Reply to Head of School searches: How did it go

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Head of School searches: How did it go"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About 4 years or so ago at an International School, this is what played out:

The Board Head was replaced and this foretold everything that was to come. The new Board Head was also in a position to invite the his hand- picked choice for new HOS to a fellowship she needed at Klingentsein Center @ Columbia because of a Board position there. This was done 2 or so before the " search firm"- also chosen by the Board magically chose this person after an interview process in which one other candidate also interviewed.

The same process was repeated for filling a Principal position. Meaning other candidates were " interviewed" , but HOS later made the Freudian slip, " the year that we were waiting for "... insert name of new Principal... to arrive

So, don't know if that is standard at every NAIS school, but seems at least at a few schools the process trotted out for Faculty and parents is for show and these decisions are made by whoever controls the Board

[/quote]

This is very interesting. If it is the same at Maret then it illustrates how dumb the board is. Then again, the head of development picked the board with the HoS's approval. Sort of wish we could get rid of *all* of them and just start fresh!

[/quote]

I wouldn't characterize the Maret Board as " dumb". Certainly, the Board Chair has decades of experience in seeing how powerful corporations and even the Cabinets of World Powers are run, how battles for control are waged and lost and what makes a good vs dysfunctional leadership.

I wouldn't mistaken being soft spoken or having a search process that wasn't really transparent as indicating the Board is " dumb"

It is more likely that the Development powers that be and the power on the Board made did its process and made its decision and that the weak process you are complaining about was just the " show process"

Keep in mind, when the Board is run by people who have had their kids at the school and chose the school for their kids when they could have gone anywhere those types of powers that be on a Board likely genuinely have a deep care and investment in the school and want to make a choice that will sustain it.

That might not be true for every DC Private school Board or a Board Chair that is just passing through town, but that is def NOT the case with Maret [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics