New Rochelle, NY — Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, the executive search firm hired by the New Rochelle Board of Education, is now advertising for the position of Superintendent of Schools.
The compensation package is to be “consistent with the region and Westchester County”.
Under the headline “Embracing Diversity: Driving Success”, the candidate sought is a “talented and visionary educational leader” and “accomplished educator with a proven record of elevating student achievement” who will “welcome the challenge of working in a complex and actively engaged community”.
Screening and interviews will begin February 20, 2014.
In the ad, the District is described as having “a national award-winning high school of over 3,000 students in a superior facility which includes a performing arts theater, planetarium, and the only State-chartered museum located in a school building in New York State”.
The ad continues:
Additionally, there are two middle schools and six K-5 elementary schools that include two Magnet Schools. The District also offers its residents an Alternative High School and a Pre-K to Grade 2 Early Childhood Center. New Rochelle is classified as a “small city school district” under New York State Education Law.
The City of New Rochelle is described as:
…a city of approximately 78,000 residents with an unparalleled location in southern Westchester County, roughly 18 miles north of the business and cultural centers of New York City. With nine miles of shoreline on the Long Island Sound, housing to suit every taste and budget, and as the home of three colleges, New Rochelle provides the very best of an urban/suburban community which showcases a truly diverse student body.
Candidates must have or be eligible for New York Certification.
Applications are accepted online at www.ecragroup.com/active-searches.
The full ad is here: Education Week Top School Jobs
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