Submitted by Joanne Nesti, RSD #17 BOE Chairman.
The Regional School District 17 Board of Education is seeking public input as it begins the process of filling the Superintendent of Schools vacancy. The Board of Education has contracted with Trumbull-based Cooperative Educational Services (C.E.S.) to help with the search process. C.E.S. consultants will hold several one-hour focus group meetings in the Haddam-Killingworth Intermediate/Middle School Cafeteria on Tuesday, Aug. 20, and in the Haddam-Killingworth High School Cafeteria on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The focus group discussions will include opportunities for many different constituencies to share ideas that will help C.E.S. develop a proper leadership profile for the next RSD17 superintendent. The focus group schedule, which can also be found on the district website at www.rsd17.org, is as follows:
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 – Haddam-Killingworth Intermediate/Middle School Cafeteria
- 5:30-6:30 p.m.: All Teachers
- 7:00-8:00 p.m.: Parents and Community Members
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019—Haddam-Killingworth High School Cafeteria
- 9:30-10:30 a.m.: Elected Officials
- 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Parents and Community Members
- 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: All Teachers
- 1:15-2:15 p.m.: All Non-Certified personnel
- 2:30-3:30 p.m.: High School Students
- 4:00-5:00 p.m.: All Administrators
- 6:30-7:30 p.m. Parents and Community Members
**If one of these assigned times poses a scheduling conflict, please feel free to attend another session.
C.E.S. also encourages all RSD17 community members and employees to take an online survey regarding the skills and qualifications necessary to succeed as RSD17 superintendent. The survey can be found at bit.ly/r17 or through a link on the district’s website. It will be open Aug. 8-22, 2019. Focus group and survey data will help C.E.S. create a leadership profile. The profile, which will be posted on the district website, will guide the Board of Education through the search process. Tom Jokubaitis, who has a long, distinguished career as a school leader in Connecticut, will serve as the chief consultant for the search. The C.E.S. Executive Searches team has placed many successful superintendents, Central Office administrators, and school principals in public school districts across Connecticut. For more information, visit www.ces.k12.ct.us/searches.
* Complete website address for the online survey is www.ces.k12.ct.us/cf_forms/view.cfm?formID=252
