 2001 and has taught Concert Band, Chorus, Music Theory I, AP Music Theory and Exploring the Arts during his tenure. From 2003 to 2015, Corigliano was the director of the WTHS Minutemen Marching Band. In addition, he has been the vocal and instrumental director for the all-school musical held each spring. During his time at WTHS, he has implemented music-specific software, such as, Smart Music and Sight Reading Factory, into the band curriculum and developed practical applications for using Blackboard and Office 365 in the music classroom. He helped rewrite curriculum to meet new core content standards, ran workshops on cross-content writing, and has communicated with middle and elementary teachers on curricular concerns. He was a turn-key trainer for the Marzano teacher evaluation program, and he’s served a term as WTHS’s ScIP representative.
Corigliano has a bachelor’s of music education degree and a master’s of music degree from the University of Delaware. In May 2012, he received a master’s of educational leadership from Rowan University, including a Supervisor Standard Certificate and a Principal Certificate of Eligibility.
Corigliano is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the New Jersey Education Association. He directed the marching band to the honor of Cotton Bowl Grand National Marching Band Champions in 2010, and his chorus students participated in the Jamestown, Va., 400th anniversary program in 2007.
Corigliano and his wife Nicole live in Washington Township with their daughter Annabelle, 10, a fifth-grader at Bells Elementary School.
