Christian Seifert has been appointed as the East Islip School District’s director of world Languages, ENL and assessments, a new position. Seifert had served since 2022 as the district’s world languages coordinator, and as an assistant principal for East Islip for the past 16 years, both at the middle school and at East Islip High School. Prior to coming to East Islip, he worked as a New York City high school assistant principal and a New York City middle school teacher. He spent the first five years of his career teaching bilingual math and science classes. In 2013, Seifert was honored as an Administrator of the Year by the Western Suffolk Counselors’ Association.

A Melville resident, Seifert earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in government and politics from St. John’s University, his school building administration certification from Queens College and his school district administration certification from St. Joseph’s College.

“I am very excited to serve the East Islip community in this new role.,” Seifert said. “This is a unique and wonderful opportunity for me to use my skills, education and experience to help teachers and students on two vastly different ends of the spectrum. The World Language Department strives to teach one of the most important skills necessary to succeed in and get more out of life, to learn another world language and culture. At the same time, on the other end of things, the ENL Department endeavors to help students learn, appreciate and grow in our own English language and American culture. Heading the departments is a remarkable position to be in and I am truly grateful for the opportunity.”