HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 12-03 District 622 board approves superintendent profile MAPLEWOOD REVIEW District 622 board approves
superintendent profile
Public and parents,as well as the dedicated and highly quail- integrate staff development
results from an online sur- tied staff as being one of and software programs and
feedback helps vey made available on the its greatest strengths,and management for consis-
Y district's website. another was its studeit tency in the district."
formulate School Exec Connect diversity. "Another thing we
consultants Kenneth Drags- The participants said one heard was all about com-
desired eth and Antoinette Johns of the greatest challenges munity involvement,and
provided the school board facing 622 would be dos- they want someone to be
attributes with a summary of the pro- ing the achievement gap as involved or even more so
posed superintendent pro- between white students than Patty's been,"Johns
Joshua Nielsen file prior to the board's vote and students of color. said.
news editor Tuesday,Nov.25. Johns said the groups "And she certainly has
Dragseth said they met identified the need to hire been a wonderful example
The District 622 School with 13 different focus a superintendent who of that here in this commu-
Board has approved a groups and received 130 would help the district nity."
superintendent profile to responses to an online sur- address financial issues"to Johns said the purpose of
be used for recruiting and vey. be certain you are able to the superintendent profile
selecting the district's next "This is not a scien- sustain and be stable and would be to use the data to
superintendent, tific survey.You're getting have strong oversight."The formulate questions to be
Superintendent Patty what people say,"Dragseth focus groups and survey- used in the first round of
Phillips announced she explained."We don't strat- takers also said that the interviews with superin-
would be retiring at the end ify it.We don't try and sort district's facilities are being tendent candidates.
of the school year after 10 things out.Whatever peo- used to the max. Board chair Amy Coborn
years as District 622's top ple say to us we simply give "Facilities are a signifi- said the district would hold
administrator. back to you as comments." cant issue, although you an open forum with the top
To aid in the superinten- Johns said there was have worked hard to main- five or six candidates this
dent search,the North St. great consistency between fain them.That was stated winter.The school board
Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale the information gathered or alluded to often,"Johns hopes to hire a new super-
district hired the national from meeting with the told the board. intendent by March.
search firm School Exec focus groups and the results The superintendent
Connect in October.The of the online survey. Technology,community profile is posted online at
firm compiled a profile of Dragseth said the data involvement www.isd622.org/superin-
the type of person desired shows what people in Johns said another key tendentsearch.
for the position, based the district think are the issue facing the district was
on comments from focus strengths and challenges of technology. Joshua Nielsen can be
groups made up of com- the district at this point in Respondents said they reached at jnielsen @lil-
munity leaders, licensed tune. would like to see some lienews.com or 651-748-
teachers and other faculty Johns said the focus kind of concrete plan to 7822.
members and students groups and survey-takers use technology that can
identified the district's "be sustainable and must