Hello Members of the Joaquin Miller Staff and Community. Thanks so much for two wonderful input sessions on Monday at Montera. There were over 30 Montera and JM staff and 125 community members present, all of whom gave valuable input regarding the skills and characteristics desired for the next principals at both schools. I really appreciate everyone taking time out of their busy schedules to offer your thoughts and support.
As Joel and I stated, the OUSD principal selection process is very thorough and is meant to get as much input from as many members of the school community as possible. We do this in order to make the best leadership match possible for the staff and community, but most importantly, the students.
Attached is the input from every JM parent group that was present on Monday. The ideas are very strong and will be taken seriously by the selection committee, which will consist of 5 JM staff and 5 JM parents that represent the diversity of the school. I am still collecting input via email from parents and staff unable to attend Monday night and will share that with the selection committee next week. The timeline of events for the selection process is described below by Joel Baum, manager of Leadership Development.
As we all know, an outstanding school MUST have an outstanding principal to lead outstanding teachers which leads to outstanding student success. With the help of the community, we hope to have an outstanding principal named at both schools the week of August 13th.
I am requesting that one of the JM parents forwards this message to the JM yahoo group so everyone can stay in the communication loop. As always, please email or call me (879-8663) with any ideas or questions.
Thanks so much and take care,
Eric Nelson
Network Executive Officer
OUSD
Download the .pdf document with the parent input here.
Thank you for participating in Monday night's New Principal Selection Session and sharing your thoughts about the skills and characteristics that you’d like to see in our next principal. If you did not have the opportunity to participate but would still like to share your thoughts, please contact our OUSD Network Executive Officer, Eric Nelson (Eric.Nelson@ousd.k12.ca.us or 510-879-8663).
The next big step that parents have been asked to participate in is the Interview Day on August 9th. Five (5) parents will participate in a performance-based interview with potential principal candidates. The interview process will involve role playing, interviewing, observing, providing feedback and suggesting the best candidate for the job. The interview panel will consist of OUSD personnel, 5 JM teachers/staff and 5 parents.
We are looking for parents who are willing to be part of this process and who can dedicate a full day (August 9th from 8 am to 3 pm or later) for the interview process as well as time for the preparation meeting (August 6th from 5:30 to 7:30pm). If you are interested and can reserve this time, please contact me by Thursday, July 26th at 5pm (jgmason@pacbell.net). At the request of Eric Nelson, the PTA board will then review all volunteers and select five people who best reflect the entire JM community. Please note that this is a fairly significant time commitment and it will be in the best interest of the JM community to ensure we select parents who can participate fully.
If you have any questions, comments or ideas, please feel free to contact us. Again, thank you all so much for your hard work and continued support through this process.
Regards,
Glynis Mason
JMPTA President
On behalf of the JMPTA Board
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Mrs. Lu is retiring after many years as Joaqun Miller's principal. Here's a link to her farewell letter and a letter from OUSD about the selection process for a new principal.