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Board adopts superintendent selection criteria after community advisory report
Summary
After receiving a Citizens Advisory Committee report summarizing input from more than 1,200 respondents, the board adopted a set of criteria for the superintendent search emphasizing fairness, accountability, multicultural experience and communication skills, with added language on political/community engagement.
The Board of Education received a report from the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) and search consultants summarizing input from over 1,200 stakeholders about desired traits for a permanent superintendent. The CAC highlighted four priority attributes: the ability to work fairly and directly with faculty and families; accountability; experience in multicultural and multilingual environments; and effective communication skills.
CAC representatives said the process included focus groups, surveys and community meetings and stressed that the report was ethnographic rather than statistically sampled. "Ability and willingness to deal directly and fairly with faculty, staff, students, and parents" ranked highest in the aggregated responses.
Board members and public commenters discussed meeting facilitation, translation and outreach to ensure broad participation. Commissioner Mendoza successfully proposed adding language to emphasize the superintendents ability to "partner with business leaders, elected officials, neighborhood organizations and other community organizations"; the board approved the criteria as amended.
The adopted criteria will guide the application review and interview questions in the nationwide search led by Hazard, Young, Atiah & Associates. The CAC indicated it will reconvene to assist with onboarding the selected superintendent and to provide continuity with community input.
