Superintendent
New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, Connecticut
The Board of Education of the New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, Connecticut, is seeking a highly qualified, fully certified, educational leader to serve as Superintendent. The Board wishes to have the successful candidate assume the responsibilities of the position July 1, 2023.
McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C., Executive Recruitment and Development, has been engaged as the consultant in a search for outstanding candidates. They will assist the Board of Education in identifying and screening the candidates.
Enrollment: 20,000 students
Location: 78 miles east of New York City
The Qualifications
Qualified candidates shall possess the background, skills, and abilities essential for excellence in educational leadership. The New Haven School District seeks a superintendent who:
Is a collaborator, highly vested in the local community and works with local, state, unions and other relevant service providers. The superintendent will be a good listener and an effective communicator who takes action based on needs of the community and one who has a clear vision and seeks to serve children and large diverse teams.
Has demonstrated evidence of successful experience working in a diverse, multi-cultural, multi-lingual school district serving a large population of multi-lingual students representing several different languages, especially Spanish speaking bilingual students as well as a large African American community. Being a speaker of Spanish is a plus. The Superintendent will be required to live in New Haven and become part of the New Haven community.
Is not only a school administrator, but also an instructional leader who possesses extensive content expertise and understands the whole child. The Superintendent is knowledgeable in special education and working with multilingual and multi-cultural learners as well as dually identified students. The successful candidate will be dedicated to a state-of-the-art information management system which is user-friendly to students, staff and families and will also be committed to ensuring appropriate student behavior and student discipline expectations so that children can learn in safe and welcoming environments.
Embodies an impeccable track record of demonstrated ethical practices of transparency, honesty and character. The Superintendent will be highly accessible and authentic and will make all decisions based on what is in the best interests of students.
Brings several years of cabinet level experience to the role. The successful candidate will have also served as a classroom teacher and a building principal. It will be a goal of the Superintendent to demonstrate creative leadership in the hiring process, to be a continuous learner, to work with various stakeholders to collaboratively build community support for the school system, (including to secure funding), to work with the Board of Education as a united team and to be a strong leader who is also a nice person with whom to work.
Successful candidates will have to have a current 093 State of Connecticut certificate.
Salary: Competitive
Search Timeline:
Closing date for applications: February 23, 2023 (11:30 p.m. central time)
Board of Education selects finalists to interview: March 14, 2023
Interviews with the Board of Education: Week of March 27, 2023
Selection of new Superintendent: April 2023
Start date: July 1, 2023
Contact information:
McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C.
11725 Arbor Street, Suite 220
Omaha, NE 68144
888-375-4814
Email: apps@macnjake.com
School Website: http://nhps.net
Consultants:
Dr. Judy Sclair-Stein j_sclair-stein@macnjake.com
Dr. Sharonica Hardin-Bartley s_hardin-bartley@macnjake.com
Dr. Karen D’Avino d_avino@macnjake.com
The New Haven Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability and, when needed, will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees. Anyone requesting a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruitment process please contact McPherson & Jacobson at the address/phone/email above.