Lyons Township High School District

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SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP PROFILE ASSESSMENT

Your response to the following questions will help the Board develop a profile of leadership qualities for the new superintendent.

Please select the group(s) you represent:

Administrator Board Community Faculty Parent Student Support Staff

  1. What do you consider to be the two or three most significant strengths of Lyons Township High School?

  2. What do you consider to be the two or three most important challenges or issues facing Lyons Township High School?

  3. Please share two or three characteristics that you would like to see in the new superintendent.

  4. Based on your perceptions of the needs of Lyons Township High School, please rank the following characteristics/skills in order of importance from 1-10 with 1 being most important.

    A. Ability and willingness to deal directly and fairly with faculty, staff, students and parents
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    B. Accountable and holds everyone in the organization accountable for his/her respective area of responsibility
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    C. Awareness of instructional and administrative applications of technology
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    D. Belief in data-based decision making that focuses on the individual needs of students
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    E. Collaborative
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    F. Effective communication skills: verbal, written and listening
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    G. Experience as a superintendent
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    H. Experience in a multi-cultural environment
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    I. Fiscal management expertise
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    J. Knowledge of emerging research and best-practice in the area of curriculum/instructional design and implementation
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


  5. Please share any additional thoughts below.

  6. Do you know someone you feel would be a good candidate for the superintendent’s position? If so, please write his/her name and address or phone number here.