Paul Martuccio

Paul Martuccio has been the principal of THE Public School 13 in Rosebank, Staten Island, New York for the past fifteen years. Painted with a broad stroke, he experiments within the disciplines of both systemic and organizational leadership, and, at a more granular level, enjoys developing and working alongside instructional teams that aggressively pursue answers to questions that afford ALL students the ability to achieve to their greatest potential. Paul is a Cahn Fellow (Columbia University, 2013). His learning community earned the National Title I Distinguished School Award (2012). Paul received awards such as Outstanding Administrator (St. John’s University, 2011), The Louis P. DeSario Educator of the Year (2013), The Hank Murphy Distinguished Educational Leader/ Diversity and the Diversity and International Action Council Award (Wagner College, 2016/2022), Patrick F. Daly (2017), and #NYCSchoolsTech Summit (2018). Most recently, THE Public School 13 earned the High-Flying School Award (Georgia Southern University, 2022) and has been named a RULER Mentor School (Yale University, 2022, 2023, 2024).

Within his district, Paul was an original member of the Guiding Coalition for Inquiry Teams, completed the STAR Factor Coaching program for leadership development, and maintains a basketball league of twenty schools serving 600 students. Paul holds Master’s Degrees in Education, Wagner College, and Educational Leadership, Mercy College. His undergraduate degree was earned at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Paul is currently working with his learning community around Social-Emotional Learning (RULER approach) and the implementation of “DEEP” learning strategies.

Paul is an avid Crossfitter, is a Crossfit, Level 1, Coach, and resides in Staten Island with his wife, Donna, and four children.