While things have seemingly been quiet over in BOE land, a storm has been a brewing. Faced with many vacancies at the administrative level, in addition to the many educational ones, the BOE has got some concerns:
Board member Shirley Mosby said at a meeting Tuesday night it isn’t appropriate for Corda to sit in on the interviews for candidates, which are conducted by committees of parents, teachers and administrators. Committee members may not feel comfortable asking certain questions if he is there, she said.
Corda said his role is valuable.
“Observation between candidates and everyone provides a wealth of information on how groups are responding to candidates,” Corda said.
The school board made little headway in discussions Tuesday about filling other top administrative positions.
Corda planned to recommend one person for the school board to interview for assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction before members voted, but several members said in March that they wanted to see multiple candidates. The board agreed to meet with as many as two internal and two external candidates.
The school board filled two high school principal positions last year with the help of a consultant, instead of using the hiring process called for in the district’s diversity plan, drafted in 1999. Board member Migdalia Rivas said the process keeps changing “like an adjustable rate mortgage.”
Ha! That is the best line out of the BOE.
source: Advocate, Corda asked to sit out job interviews, By Lisa Chamoff, 05/22/2008
