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Kelli Goodwin is the current Assistant Principal at Alfred Lima Elementary School. She has worked in the Providence Public School District (PPSD) for 27 years, the last two as Assistant Principal at Lima. Prior to becoming an Assistant Principal, she was a high school Special Educator, a grade 3-5 general education teacher, and an elementary Special Education Support Specialist.

Kelli earned her Bachelor's degree in Special Education with a concentration in Elementary Special Education from Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island. She participated in AmeriCorps and earned her Masters of Education in Special Education with a concentration in Urban Multicultural Education. 

Kelli's vision for Alfred Lima Elementary School is to prepare students to be life-long problem solvers given any situation, by ensuring rigorous equitable learning opportunities, collaboration with peers and to develop each student as an individual to obtain their desired potential of success throughout their lives.

Julie Slater is the current Assistant Principal at Alfred Lima Elementary School. She has been with the Providence Public School District (PPSD) as a teacher and building administrator for 22 years. She began in administration as Assistant Principal at Calcutt Middle School in Central Falls, RI before returning to PPSD to become Assistant Principal at Lima for the last six years.

Julie earned her Bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. While working as a milieu behavior therapist at Bradley Hospital, she received her Master's in Teaching in Elementary Education at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. While teaching elementary in PPSD, she attained her Special Education Certification from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and then pursued her Building Administrator Certificate through the Center for Leadership and Educational Equity (CLEE): Principal Residency Network.

Julie is committed to building a learning community that invests in each person to help them reach their unknown potential, collaborates with community stakeholders to support the growth of the whole person, and advocates for holding high expectations for all community members in order to serve the community well.