Dr. Phillip L. Crisostomo

Ed.D. in Educational Technology Leadership

School Administrator & Principal Mentor

Dr. Phillip Crisostomo is currently employed as the Principal of Willingboro High School in Burlington County, NJ, as well as a mentor for new school leaders with the Leader2Leader Program. In 2022, he also recently earned his doctorate in Educational Technology Leadership Program at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, NJ.

He originally pursued a career as a Music Teacher by obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Grove City College. Having taught Elementary and Middle School music for 10 years, he then became a school administrator after earning his Master of Arts in Educational Administration from the University of Phoenix. 

Since 2011, he has served as an administrator in the Willingboro School District, first as an Elementary Assistant Principal, as head Principal of Garfield East Elementary, and then as an Assistant Principal at Willingboro High School. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he transitioned to a new role as the Supervisor of Instructional Technology & Data Analysis, overseeing the district's 1:1 device initiative, along with monitoring the implementation of educational technology in the district's schools. 

In his current role as Principal at Willingboro High School, he is overseeing the re-implementation of CTE Programs, the addition of new electives (including eSports, Print Production, and TV Broadcasting), and the revitalization of current programming and facilities. 

The desire to learn how to help teachers implement innovative lessons through the use of technology led him to enroll in the Education Technology Leadership program at New Jersey City University. His dissertation focused on the use of teacher leadership to close the digital divide.