Dr. Daniel A. Novey joined the Carteret County Public School System as superintendent in April 2009. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Superintendent for the Parkland School District in Allentown, PA, and had served in that position for five years. Parkland School District is made up of seven elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. The district serves 9,383 students and employs 1,517 staff members.

Before being named Assistant Superintendent of Parkland School District, Dr. Novey served as principal of Wilson High School and principal of Wilson Southern Junior High School, both in West Lawn, Pa. Other work experiences in the field of education include serving as an English instructor in urban and rural private and public high schools and as a college English instructor at Luzerne County Community College and The Pennsylvania State University. More recently, he had joined both Cedar Crest College and East Stroudsburg University as an adjunct faculty member, teaching graduate level courses in Education.

Dr. Novey has also worked as a Crayola researcher and writer, a computer software consultant, a television broadcaster, and a newspaper consultant and columnist.

He holds an undergraduate degree in English from Mt. St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., and a master’s degree in English from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. He earned his doctorate degree in educational leadership, principal’s certificate, and superintendent’s letter of eligibility from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

Dr. Novey’s wife, Ann, is a first grade teacher. They have three children – Courtney Keller is a physical therapist in Raleigh, Dr. Brad Novey is an ophthalmologist in New Hampshire, and Dr. Bridget Novey is an audiologist in Raleigh. Dr. and Mrs. Novey have four grandchildren – Tessa and Mia Keller and Ronak and Lela Novey.