Superintendent Search Survey

1.Which type of stakeholder are you?

2.Below is a list of positions that superintendent candidates may have held in the past. Which prior positions do you think would prove most valuable for the next superintendent? (You may check up to THREE positions below.)

4.Below are six different leadership style descriptions. Recognizing that a leader may employ all of these management styles in different situations and at different points in time, are there some that you think should be the dominant style for an effective superintendent? Read through the list and choose up to TWO management styles that you would like the next superintendent to employ most often .

Servant leadership: this leader leads simply by virtue of meeting the needs of his or her team.

Situational leadership: this leader demonstrates different leadership styles depending on the situation.

Collaborative leadership: this leader leads by using consensus building and other group processes to arrive at mutually beneficial decisions.

Democratic leadership: this leader will make the final decision but invites other members of the team to contribute to the decision making process.

Transformational leadership: this leader inspires his or her team with a shared vision of the future.

Delegated leadership: this leader is willing to turn over responsibility for decision making and problem solving to others.

5.In choosing the next superintendent, which path or strategy below do you think the Board of Education should take? (Choose ONE answer.)

Find a candidate who will stay the course and continue the work of the current administration.

Find a candidate with a similar educational and management philosophy as the current administration, but who can make some necessary changes.

Find a very different kind of candidate—one who is ready to take the district in a significantly different direction.

7.Is there anything else you would like to share pertaining to the hiring of the next superintendent?