Criteria for hiring how?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, our search consultant helped the school hire a HOS that imploded within 2 years. It doesn't always work out.

At many schools, the main deliverables from the HoS to the board are a stable budget, operating the school in the black, and increasing donations/ fund raising.

That’s absolutely true. That’s why I’m concerned that at my $55K-tuition school, the head of school focuses only on those issues, completely neglecting the academic component, which is just as important — if not more — than the budget.

See, I disagree with this premises. For the head of school, EVERYTHING is a deliverable. And the head of school surrounds themselves with a team to get it all done. The school finances are delivered with the help of a CFO. The fundraising is delivered with the help of an advancement team. Curricular matters are delivered with the help of associate heads, principals, deans, and department heads. There’s a facilities manager. An athletic director. And the list goes on.

Maybe everything is a deliverable, but actually doesn’t look like that. Starting with the quality of the food cafeteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, our search consultant helped the school hire a HOS that imploded within 2 years. It doesn't always work out.

At many schools, the main deliverables from the HoS to the board are a stable budget, operating the school in the black, and increasing donations/ fund raising.

That’s absolutely true. That’s why I’m concerned that at my $55K-tuition school, the head of school focuses only on those issues, completely neglecting the academic component, which is just as important — if not more — than the budget.

See, I disagree with this premises. For the head of school, EVERYTHING is a deliverable. And the head of school surrounds themselves with a team to get it all done. The school finances are delivered with the help of a CFO. The fundraising is delivered with the help of an advancement team. Curricular matters are delivered with the help of associate heads, principals, deans, and department heads. There’s a facilities manager. An athletic director. And the list goes on.

Maybe everything is a deliverable, but actually doesn’t look like that. Starting with the quality of the food cafeteria.

If the HOS is personally involved with the quality of the cafeteria food, your school is doing it wrong. There are so many layers of other people that should be dealing with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, our search consultant helped the school hire a HOS that imploded within 2 years. It doesn't always work out.

At many schools, the main deliverables from the HoS to the board are a stable budget, operating the school in the black, and increasing donations/ fund raising.

That’s absolutely true. That’s why I’m concerned that at my $55K-tuition school, the head of school focuses only on those issues, completely neglecting the academic component, which is just as important — if not more — than the budget.

See, I disagree with this premises. For the head of school, EVERYTHING is a deliverable. And the head of school surrounds themselves with a team to get it all done. The school finances are delivered with the help of a CFO. The fundraising is delivered with the help of an advancement team. Curricular matters are delivered with the help of associate heads, principals, deans, and department heads. There’s a facilities manager. An athletic director. And the list goes on.

Maybe everything is a deliverable, but actually doesn’t look like that. Starting with the quality of the food cafeteria.

If the HOS is personally involved with the quality of the cafeteria food, your school is doing it wrong. There are so many layers of other people that should be dealing with that.

Not personally dealing with that, but at the end of the day who is the person responsible for the quality of the services in a school?