Notice of Superintendent Vacancy

Kokomo School Corporation P.O. Box 2188 • Kokomo, IN 46904-2188 Phone: (765) 455-8000 • www.KokomoSchools.com Superintendent Qualifications • Evidence of successful administrative experience - Vacancy building principal, central office administrator, assistant Kokomo School Corporation is searching for superintendent, or superintendent. a Superintendent of Schools. The Superintendent • Evidence of experience in urban education. oversees staffing, hiring, advising, budget, and policy • High ethical and moral values, dedication to the administration for all certified and classified staff. welfare of all students, and being active in school and The Superintendent reports to the Board of community affairs. School Trustees and is responsible for the overall accountability for programs and curriculum for all • The ability to develop, implement, and evaluate children, preschool through high school. short- and long-term educational goals that advance our commitment to educating the whole child. • Effective skills in public relations and communications with all patrons, including the effective Major use of technology. • An extensive working knowledge in the areas of Responsibilities curriculum, budget and finance, staff development, employee evaluation, and collective bargaining. • Make sound decisions for all 5,855 students and 850 staff members, while keeping the interests of students • Involvement in professional growth activities. first in all matters for the school corporation. • Knowledge of School Law. • Oversee the preparation of education, operating, • Ability to earn and retain the community’s trust. and grant funds for an approximate $60 million budget. Coordinate contract negotiations with teachers, and provide meaningful and effective professional development. Projected • Establish agendas and provide materials for the monthly Board of School Trustees meetings, Timeline while keeping the Board informed about all issues Application Deadline...... March 24, 2021 concerning the district. Interviews & Contract Negotiations.. April 12-23, 2021 • Maintain relationships with legislators and fellow Public Hearing on Contract...... May 10, 2021 superintendents, while responding appropriately to print and broadcast media concerning district issues. Hiring of Superintendent...... May 17, 2021 • Work with corporation directors to implement and Start Date...... July 1, 2021 evaluate effective corporation programs, including: Kokomo Schools Head Start, Community Preschools, International Baccalaureate, Integrated Arts, Gifted and Talented, Transformation Zone Academies, Virtual Application Learning, Outdoor Learning, and Kokomo Area Career Center. Process Online at www.kokomoschools.com • Lead with equity as a focus by expanding access to all students while working to close the achievement Submit the following: gap, and ensuring curriculum is reflective of the Letter of Intent students we teach. Completed Application Form • Develop and implement Board policies while Current Resume´ evaluating their effectiveness. College or University Transcripts • Provide instructional and professional leadership for Copy of Valid Superintendent’s License your district team of administrators and supervisors. Three Current Letters of Recommendation Kokomo Schools Kokomo Schools Kokomo School Corporation is among the highest performing urban school corporations in the state of Board of Trustees Indiana with an enrollment of more than 5,400 students Current Term in preschool through 12th grade. Our approximately President Crystal Sanburn...... (2019-2022) 425 certified employees and 425 classified staff serve Vice President Lisa Hemmeger...... (2019-2022) a diverse racial, ethnic, socio-economic student body Secretary Lewis Hall...... (2021-2024) from the city of Kokomo (population: 55,000). Member Lisa Ellison...... (2019-2022) Member David Emry...... (2021-2024) Member Charley Hinkle...... (2021-2024) Member Karen Sosbe...... (2021-2024)

