The Board of Education for the Becker Public Schools recently took steps to start the superintendent search process to select a new leader for the school district.

 

The board met in a work session Nov. 27 with a representative of PEER Solutions, a consulting firm that will assist the board with the search.

 

Among the decisions made at the work session, the board agreed to post the vacancy from mid December through the month of January and complete an initial applicant screening in February. The board intends to solicit significant input from citizens, administrators and staff members as the search proceeds.

 

Stakeholder groups will be assembled to help develop a set of characteristics to be sought in the new leader and to identify the most important things that these groups wish to have accomplished in the first couple of years of the new person’s service to the district. These input sessions have been tentatively scheduled for Jan. 15. 

 

Individuals who are interested in participating in the process should contact Angel Oswald, administrative assistant to the superintendent at aoswals@isd726.org or 763-261-4502 by Jan. 11. In addition, stakeholder input will be collected through the use on an online survey to be released in early January.

 

Interviews for the position are tentatively scheduled for Feb. 20. Four or five finalists are likely to be called in for interviews. Once again, the board intends to include citizens, administrators and staff members on interview teams. Team members are likely to be drawn from individuals involved in the input sessions that will take place in mid January.

 

It is expected a new superintendent will be named by early March and that this person will begin service to the district July 1, 2019.