The Missouri State Board of Education has backed down from its original plan to quickly select a commissioner to replace the retiring Chris Nicastro.
The board had come under fire for not taking the time to conduct a nationwide search. Published reports had indicated a selection might come as soon as yesterday or today.
But earlier this morning, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) issued the following release:
The State Board of Education will accept all nominations and applications in an open search for the position of Commissioner of Education. Nominations will be received at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Office, attention Robin Coffman, Chief of Staff, until close of business on Friday, Nov. 21. Complete application information will be posted on the the Department website.
The public is invited to provide recommendations on the factors/characteristics to be considered by the State Board in evaluating candidates. Additional factors to those already identified under “Characteristics of a Qualified Applicant” should be forwarded to the attention of Robin Coffman by close of business on Nov. 21, 2014.
All nominees will be contacted to determine the nominee’s interest in becoming a candidate for the Commissioner of Education. All candidates are asked to submit a letter of application, resume with references, and a personal essay no later than Dec. 1, 2014.
The State Board of Education will review all complete applications.
The most qualified candidates will be notified and invited to a personal interview with the State Board of Education.
The State Board of Education will vote on its selection from the finalists of the interviews and name the next Commissioner of Education. Hopefully, the selection process will be completed by Dec. 31, 2014. The initial date of employment will be mutually agreed upon between the State Board of Education and the candidate selected as Commissioner of Education.
Nominations, applications and other recommendations can be submitted via email to: commissionersearch@dese.mo.gov.
4 comments:
Damn, damn, damn!!! Maybe he can still cry his way into that position!
Word has traveled about him. He is going to have to leave the state and he needs to go now or he'll never get a job. Now the scho board has to go
Glad for the state sorry for us
Apparently, you can fool some of the people (BOE Fab Five) all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people (NEA) some of the time.
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