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Establish salary range & benefit package


Who:  School board members & current superintendent and/or business manager

Establishing a salary and benefit ranch prior to hiring will help in recruiting candidates and negotiating the desired candidates contract once offered the job.

Hold stakeholder meetings to identify desired qualifications

Who:  School board members & search firm consultant

Meetings with various groups should yield 5-8 desired skill and qualification areas in the successful candidate.  The search firm consultant will facilitate meetings with stakeholder groups to establish a list of desired skills and qualifications.

Advertise job

Who:  School board members & current superintendent and/or business manager

Typically the sooner a job can be posted the better to ensure you get the best applicants.  The search firm consultant works with district personnel to post the job to convey exactly what they are looking for in a new school leader and make the ad appealing to candidates.

Establish interview process to include dates and times

Who:  School board members & current superintendent and/or business manager

     1.     Timeline

     2.     Number of candidates to formally interview on campus

     3.     Screening process

Establish interview teams

Who:  School board members & current superintendent and/or business manager

Seek a facilitator of each group who will be the point of contact prior to and after the interviews.  

Establish interview questions

Who:  School board members, current superintendent, stakeholder group leaders, and/or business manager

Search firm website will help establish interview questions for various stakeholder groups.

Candidate application period

Who:  Search firm consultant recruits candidates who are believed to be a good fit for the district based on the desired skills and qualifications established by the district stakeholder groups.

Screen candidates

Who:  Search firm (sometimes this includes school board members)

The board president and search firm consultant screen candidates by reviewing applications compared to desired qualifications and skills.  

Initial interviews

Who:  School board president and/or board members and/or others

This includes a short initial screening interview by telephone, Skype, or in-person. Normally, 6-10 candidates are narrowed to 2-3 throughout this process.

Formal interviews

Who:  School board members & stakeholder groups which may include:

·      Support staff

·      Administrative team

·      Community group

·      School board members

·      Students

·      Other

Feedback and debrief

Who:  School board president and search firm consultant

Get feedback from stakeholder groups to identify strengths and concerns about each candidate.  The school board makes the  final decision based on feedback from the stakeholder groups about who and when to offer the job.

Job offer to successful candidate

Who:  School board president and/or search firm consultant

Solidify contract with new hire

Who:  School board members.  The search firm consultant negotiates the contract for the new school leader.

Board meeting approval needed for successful candidate to officially be hired.

Announce hire to staff and community

Work with board president to make the announcement and get it in local news outlets including websites, newspapers, radio, TV, and social media.

Help candidate establish entry plan

Who:  Candidate, school board president, search firm consultant

Meet with candidate to talk through feedback from stakeholder groups and create an entry plan to the new district.

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    • Recommended Leadership Books
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    • Applicants Insights >
      • Module 1 - Polishing your papers
      • Module 2- Preparing to be screened
      • Module 3 - Fine-tuning for the formal interview
  • Search Process
  • Active Searches
    • College Community H.S. Principal
    • Gladbrook-Reinbeck Superintendent
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