Kokomo School Corporation’sMission mission is to develop global-minded and compassionate lifelong learners for our changing world. Kokomo Schools At A Glance Kokomo School CorporationVision will be the best school Kokomo Schools Head Start...... 3-4 year olds district in the world. We strive to create a better and (Serving Howard/Tipton/Miami counties) more peaceful world through education by creating a Elementary Schools culture in which learning is valued and honored, and Bon Air Elementary...... PreK-5 mutual understanding and respect are celebrated. Boulevard Elementary...... PreK-5 Elementary...... PreK-5 Lafayette Park Elementary...... PreK-5 Pettit Park Elementary...... PreK-5 Collective Sycamore Elementary...... PreK-5 (KEY High Ability) Commitments Wallace Elementary...... K-5 1. A challenging global-minded curriculum which Middle Schools develops individual potential where learning is key to Bon Air Middle School...... 6-8 being successful life-long learners. Central Middle School...... 6-8 2. Excellent instruction that promotes high achievement (KEY High Ability) through inquiry, investigation, and problem-solving. Maple Crest STEM Middle School...... 6-8 3. A compassionate and equitable environment with High School respect for human difference. ...... 9-12 4. Access to quality choice through equity and (McKinley Alternative) (Twilight School) opportunity while recognizing the uniqueness of each Kokomo Area Career Center...... 8-12 individual. (Serves 9 high schools) Kokomo Schools offers a range of quality academic programs & options International Baccalaureate KEY High Ability The International Baccalaureate Program features Kokomo School Corporation instruction that is project-based, inquiry-oriented, and designed its KEY (gifted and global in focus for students in kindergarten through talented) program for identified 12th grade. Kokomo High School graduates who High Ability learners. This have earned the prestigious IB Diploma are attending program provides an enriched postsecondary institutions such as Harvard University environment that challenges and Duke University. and accelerates learning. The Primary Years Program (K-5) at Lafayette Park KEY program teaches learning Elementary & Sycamore Elementary; Middle Years principles that can be utilized Program at Central Middle School (6-8) & Kokomo in the college-level courses High School (9-10); Career Related Program (11- at Kokomo High School. 12) at Kokomo Area Career Center & KHS; Diploma The KEY program is housed Program (11-12) at Kokomo High School. at Sycamore International Elementary School (K- Integrated Arts 5) and Central Middle International School (6-8). Integrated Arts students KEY students transition to Kokomo High School’s concentrate on the core Advanced College Preparatory Academy, which curriculum with instructional includes 25 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and methods tied closely to more than 20 IB Diploma Program (DP) classes. visual arts, dance, movement, and drama. All Wallace Transformation Zone Elementary (K-5) students have the opportunity to study Academies The Transformation Zone Academies at Bon Air violin and piano keyboarding, Elementary (K-5), Pettit Park Elementary (K-5), and while the Central Middle Bon Air Middle School (6-8) are focused on creating School (6-8) students can an optimal learning environment. These schools participate in orchestra and emphasize career pathways, project-based learning, competitive dance. and blended learning. STEM Career Education Students in STEM The Kokomo Area (Science/Technology/ Career Center Engineering/ provides career and Mathematics) schools technical training are immersed in an for students in environment that grades 8-12. During is rich in critical the 2019-2020 thinking as they learn through a hands-on investigative school year, KACC approach. STEM students collaborate on projects students earned as they creatively design solutions to real-world 2,659 dual college problems. STEM elementary (K-5) schools are at credits while taking KACC courses in 11 career Elwood Haynes and Boulevard, while Maple Crest (6- pathways. Instruction at the Kokomo Area Career 8) is a state-certified STEM middle school, and KHS Center includes project-based learning, work-based (9-12) offers a STEM Academy. learning, internships, and clinical rotations. Kokomo Schools programs & options Virtual Learning Preschool Kokomo School Realizing the Corporation importance of offers a full-time, early childhood synchronous virtual education, the learning program Kokomo School for interested K-12 Corporation students. The virtual provides option is available children, ages for 2021-2022 at 3 and 4, with Boulevard STEM the opportunity Elementary School to become (K-5), Lafayette immersed in Park International a world of Elementary School inquiry, exploration, and discovery. The preschool (K-5), Central curriculum is based upon Indiana’s Early Learning Middle International School (6-8), Maple Crest STEM Development Framework. Kokomo’s preschool Middle School (6-8), and Kokomo High School (9-12). programs serve 3 and 4-year-old students in The virtual program at KHS features a Virtual College preparation for full-day kindergarten. School- Preparatory Academy, which allows KHS students to based preschool programs are available at Bon Air complete Advanced Placement courses, in real time, Elementary, Boulevard Elementary, Elwood Haynes from anywhere in the world. This synchronous online Elementary, Lafayette Park Elementary, Pettit Park learning environment more closely replicates an in- Elementary, and Sycamore Elementary. In addition to person classroom experience. its community preschool, Boulevard Elementary also offers an Outdoor Learning preschool option. Head Start The Kokomo School Corporation’s Head Start Preschool Program is available to qualified families. This federally-funded, full-day preschool option provides full-service programming, including transportation and additional family support. This program is available to eligible 3 and 4 year old children from Howard, Tipton, and Miami counties.

