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DeKalb Superintendent Search Update

Posted on March 9, 2015 by | Comments Off on DeKalb Superintendent Search Update

Community Liaison Group

The community engagement portion is complete and the Superintendent Search Liaison group convened for it’s first meeting last Monday (March 2).  As PROACT describes it, the liaison group meeting was a passionate 2 hour discussion over procedures, protocols and next steps.
Superintendent Search Update

At the March 2nd board meeting, PROACT presented a Superintendent Position Profile and Marketing Plan for recruiting.
The first 12 pages of the Position Profile is a 10,000 ft view of the school district gleaned from the community engagement sessions and state databases.  The minimum qualifications include an Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S.) and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in a public school administrative position (e.g., principal, superintendent).  Hopefully the liaison group and board will seek to surpass the stated minimum qualifications.
Marketing and recruiting have not begun, yet 119 people have already expressed an interest in the position.  That includes 30 sitting superintendents and almost 30 deputy or assistant superintendents from across the country.
Moving forward, the search firm will take about 6 weeks to market and recruit superintendent candidates.  PROACT will present the best 20 to 30 candidates to the liaison group.  PROACT and the liaison group will select the best 10 to 12 candidates to present to the board.  The board will select semi finalists to bring down for interviews.  The finalists will spend 3 days with the board and liaison group visiting the community.

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Your Input on a Superintendent Search Committee

Posted on January 29, 2015 by | 2 comments

On Tuesday the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution recommending a Superintendent Search Committee. This Monday the DeKalb School Board will vote up or down on the search committee and its purview.
Question: Do you support having a Superintendent Search Committee? Why?
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Here is what community leaders from around the county are saying about a Superintendent Search Committee:
Scott Holcomb, State Representative – “Parent Councils United, which in my house district includes members of the Emory/LaVista Parent Council, the Tucker Parent Council and the Dunwoody/Chamblee Parent Council, is recommending that the BOE appoint a Candidate Selection Committee, comprised of recognized community leaders. Doing so would indicate that DeKalb County is ready to move ahead using best search practices by partnering with key stakeholders.”
Fran Millar, State Senator – “Since there is a professional search firm, I believe they should engage a representative group of community leaders in the process. The administration should not be involved (Board controls the process) except as a resource. Employees do not hire their boss period.”
Lee May, DeKalb Interim CEO – “I recommend the creation of a selection committee that would interview the list of candidates offered by PROACT.”
Diane Allers, President of Dunwoody Chamblee Parent Council (DCPC) – “A community based search committee is completely invested in the outcome of our superintendent search and will help to guide PROACT in searching for candidates”
Judy Limor, Vanderlyn School Council – “A county of our size and diversity must use its own community leaders to help search for a new superintendent. That is the ONLY way that our needs will be heard, recognized, and (hopefully) addressed going forward.”
Leslie Freymann, DCPC Officer – “I do very much support a Superintendent Search Committee”
Lisa Victory, Dunwoody High School Council – “The Superintendent Search Committee should represent an inclusive and broad population of stakeholders from the community. Its purpose should be to manage the search firm.”
Amanda Rountree, Dunwoody Elementary PTO Co-President – “I support having a Superintendent Search Committee.”
Brent Morris, Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Chair – “To mirror what APS did is healthy for DeKalb as a whole. ”
Shari Bayer, Vanderlyn School Council – “I think it is critically important to have a community-based search committee lead the search firm. “

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