Description

The Iowa-Grant School District Board of Education seeks an exceptional superintendent candidate as an educational leader and trusted partner to lead the school district, to inspire teachers and staff, and to foster the district's goal of outstanding accomplishments in student achievement.

Chief Executive Officer, Responsible for all matters in the district, including but not limited to: Leadership, Fiscal, Personnel, Curriculum & Instruction, Policy Leadership & Management, Public Relations and Buildings & Grounds. Supervises all administrative and supervisory personnel of the District and, indirectly, all employees of the District. 

Reports to the Board of Education

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Twelve months per year on contract of not less than two years in duration.  Salary and benefits to be negotiated with the Board on an annual basis.

Requirements

The successful candidate will possess and exhibit skills and experiences in the following areas:
The Iowa-Grant School District and community clearly possess many assets for the children
served by the district. The superintendent will need to understand and further develop these
assets.
The superintendent will need to also understand the history of the district while using excellent
human relations skills to understand the current issues and needs within the district. A critical
skill needed lies in the area of relationship building and working with staff and the community to
further develop a quality environment where children can learn and develop best. To address
this, the superintendent, as an educational leader, must have the skills to seek an
understanding of students, parents and staff needs. The superintendent will also need to know
specific engagement strategies with community stakeholders and staff with the goal of bringing
various stakeholders together in support of the children served.
Additionally, the superintendent must possess excellent communication and listening skills and
will need to demonstrate visibility and approachability with stakeholders. Called for is a
superintendent who is willing to be present with people. The need for the superintendent to be
ethical and honest is critical. Also, highly desired is a superintendent who is able to combine
being collaborative and empowering staff and others with being direct when a need exists for
this. Part of this work will be to ensure that the superintendent understands and has a plan to
ensure the growth and development of all staff. Being a servant leader and bringing out the
best in others will be key to this work.
The superintendent will need to understand all areas of district operations. Priority focus areas
involve curriculum development/teaching and learning, budget development and management,
and community engagement strategies. It will also be important that the individual have skills to
nurture an effective board-superintendent relationship and to work with the board in the area of
board governance and board superintendent roles and responsibilities.
Overall, this position calls for a listening-first leader and one who views challenges as
opportunities to improve student outcomes. As an advocate for the district and its children, this
individual will need to have collaborative, partnership-oriented skills. The leader must be
transparent in decision making and be able to build relationships and social capital.