Outdoor Learning Kokomo School Corporation also offers a full-day Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Education Program at Boulevard STEM Elementary School. This Outdoor Learning option, available to students in preschool through 2nd grade, allows students the opportunity to take, and use, the learned classroom materials outdoors, where they spend up to two hours daily in sun, rain, or snow. Kokomo Schools Facilities enhance our students’ experiences Pettit Park Elementary Created a secure parent/student entrance that opens into the main office; created a multi-purpose cafeteria area with enhanced food selections and a performance area; replaced an outdated gymnasium; refurbished and enhanced classrooms; and created a community (after- school) play and grow area with swings, basketball courts, a walking track, and soccer field – all secured by fencing created and designed by the Kokomo Area Career Center welding classes.

Central Middle School The auditorium was renovated to replicate the 1914 version using blueprints found in the auditorium floorboards; renovated cafeteria into multi-purpose area with enhanced meal selections; reclaimed original terrazzo floors; reclaimed third floor; demolished Sycamore Elementary outdated career area and created Integrated Arts wing A secure entrance that takes all visitors through the with black box dance studio, keyboard room, new main office was created while several classrooms and entrance, and student pick-up area away from buses. the auditorium were enhanced. A new playground with a walking track was installed and is open to the community after school hours.

Wallace Elementary Wallace saw an expansion that included a multi-use cafeteria with additional food choices and the addition of six classrooms to create more student openings for this very popular Integrated Arts program. A themed, expanded playground was created, and solar panels were installed on a portion of the Wallace campus. Kokomo Schools Facilities enhance our students’ experiences Student Residence Halls Two local downtown Kokomo buildings were restored and transformed into two International Residence Halls with a family apartment between them for the resident house parents.

Kokomo High School Athletic Complex Replaced outdated stadium, press box, and restrooms with 2-story press box, new female locker rooms for International boys’ residence hall International girls’ residence hall cross country, tennis, and track & field teams, as well as expanded restroom facilities and updated concession stands; added carnival games and lighting at rear of Maple Crest Middle School home stands; replaced an outdated track with state- A main entrance with of-the art 9-lane track and multiple field event areas a Maple Crest themed with fan accommodations; replaced grass field with façade was created turf field used by the Colts and Notre Dame; added after a new multi- a second turf field used by PE classes, the Marching purpose cafeteria with Wildkats, soccer teams, and other athletic teams; expanded food options created a softball complex with stadium seating, a was added to the dugout attached to the locker room, two batting cages, existing building. The and expanded restroom facilities. auditorium was given a complete facelift with performance and seating enhancements included. A new wing for additional classrooms was created, while several other classrooms were renovated. Solar panels were installed on an unused portion of the campus. Currently, a former cafeteria is being transformed into multiple classrooms. City of Kokomo Kokomo, Indiana Chicago 90 80 South Bend Notre Kokomo is approximately one hour north of Indianapolis. Gary Dame Indiana University and Purdue University have regional Fort Wayne campuses in Kokomo, while Ivy Tech Community College has 31 a campus in Kokomo. 65 69 The City of Kokomo, located 50 miles north of Indianapolis, Purdue Indiana offers numerous attractions for people wishing to live in Wesleyan Kokomo. These Kokomo amenities available to Kokomo KOKOMO residents include: Ball State IUK IVY Tech Purdue-Kokomo • The Kokomo Trolley Line (free transportation) Richmond • Biking/hiking trails throughout the Kokomo area; Butler 70 Foster Park, Highland Park, and Jackson-Morrow Park Indianapolis Indiana IUPUI (community concerts) State 70 University of • Kokomo Municipal Stadium, home to the Kokomo Indianapolis 74

Jackrabbits baseball team and Kokomo High School Indiana baseball team University 65 • The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library • The new, state-of-the-art YMCA fitness facility, featuring INDIANA a 172,000-gallon pool, eight basketball courts, an indoor track, a racquetball court, 47 strength training machines, 42 pieces of cardio equipment, group fitness classes, and more. 64 Louisville In partnership with the local YMCA, Kokomo Schools Evansville employees who are on the corporation insurance plan are YMCA members

Kokomo Municipal Stadium Shops and cafes in downtown Kokomo

Kokomo YMCA fitness facility Kokomo Walk of Excellence trail system