| Leadership
Associates is always pleased to talk to Boards
of Education who are looking for basic
information as they begin to think about
searching for a new superintendent. We are
also ready to respond promptly and thoroughly
to your Request for Proposal to be your
professional advisors in conducting a
superintendent search.
Our search process is detailed below:
- The Board is our client and directs
the search.
- LA provides the expertise to guide the
Board to a successful selection.
- Communication with the Board is a hallmark
of our mutual success.
- In brief, our process includes the following
steps:
- Meet with the Board to develop a
profile of the next superintendent
- Meet with community and staff to
solicit their input
- Develop a brochure and website
information based on the
ideal candidate profile
- Advertise
- Recruit candidates to the profile
- Check references thoroughly
- Meet with the Board for its selection
of finalists
- Assist the Board throughout the
final interviews and steps to completion
of the hiring of the new superintendent
- Please feel free to contact us through Rene
Townsend, our managing partner, or a member of
the Leadership Associates team you may know by
clicking on the following:
Contact Leadership Associates.
|
10 Reasons to Select Leadership Associates
As Your Search Consultants
- Superintendent searches are our core
work. It is what we do. We have a track
record of success in 160+ searches in more
than 13 years.
Leadership Associates has:
- A clear, effective, confidential process
that provides boards with the highest
quality candidates that match the district’s
specific needs.
- A commitment to assure thorough,
in-depth guidance and open communication to
boards during every step of the process to
the successful completion and
the board’s hiring the new superintendent.
- Highly effective tools and processes for
engaging staff and community.
- A strong network to assure statewide and
national recruitment of emerging leaders and
to encourage and invite leaders with records
of success.
- Thorough, in-depth reference checking,
including the use of databases.
- Dedicated consultants who know
California, were successful California
superintendents, and are involved in state
and national education.
- An excellent reputation with boards; a
number of satisfied boards have hired
Leadership Associates a second or third
time.
- Earned the trust and respect of
superintendents and potential candidates.
- Proven systems for supporting the board,
the superintendent and total governance team
after the selection.
|
|
