Hello!
I am here to give you the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB) superintendent search update and timeline. In May 2023, the CSDB Board of Trustees announced its intention to search for a new CSDB Superintendent. The search was put on hold to ensure the appointment of new board members, including the Blind board representative. For more information, check this link: https://csdb.colorado.gov/about-csdb/superintendent-search
I’m so excited to welcome the final new member to the Board of Trustees! The Governor’s Office of Boards and Commissions appointed George Welsh of Canon City to the final vacant position effective August 24, 2023. All positions in the Board is now filled! To learn more about George Welsh, please go to the Board page on the CSDB website.
The CSDB board recently had its retreat on August 10, 2023 where it had the opportunity to collaborate on the CSDB Superintendent search and we are pleased to announce the timeline.
The CSDB superintendent search timeline starts in August/September 2023 with
leader profile community survey and community focus groups. Every member of our community will be able to provide input through the survey. There will be several focus groups that include members from both the Deaf community and the Blind community which gather further insight for the superintendent search. I’ll tell you more about the community survey after I finish describing the superintendent search timeline.
On October 2, 2023, the prospectus will be posted and we will invite interested individuals to apply for the role. The application deadline is on November 15, 2023. After the deadline, the first-round interviews in November will be virtual closed meetings.
On December 13 and 14, 2023, the second-round interviews will be conducted in-person and open to the public. By December or January 2024, we hope to announce the next superintendent.
Innivee Strategies, Inc., a Deaf-owned and led organizational development and executive search consulting firm has been contracted to support the superintendent search. They developed a leader profile survey for the CSDB school community to provide insight on what they wish to see in their next leader. It is fully accessible in a bi-directional ASL & English survey platform. All responses will be anonymous and confidential.
The CSDB Superintendent leader profile survey has been posted on the CSDB website https://csdb.colorado.gov/about-csdb/superintendent-search
The deadline to respond to the survey is Friday, September 8, 2023 at 10am MST.
This survey will be distributed to the CSDB school community via email to its students, staff, teachers, parents, alumni, and the Blind/Visually Impaired and Deaf/Hard of Hearing community.
Consultants from Innivee Strategies will analyze your information to develop a leader profile that will be shared publicly along with the job announcement once they have been approved by the CSDB Board.
The Board will keep you updated on its progress with the superintendent search as we move forward.