Stephan Morse, chair of the Vermont State Board of Education (SBE), has announced the appointment of a committee charged with conducting a national search for the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education:
Bill Mathis (Brandon, VT);
Bonnie Johnson-Aten (Montpelier, VT);
Stacy Weinberger (Burlington, VT);
Stephan Morse (Newfane, VT).
The committee’s charge will include the following:
· Post the position of Secretary of the Agency of Education locally and nationally;
· Review applications;
· Interview candidates;
· Recommend three candidates to the full SBE for consideration (fall 2013);
· Recommend three candidates to the Governor (fall 2013).
The committee met on May 17th to launch the search and will meet over the summer to review applications. The timeline calls for the search committee to reach a decision by September 1st.
"Vermont has an exciting, developing educational system due to the leadership of Vermont's first Secretary of Education, Armando Vilaseca. Now the State Board of Education is launching its second search for the next Secretary of Education. As our Governor, Peter Shumlin, has focused his second administration on educational issues, this will be an inviting time for creative educational leaders to consider a position in Vermont."
More information about the Vermont SBE, including membership and meeting materials, can be found online: http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/mainboard.html.