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The Los Angeles Unified School District said connected Thursday, Oct. 21, that its hunt for a imperishable superintendent has entered a “new phase” with the merchandise of a assemblage engagement study detailing the opinions of immoderate 30,000 students, parents, unit and assemblage members connected what they’re looking for successful a caller territory leader.
According to a territory release, respondents had “clear preferences” for qualifications — including acquisition arsenic a teacher and/or head (90% of those surveyed); acquisition moving successful and with divers communities (90%); and acquisition managing a precise ample enactment (89%).
The LAUSD Board of Education volition integrate results of the assemblage input into consequent phases of the enactment process, including the afloat occupation statement and enactment criteria, the territory said.
No clip framework was announced.
The LAUSD has been operating nether the absorption of Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly since July 1, pursuing the resignation of Austin Beutner aft his three-year tenure.
According to Thursday’s LAUSD release, astir 30,000 radical participated successful an online survey that was disposable successful 8 languages, with outreach besides including 8 absorption groups with acquisition assemblage organizations and unions, 14 assemblage listening sessions hosted virtually crossed each 7 committee districts and nonstop engagement with astir 1,000 assemblage members astatine 129 schoolhouse sites.
Of much than 28,500 respondents, 47% self-identified arsenic parents, 10% arsenic students and 23% arsenic L.A. Unified employees (19% certificated, 14% classified), the territory said.
When asked to prioritize among a assortment of qualities and characteristics, respondents astir often selected: listens to the community, teaching/administrative experience, occupation solver, promotes transparency, and effectual communicator, the territory said.
Collaborate, Inc., the steadfast hired to solicit input and compile the report, shared archetypal toplines with the board’s Community and Family Engagement Committee past week, with the afloat study released Thursday.
The territory said that, from the listening sessions and absorption groups, different qualifications preferred were idiosyncratic who:
— Will combat for much backing for L.A. Unified;
— Is a “‘bridge-builder” and enactment each schools to summation performance;
— Is acrophobic with virtual learning and ensuring peculiar acquisition students person capable resources;
— Will hole students to beryllium a portion of the aboriginal workforce; and
— Understands the value of equity and representation.
Beutner’s determination not to widen beyond his three-year declaration with LAUSD was announced successful April. Upon leaving, helium said aboriginal territory leaders request to archetypal and foremost “keep schools and the students they service arsenic the halfway of the work.”
He said the territory has successfully transformed from a top-down, one-size-fits-all bureaucracy to a much nimble enactment led by section teams, and helium hopes it volition enactment that way.
The afloat Community Engagement Report tin beryllium viewed astatine achieve.lausd.net/suptsearch2021.
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