TEANECK, N.J. — Sharon L. Kolb is pitching herself as the candidate who will listen first and fight less.

Kolb, a 26-year Teaneck resident, is running with Avi Berliner and Amrit Ramjattan as ONE TEAM ONE TEANECK. She is a longtime special education teacher and administrator who has also been active in local civic and community organizations.

Kolb was not at the League of Women Voters candidates forum, but the moderator read her opening statement to voters.

Her message was simple.

“You don’t solve problems simply by talking about them,” Kolb wrote. “You listen, ask questions, evaluate information, then figure out what actually can be done.”

That approach runs through her campaign.

Kolb said she is not a career politician and does not pretend to know everything about municipal government.

Instead, she pointed to her experience working with children, families, teachers and administrators and said those years taught her how to hear different sides of an argument and find practical ways forward.

Taxes are one of the biggest challenges she sees.

Kolb said the township has to keep providing the services residents expect while keeping property taxes manageable.

She has also emphasized bringing residents together across the town’s different communities.

On development, Kolb supports the Crossroads project at the former Stop & Shop site, arguing that Teaneck has obligations under state affordable-housing rules and needs to retain control over its own development decisions.

Her campaign has also stressed infrastructure, including drainage and flooding, and the need to make responsible decisions about where taxpayer money goes.

Kolb’s strongest pitch, however, is about how people in Teaneck deal with one another.

“We don’t have to agree on everything. We probably won’t,” she said. “But we do need to be able to listen to one another, understand different perspectives, and find ways to work together.”

That message is also at the center of the ONE TEAM ONE TEANECK campaign, which describes Kolb, Berliner and Ramjattan as candidates from different backgrounds who share a goal of bringing residents together.

Kolb is asking voters to put that approach to work at Township Hall: less political fighting, more listening and a focus on what can actually get done.