Who will be selected as the next NYS Commissioner of Education? From within NYS? The acting Commissioner? A National Leader? Will Principals/Teachers/Parents be part of the search process?
At the July Regents Meeting Commissioner Elia announced she is resigning her position as state commissioner effective August 31st.
The only shock about the resignation Monday of state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia is that it came so soon.
Tension between Elia and the Regents that had been building for more than a year hit a new peak at the board’s June monthly meetings.
The Board of Regents appointed Beth Berlin, a highly effective deputy as acting commissioner. A few months later Berlin left the Department for a job as COO at SUNY Empire College; somewhat surprisingly the Board appointed Shannon Tahoe, the Board attorney as acting commissioner.
On Thursday, May 28th, the position was posted with a quick return date of Monday, June 8th.
The Board seeks an individual who will bring visionary, transformative, inclusive, equitable, and decisive leadership to the position as the Board’s chief executive officer.
And goes on to describe the “attributes (the term used in the posting) sought in CONTINUE READING: Who will be selected as the next NYS Commissioner of Education? From within NYS? The acting Commissioner? A National Leader? Will Principals/Teachers/Parents be part of the search process? | Ed In The Apple
