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NEWS:
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
Post position state wide and nationally
Communicate Process to Stakeholders
2025
Screen Candidates
Board - Present Finalists for Interviews
1st INTERVIEW
1st Interview Candidate Follow-up
Finalist Press Release
2nd Interview
Background Screening
Recommend Final Candidate to Board
Board Decide Finalist
Negotiations
Offer Letter
Acceptance
Communication of New Executive Director (ED)
Communicate Process to Stakeholders
Start Date
of new Executive Director
