A former Estevan principal has been appointed deputy director of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division.
Lynn Little is accepting the position, moving over from her current role as superintendent of education with the school division, a position she has held since 2009.
"I look forward to continuing the good work of the school division and all the many facets we've already started. We'll continue to work on a number of initiatives including the sector plan and the four-year education plan. I look forward to a continued working relationship with our community partners and the board of education," Little said.
Little is part of the senior administrative team headed by director of education Marc Casavant for the 38-school, 8,200-student public school division that sprawls across a large geographic landscape in southeast Saskatchewan.
Little's new duties will begin Aug. 1 of this year. She will be responsible for assisting Casavant in the organizational structure and performance issues along with daily operations and planning.
Little has been with the southeast public school sector since 1993, serving in various capacities as teacher, principal, superintendent of student services and curriculum before she moved into the superintendent of education role.
Little is a graduate of the University of Regina with a bachelor of education degree and a master of education degree from the University of Moscow according to the press release. Little was the 2009 recipient of the Canadian Outstanding Principals Award.
Little, the wife of recently retired ECS principal Mike Little, began a teaching career at Craik School in 1986 before becoming principal of Hawarden School five years later. In 1993 she assumed the principal's job at Carievale School for four years before moving to Estevan Junior High School to serve as principal from 1997 until 2001 when she was appointed to the superintendent's role for student services and curriculum with the Weyburn Public School Division before serving as principal at Pleasantdale School in Estevan in 2003 and taking up the senior superintendent's job at Cornerstone in 2009.
Casavant has worked with Little for the past five years and has credited her with making valuable contributions to the school division's programs.
"Lynn has been an instrumental leader in the division. She has grown in her role and is ready to take the next steps as deputy director. On behalf of the hiring committee, I congratulate Lynn on her achievements and appointment, and we look forward to working with her," he said.
