Oregon Department of Education Releases Process For Recruiting New OSD Director

The goal is to have a new OSD Director in place for the 2007-08 school year.

Oregon School for the Deaf Photo by: Tikm King

(SALEM) - The Oregon Department of Education Monday released a process & timeline for recruiting for the Director of the Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem.

Step #1 – Identify a Steering Committee – complete by February 7th.

A. Form a Steering Committee of 14 representative stakeholders. The Committee would be charged with the following tasks:

Assist the department in:

• identifying preferred qualifications for the Director
• developing a Position Description
• identifying recruitment strategies (e.g. marketing the announcement)
• identifying the Interview Team

B. Identify the Steering Committee participants.

Each of the following groups would be asked to identify individuals to represent the respective group on the Steering Committee:

• OSD Parents - 3 members
• OSD Students - 1 member
• OSD Staff
• SEIU Represented – 1 member
• STEA Represented – 1 member
• Management Services – 1 member
• LEA representatives (e.g. Special Education Directors) - 2 members
• Regional Programs (serving Deaf/HH students in LEAs) - 2 members
• Community Groups (e.g. Oregon Association of the Deaf, OSD Alumni
• Association, Oregon Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Program) - 3 members

Step #2 – Steering Committee meetings/Public Input Session – completed by February 28th.

Steering Committee meetings would be facilitated to help ensure equal and full participation and access.

Three or four meetings would be held to identify qualifications, recruitment strategies, and interviewing processes. Sign language interpreters will be available for every meeting.

Step #3 – post and advertise nationally – position would be open through April 13th (approximately 6 weeks).

Step #4 – Interviews – held between April 25th - May 11th.

Step #5 – Interview Team scores and rates candidates; provides hiring recommendations to ODE – completed by May 18th.

Step #6 – Negotiations with successful candidate – completed by May 31st.

Step #7 – OSD Director reports on August 1st.