SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH – COMMUNITY INPUT

>School Leadership LLC, the search firm hired by the Board of Education to find a new superintendent of schools, is overseeing a number of ways the community can provide input on what to look for in candidates for the Ridgewood position. School Leadership will be conducting general community meetings at the Ed Center, 49 Cottage Place, on November 14 and November 29 at 7:30 PM to gain ideas from the community in how to narrow their search to find the ideal candidate. At the public meetings, School Leadership will describe the process for conducting the search, and ask attendees which professional and personal characteristics they feel the new superintendent should bring to the position. School Leadership will also be meeting with district administrators (November 1); Federated Home and School Association (November 2); and the Human Resources Coordinating Council and Clergy Council (November 16).
School Leadership is also conducting a web-based interactive survey that will be available on the district website (www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us) for the month of November. Participants will be asked to choose from a list the qualities they consider essential in a superintendent of schools. There will also be open-ended questions. A hot link to the survey will be posted in the next rps.eNews. Survey takers also have the option of printing the survey and mailing or faxing their opinions to School Leadership. All results from the anonymous survey will be sent directly to School Leadership offices.
Information from the meetings and the survey will be synthesized into a set of search specifications that the Board will approve at its December 18, 2006, meeting. School Leadership expects that the new superintendent will be appointed at the April 23, 2007, Board meeting.