Yesterday, The Bluegrass Institute's own Jim Waters was interviewed by WHAS about the superintendent search in Jefferson County. Waters was quoted as saying:
"The system has a lot of issues that need to be addressed. Superintendents need to have the flexibility to put the most experienced teachers in low performing schools"
Recently Newport Independent Schools made some waves with a leadership assessment report that concluded:
“It's time to get involved and find out what these candidates are going to do about our failing schools. We have high dropout rates, the most failing schools of any county in KY, and KY is ranked as one of the worst states in the Nation for public education. If we're ever going to change the future and have a more knowledgeable, engaged society, we have to get involved in our children's futures TODAY." --Wendy Caswell, Louisville Tea Party
Fayette County Schools has recommended 5 applicants to the school board for consideration in the search for the a new superintendent. Any chance they took these superintendent hiring suggestions into account?
The Fayette County Public Schools system is on the hunt for a new superintendent. They have set up a survey for interested parties to share their thoughts about the selection process, what they want to see in a superintendent, and what they currently like about Fayette County Schools.
You can find the survey here!
Recently the Bluegrass Institute released superintendent hiring tips gathered from lessons learned. Share your thoughts on the survey!
Lets not reward failure in Kentucky schools anymore!
Members of the public weighed in at a lightly attended meeting with the search firm that is helping the Jefferson County Board of Education in its search for a new school superintendent.
One of the key points is that the Jefferson County school system is complex, and it will have a steep learning curve for anyone who is not already familiar with the issues posed by a large school district.
Jefferson County citizens can do more to help themselves understand and interface in the hiring process.
Yesterday, the Bluegrass Institute released a ‘tip sheet’ for school boards hunting new superintendents. The sheet is based on our experience and observations in several hunts for education executives that proved highly problematic. While the tip sheet is of great value to school boards, it also provides ideas and search tools that public citizens can use to check out candidates. Check out our tip sheet, “Superintendent hiring: Advice to school boards.”
A number of Kentucky school districts are searching for new superintendents. The Bluegrass Institute offers tips to local school boards on how to use the Web and questions for potential candidates to help ensure that reform-minded leaders are chosen.
Click here to view the latest news release.
