By: Brock Gustafson, Steering Committee Chair
Here is the latest in our search for a new principal. The district posted job ads across well-respected, higher education websites in December and January, and they successfully attracted nearly a dozen, experienced applicants for our Principal opening. The PHC met mid-month to discuss the pool of applicants and based on the application materials, resumes, educational philosophy statements, transcripts, and letters of recommendation, the Committee narrowed the pool to four, highly qualified candidates. The four candidates interviewed with the Committee, on Wednesday. Following those interviews, the PHC overwhelmingly selected one candidate to move forward in the process and had hoped to hold focus groups with the community today. As you may know, the job market is hot right now for job seekers (there are more openings than qualified candidates), and our chosen candidate has decided to pursue another job offer outside our district. While we are disappointed, we are all on Team D'Evelyn and there is no quit in us. How many times have we seen our Jags struggle, work their tails off and come out stronger on the other side? That is part of the D'Evelyn Difference - I am inspired by our student's hard work and grit and our talented staff who help them on their journey. We will keep working to find our next leader and we will not compromise until we have found the right fit for D'Evelyn. We will provide updates when we have next steps, but in the meantime, we are reposting the position on the Jeffco schools site and elsewhere, and we encourage you to refer any qualified applicants to apply online or email their interest to [email protected]. By: Brock Gustafson, Steering Committee Chair
The PHC is happy to report that the job ads that were posted across the country over the past month were successful in attracting nearly a dozen, highly qualified applicants for our Principal opening. The deadline for applications was Monday of last week and the PHC met last Wednesday to discuss the pool of applicants. Based on the application materials, which included resumes, educational philosophy statements, transcripts, and letters of recommendation, the Committee narrowed the pool to four candidates who will interview with the Committee, in-person on Wednesday, January 25th. Following those interviews, the PHC will select the candidates who will move to focus groups with our community. Due to the confidential nature of the hiring process, details and identities of our applicant pool will not be shared with the community until the final candidates are selected for the focus group phase. Focus groups, which are tentatively planned for Monday, Jan 30th, are the community’s opportunity to interact with and ask questions of the final candidates. Three separate focus groups will be formed, one each for teachers/staff, students, and parents. The admin team is coordinating the student focus groups. If you are a parent/guardian of a student and you would like to attend the focus group with the candidate finalists, please complete this survey so we can coordinate with you. Once the PHC has gathered and analyzed community feedback from the focus groups, we will hopefully have a clear picture of who we will hire. If there isn’t a consensus, we may hold additional interviews. When the PHC has decided, the PHC will vote and then the Steering Committee will vote to approve. We will then present our selection to the District for final administrative paperwork and other items related to the Jeffco hiring process. The Steering Committee will continue to communicate through Jag Tracks as we proceed through the process. If you have immediate questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Steering Committee via email at [email protected]. |
The Steering Committee is the governing board of the school and establishes policies designed to maintain and enhance its liberal arts philosophy. The Steering Committee appoints Directors to the Board of the D'Evelyn Education Foundation. Archives
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