Criteria for the Superintendent Selection

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Criteria for the Superintendent Selection

• June 2, 2008

BOE Committee Diane Baviello Doreen Marchetti
BOE President Marie Muller - Noonan
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Ad Hoc Committee

• Input to application process
• BOE Superintendent Committee 3
• Members of Community 8
• Fieldstone Parent
• Memorial Parent
• PHHS Parent
• Non-school district Parent
• Senior member of community
• Members of District 4
• Fieldstone Staff
• Memorial Staff
• Council Representative 1

25 Applications Received
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Ad Hoc Committee Members

• Board President Marie Muller-Noonan
• Board Representatives Diane Baviello, Doreen
  Marchetti
• Community
• Fieldstone Parent Johnna Duffy, Liane Murtagh
• Memorial Parent James Kimball, Scott Rossig
• PHHS Parent Karen Santos
• Non-school district Parent Jaime Weaver
• Senior Members of Community Sam Nutile,
  Alice Walty
• District Staff
• Fieldstone Staff Mark Maire, Carol Pittarelli
• Memorial Staff Ellen Falk
• District Staff Donna Curry
• Council Representative Tim Lane

First meeting held May 29, 8 930pm
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Call to Action Selection of Chairpersons
Subcommittees

• Prioritization of criteria Due June 1
• Create advertisement Due June 8
• Select media for ad Due June 8
• Create application Due June 22
• Draft interview questions Due June 29
• Dates based on BOE Scheduled Meetings on June 2,
  9 and 30th
• If required, a new BOE meeting can be scheduled
  in July

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Criteria for Superintendent Selection

• Areas of Expertise
• Communications Board, staff, parents,
  community, media
• Curriculum Development, implementation,
  evaluation
• Finance Resource management, budget
  development, budget evaluation, alternative
  funding
• Labor Relations Contract negotiations, contract
  administration
• Legal NJ law regulations, Federal law
  regulations
• Operations Facilities maintenance, facilities
  usage, plant operations, transportation
• Personnel Management Employment skills,
  evaluation skills, staff development, ability to
  motivate
• Planning Strategic, long range, short range
• Special Needs gifted and talented, special
  education, average child, non-college bound

Provided by NJSBA
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Criteria for Superintendent Selection (Part II)

• Personal Skills and Beliefs
• Ability to work with board
• Able to function under stress
• Able to head off crises
• Adept at moderating conflict
• Assertive and decisive
• Belief in basics
• Capable public speaker
• Discipline and orderliness
• Exceptional writing skills
• Organizational Skills
• Participatory management
• Professional and respectful
• Strong leadership skills
• Support parental involvement
• Support program innovation
• Tenacious and persevering

Provided by NJSBA
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Priority Criteria Proposal

• Curriculum development and implementation
• Personnel management ability to motivate
• Planning strategic and long range
• Communications staff and community
• Finance resource management
• Personal Skills and Beliefs
• Strong leadership
• Ability to work with Board
• Support program innovation and Able to head off
  crises
• Support parental involvement, assertive/decisive,
  adept at moderating conflict and participatory
  management
• Organizational

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Personal Characteristics to be Avoided

• Indecisiveness
• Confrontational
• Introverted
• Separate agenda
• Headstrong, non-communicative
• Self-centered/self-promoting
• Overly authoritative
• Ignorance to various needs of children
• Lack of ability to long range plan
• Self-serving
• Over-powering.need to micro-manage
• Micro-manager
• Indecisive
• Lazy

• Unprofessional
• Unorganized
• Confrontational
• Not approachable
• Unmotivated
• Lack of experience
• Weak leadership skills
• Lack of communicative skills
• Close minded.not willing to explore new ideas
• Too headstrong and unwilling to consider the
  opinions of others
• Lack of experience
• Combativeness
• Tendencies to become too internally focused
• Waffling

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Other Qualifications

• personal recommendations valued
• some experience preferred
• capable public speaker
• professional and respectful
• administrative experience at both the elementary
  and middle school levels
• knowledge of contemporary reading and writing
  approaches
• supportive of staff
• visionary
• tech savvy
• Approachable
• prior experience in K-8
• need a way to access a persons ethical
  character.ethics are not a given in this day and
  age
• Strike a balance between confidence in own
  abilities and understanding insights of
  non-establishment
• Money does not equate to quality
• They must ensure that the district is achieving
  the most it can academically

• complete background check on the persons
  historylegal, values, character etc.
• clear vision where he/she wants to take Montvale
• ability to empower principals and teachers
• create atmosphere of accountability
• masters degree
• years of experience
• develop specific plans for curriculum and
  implementation
• someone who will not dictate, however still needs
  to be respectful (not through fear) so we do not
  lose valued staff and employees
• strong leader with experience in budgeting
• must be a good communicator and motivator of
  people
• excellent listener
• experience in K-8 system
• complete background check
• personal recommendations valued