Principal Selection Committee Meeting
Friday, May 4, 2007
8:00 a.m. Library
Committee Members present: Nicole Cantello, Mary Wheatley, and Sabrina Craig.
Teachers / Admin: Juan Gonzalez, Lizette Martinez McCarthy, Linda Zehren, Kathleen Kerber, Joy Caltibiano, Wendy Rejman, Jonathan Zielinski, Ms. Collins.
Parents: Monica Lasky, Michael Hannan, Melissa Sterne, Kelli Rick, Caly Labrada
Meeting Agenda:
Review LSC decisions: job description and deadline
Review meeting schedule and draft timeline
Explore posting job announcements
Documentation proposal – Melissa Sterne
Assign and indentify tasks
Keeping the community informed
Topics Discussed:
Ø Print copy of the principal job handed out.
o Approved by LSC on Tuesday, May 1
§ Bullets are in PRIORITY order (top to bottom)
o Submitted to the HR department and approved
o Will be posted on CPS bulletin beginning May 16 (will be up for two weeks)
o Posting has been approved – community is welcome to post elsewhere.
Ø Discussion of additional websites and publications suitable for posting the job description.
o Nicole Cantello will look into posting on the North American Montessori Teachers’ Association (NAMTA) – the cost is $6 a line.
http://www.montessori-namta.org/NAMTA/index.html
§ Suggestion of posting a short advert at NAMTA which would link to the full posting on the LSC web site.
o Kathleen Kerber volunteered to look in to posting in the Public Montessorian
http://www.jola-montessori.com/psm/75/articles/recordkeeping75.html
§ Classified advertisements are $1 per word and appear both in Public School Montessorian and on this website. To place an ad, send the advertisement along with billing information to: Montessori@jolapub.com or call toll free 866 565-2782
Ø The committee will not be making any decisions. The committee will only develop proposals / advisory messages for the LSC.
Ø 2 models for the committee were proposed.
o Small committee (4 LSC) members; with many open meetings where other stakeholders could voice opinions, concerns, and questions.
o Larger committee to be developed – more teacher voices, more voices from other parent groups involved directly
Ø After much discussion it was decided that most present felt a larger, more inclusive committee was more desirable at the moment.
Ø Definitions were provided -Committee member versus a person present at the committee meetings:
o Committee member would attend all meetings and be held accountable for attending those meetings and participating fully in the process. Committee must get a quorum of members before they conduct business, therefore it is vital that those included are fully committed to attending and being on time for all meetings.
o Attendees to principal selection committee meetings would come and be able to voice their thoughts but would not be responsible for conducting business nor attending all meetings.
Ø Possible members for the committee were discussed:
o Currently consists of: 4 LSC members – 3 parents Nicole C., Laura K., and Sabrina C. and 1 teacher Mary Wheatley
o Representation from all grade level cycles desired:
§ Early Childhood (EC)
§ Elementary I (EL1)
§ Elementary II / Intermediate
§ Middle School
§ Ancillary
§ Special Education
o Representation from all parent groups desired:
§ LSC
§ PTO
§ FOD
§ BAC
§ NCLB
§ Middle school / traditional program parent rep
o Other desirable characteristics: open atmosphere with approachable members, diversity.
Ø A 9 member group was proposed:
o Nicole Cantello (LSC, FOD, Early Childhood /EL1 parent)
o Laura Kuzniar (LSC, PTO, Early Childhood /EL1 /traditional program parent)
o Sabrina Craig (LSC, Early Childhood parent)
o Mike Hannan (LSC, Early Childhood parent)
o Lizette Martinez (Intermediate/ Special Education Teacher)
o Linda Zehren (Early Childhood Teacher)
o Mary Wheatley (Ancillary / EL1 rep)
o Juan Gonzalez (Middle School – will not be present during any summer meetings)
§ àAnother spot for a parent rep from a group not yet represented on the committee: several parents were mentioned as possibilities. Members will speak to these candidates to find an interested party if any.
§ Ms. Bago has agreed to be part of the committee (4/30/07).
Ø Committee makeup will be proposed to the LSC for approval.
Ø Proposed meeting dates and times:
o Meeting once weekly, perhaps on Fridays before (8 am) or after (3 pm) school.
o Suggestion that weekends be considered.
Ø Final deadline for principal selection is 90 days from the vacancy (June 30). That date is September 28. If the LSC has not selected anyone by that date the LSC will submit a list of three candidates to the board.
Ø A majority of those present felt it would be desirable to have a principal in place by the beginning of the school year.
Ø The position must be posted on the CPS board web site.
o Next deadline for posting is May 2 – if approved it will be posted on May 16 and run for two weeks.
o In order to have the position posted as soon as possible the LSC will add discussion of the principal job description to their special meeting on Tuesday May 1, 2007.
Ø It was suggested that our goal for having a principal in place in August 3, 2007. With that date in mind the committee should work backwards to fill in the timeline for the process of principal selection.
Ø Timeline and deadlines for tasks not discussed further.
àNext meeting Friday May 11, 2007 3 p.m. Library
