Scott Kalter is New Principal At Brookfield Elementary

Happy to be on the job, new Brookfield Principal Scott Kalter smiles in front of the school's Ed Koren mural. (Provided)

Scott Kalter is the new principal at Brookfield Elementary School.

Kalter brings over 20 years of administrative experience to Brookfield, including previous principalships in Cornish, N.H.; Lyme, N.H.; and Bridgewater. He began his career as an educator in 1975 in Bridgewater, N.J. and came to Vermont in 1977. In 1994, he received a master’s degree in education from Castleton State College.

"I have felt welcomed, supported and appropriately humbled by how much I have to learn to be able to be up to speed for the start of school," Kalter said this week. He added his thanks to "all the staff members who have made my last few weeks such a learning experience."

Among his experiences are a nationwide survey of school district philosophical statements and mission statements, which he said have affirmed for him several points he wishes to bring to the Brookfield School.

"Education is a cooperative effort involving the school, the home and the community," Kalter noted. "We are all learners and teachers, and as such, must look at education as a life-long process. Educational decisions must always be judged first by what is in the best interest of the child."

Kalter said he believed that, " A school’s staff should model warm and caring relationships toward students and other staff members. The school environment should be stimulating and create an atmosphere that encourages discovery, creativity and learning through experience. We must all communicate high expectations in all areas of school life."

Kalter and his wife, Sydney, live in Lyme, N.H. and have two grown daughters. Vanessa teaches school in Washington, D.C. and Liz who works for Yahoo! in Manhattan.

The Kalters also have three dogs, which he said have, "helped me better understand the finer points of dog math. An example—two dogs is one more than one dog and three dogs are five more than two dogs. Although this is not quite on the level of quantum number theory, it is as true and definable an equation as can be found in the natural world."

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