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Company: Helendale School District

Location: Helendale, CA 92342

Description:

About the Employer

Helendale is a small, tight knit locality of 5,000 residents in Southern California's high desert alongside historic Route 66. The community is known for its outstanding recreational opportunities, including off-roading, golfing, hiking, swimming and a multitude of water sports including kayaking on Silver Lakes. Helendale is just a short drive to the cities of Apple Valley, Victorville and Barstow with their expanded opportunities for shopping, dining and medical services. Helendale's location also makes for an easy drive to Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Palm Springs and Las Vegas. Major airports are available in Ontario and Las Vegas.
Helendale sits at an altitude of 2,400 feet and experiences warm days and cool nights throughout the year. Temperature extremes can range from freezing at night in the depth of winter to summer temperatures around 100 degrees on the warmest days. The climate has low humidity year-round.

Job Summary

The Governing Board of the Helendale School District is dedicated to providing an educational program of the highest quality for each child of our community in a safe, caring, supportive environment. The Board understands that the investment in our district and our youth is a commitment to the future of our nation and the world.

Requirements / Qualifications

Comments and Other Information

Experience
Demonstrated ability to provide effective visionary leadership and strategic planning to focus human and material resources towards outstanding quality education for students.
Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining a productive board/superintendent leadership team with open two-way communication.
Record of maintaining a high level of visibility at school sites, class rooms, and school and community events.
Record of empowering, modeling and coaching administrators to fulfill their areas of responsibility while holding them accountable for showing results.
Record of involvement in positive and cooperative labor relations.
Demonstrated success in utilizing community resources to support the instructional program.
Demonstrated success in maintaining district solvency and in creative approaches to financing, planning and implementing the development and maintenance of school facilities.
Demonstrated successful experience in establishing career and college pathways.

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