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NEWS:
Executive Director Position Posted
November 25, 2024
The posting for the Executive Director position is posted at the MN School Board Association. Posting is live from November 25, 2024 to January 20, 2025.
Board Letter Announcing Executive Director Search
August 19, 2024
St. Croix Prep Academy Families, Staff, and Community,
Hello and welcome back to the school year hustle! In our roles as Chair and Vice-Chair of the school board, we would like to provide an update on the upcoming executive director search and hiring process.
As you may or may not have heard by now, Jon Gutierrez will be retiring as our executive director at the end of our current fiscal year, June 30, 2025. We thank him for his work at St. Croix Prep over the last 20 years, during which he built a vision, a school, and a community from the ground up—literally! The entire board wishes him nothing but the best in his future endeavors.
The school board is in the early stages of our search for a permanent executive director to take over when Jon retires in June 2025. We plan to conduct this search during the prime hiring season of late fall to early winter of 2024–25, with the goal of having a new executive director start on July 1, 2025. Since the fall of 2023, the board has been partnering with Rebar Leadership to facilitate stakeholder feedback and engagement in this process. We began organizing the search process this summer and have since hired the Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA) to serve as our consultant. The Succession Planning Committee of the board has been meeting regularly to define the process, timeline, and goals over the past nine months.
Additional details are available on this webpage.
Please contact Bob Hajlo or Terri Gulbransen with any questions.
Good luck to everyone as you start the new school year.
Sincerely,
Bob Hajlo,
St. Croix Prep Board Chair
Terri Gulbransen
St. Croix Prep Vice Chair
Timeline:
2024
Board Training
Board Effectiveness Survey
Communicate Process to Stakeholders
Search Timeline
“Change Cycle”Training Part 1
Executive Director Time Study Completed
Refine Job description with time study
Announce to Community
Communicate Process to Stakeholders
Determine Hiring Criteria
Compensation and benefits reviewed.
“Change Cycle” Training Part 2
Survey of SPC and Board
Candidate Submission Materials
Applications Procedures/
Workflow
NOV 25
Post position state wide and nationally
2025
JAN 20
Application Deadline
JAN 22-FEB 4
Candidate Submissions
Screen Candidates
Verify Candidate References
FEB 4
1st Interview Invitations
Candidates Announcement
1st Interview Logistics
FEB 22
1st INTERVIEW
Finalists Announced After Interview
Additional Reference Checks
2nd Interview Invitations
FEB 25
Q&A “Meet the Candidate” Community Sessions
FEB 26
2nd INTERVIEW
Board - Decide Finalist
FEB 27-MAR 4
Background Screening
Negotiations
Acceptance
MAR 4
Contract Approval
Communication of New ED
Start Date
of new Executive Director
