Number:

302

Section:

Administrative Employees

Title:

Employment of Superintendent

Date Adopted:

February 12, 1979

Date Reviewed:

February 22, 2005

Purpose
The Board places the primary responsibility and authority for the administration of this district in the Superintendent. Selection of a Superintendent is, therefore, critical to the effective management of this district.

Authority
When the position of Superintendent shall be vacant, the Board shall elect a District Superintendent, by a majority vote of all members of the Board, and shall fix the beginning salary and term of office. Such term of office may be three years, four years or five years beginning with the effective date of the appointment to office.

During the final year of the term of office the Board may notify the Superintendent that it plans to seek applications from other qualified candidates for the position. Such notification shall be given
5 months prior to the end of the term, unless otherwise agreed to by the Board.

Guidelines
The Board will actively seek the best qualified and most capable candidate for the position of Superintendent. It will be aided in this task by a committee of Board members and others as deemed necessary by a majority vote of the Board.

Recruitment procedures shall be prepared in advance of the search and shall include the following: the preparation of a written job description for the position, preparation of written specification of qualifications, in addition to proper State requirements for all applicants, preparation of informative material describing the school district and its educational goals, solicitation of applications from a large enough geographical area to ensure a range of backgrounds and experience, where feasible the opportunity for applicants to visit the schools of the district, that a screening process be established that ensures that the Board have an opportunity to interview a sufficient number of finalist candidates so that an adequate range of choices is available for final selection, that the Board at its discretion may determine prior to interviewing finalists the expenses associated with such interviews that will be borne by the school district and recruitment and consideration of candidates in accordance with Board policy, state and federal law.

This policy shall be consistent with the exemptions permitted under the Federal guidelines for mandatory retirement.