Tony Sinanis

Tony Sinanis is an American educator and school leader who has served as a superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, and classroom teacher in New York. He has been superintendent of schools in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and later in Herricks Public Schools, after previously working as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Plainedge Union Free School District and as principal (Lead Learner) of Cantiague Elementary School in Jericho, New York. Earlier in his career, he taught at the elementary level in New York City public schools in Manhattan and Queens, and his leadership at Cantiague helped the school earn recognition as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School.

Sinanis holds a degree in early childhood and elementary education from New York University, a master’s degree in educational technology and an advanced certificate in educational leadership and technology from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Doctor of Education in educational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied the relationship between social media (including Twitter) and principals’ professional development. He is the co-author, with Joseph M. Sanfelippo, of The Power of Branding: Telling Your School’s Story, part of the Corwin Connected Educators Series, as well as additional books on school leadership and professional learning, and he has been recognized with honors including the 2014 New York State Elementary Principal of the Year Award and the 2013 Bammy Award for Elementary School Principal of the Year.[8