Same as all the rest
When D11 superintendent Terry Bishop was hoping to be hired for the top job in the school district, one of his promises to the board members was that he would focus like a laser beam on education. He pointed out that he was nearing retirement, and he wanted to spend two years making a difference in the lives of the district's 29,000 kids.
Bishop agreed to take a salary of $130,000 when he took the job, as opposed to the $170,000 wasted on his predecessor, Sharon Thomas. That was a decent gesture to save the district some money, but the Bishop's are not suffering in poverty by any means. With Terry's wife Barbara pulling in over $90,000 as a principal, they are doing just fine.
The culture of D11 has always been one of cronyism and nepotism. Friends and relatives often get the jobs with the most money behind them, whether the friend or relative has any qualification to perform the job or not. The Bishop's son Kevin was hired into the district under shady circumstances, which I questioned while on the board. He was hired with doubts as to whether the job was properly posted and whether anyone else more qualified was actually ever considered. The answers from the administration were typically less than straight forward, and Kevin continues to earn over $52,000 working for D11.
Terry Bishop publicly stated to the board and community that he was not going to make his old job (Deputy Superintendent for IT) a deputy superintendent job again once he became superintendent. He said that he was going to simply make that job a Director's slot to keep the salary lower and save the district money. Sadly, once a person has lived within the back-slapping, backdoor dealings of D11, it is impossible to live a clean life again.
The following job posting was recently placed by D11:
Title Deputy Superintendent
Category Education/Training District Wide
School Population:
Grades:
School Name:
Location:Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Qualifications/Job Description
COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEVEN
1115 North El Paso Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
Division of School and Instructional Support Services
SUMMARY OF FUNCTION:
Provides essential leadership in partnership with the Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Instruction for increasing student achievement and expanding learning opportunities for all students. Improving teaching, learning and management at the district and school levels in all areas for which each is responsible. Directs, facilitates and oversees functions, management, operations and administration of information, technology, assessment, evaluation, research, staff development and specified departments and programs including; Learning Resource Services (LRS), Information Services (IS), and Assessment Research, and Evaluation Office (AERO), and Professional Development. Works closely and collaboratively with other division heads, administrators, divisions, and departments to increase school and district performance and effectiveness.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Provides essential leadership with the Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Instruction for increasing student achievement, expanding learning opportunitities for all students, meeting legislative requirements, improving teaching, learning, and management at the district and all school levels.
Provides essential leadership in partnership with the Deputy Superintendent of Operations and Instruction in implementing standards based instruction, current research and trends in the areas of standards-based learning, grants acquisition, special need learners, data driven instruction, strategies and initiatives for improving student achievement, and legislation impacting student learning.
Partners with the Deputy Superintendent of Operations and Instruction, other district staff including principals to assure that the functions of information and technology literacy; 21st. Century Learning Skills; data driven decision making; research, planning, assessment and evaluation; information access and application; and staff development have maximum impact on the district's mission of increased student achievement.
Coordinates and confers with other Deputy Superintendents/ Division Heads, Superintendent, Board of Education and administration regarding information, technology, research, assessment, and evaluation. Establishes related projects, directs and implements projects as needed. Coordinates division activities with related activities of other district divisions.
Participates in the development and monitoring of long range plans for the district as a whole, as well as, those of the Division of School and Instructional Support Service and the Division of Operations and Instructions, including individual school improvement plans.
Models, with others, leadership in instructional knowledge, curricular design and development, information and technology literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills, data driven decision making, continuous quality improvement, planning, customer service, communication skills, collaborative processing, and effective organizational design.
Participates in the accountability/accreditation process. Works with district liaison and as a resource to District Advisory Accountability Committee and District Accreditation Committee. Assures the Board of Education and administration are in compliance with Colorado Accountability/Accreditation law and rules.
Develops and directs district programs and curriculum/instruction evaluation and reporting system. Develops and monitors assessment mythology, technology and reporting systems.
Supervises and directs district-wide human resource development in the implementation of Board of Education and Superintendent's directives. Monitors program/project progress and effectiveness. Evaluates program/project effectiveness.
Analyzes, interprets, and relates educational data, issues and trends simultaneously with that of research and technology to develop effective and efficient solutions.
Coordinates the development of Board of Education Policies and Procedures and related policies and procedures under the direction of the Superintendent.
Assists/supports the superintendent and acts as superintendent's designee along with other Deputy Superintendents, as needed. Responds to requests from Board of Education, parents, community members, schools and district staff.
OTHER DUTIES:
Performs related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
Knowledge of educational administration as applied to the development and implementation of instructional programs for the District.
Knowledge of Colorado laws, rules and regulations governing instructional program development and implementation.
Ability to plan, organize and direct the curriculum and instructional functions of the District.
Ability to supervise professional, technical and support staff.
Ability to perform sound instructional analysis and take or recommend appropriate actions regarding such matters.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to collaboratively lead the work of teams, committees and work groups.
Ability to work cooperatively with others.
Ability to keep abreast of developments in the field.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's Degree (Doctorate preferred) in instructional technology, educational research or educational administration
Ph.D. in educational administration/curriculum preferred.
Ten years experience in central administration, building administration, development of curriculum and instructional programs and teaching.
Eligible for appropriate Colorado certification.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to Superintendent. Supervises executive management and other staff.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
The work is performed in a typical office environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The work is mostly sedentary with periods of light physical activity. Typical positions require workers to walk or stand for long periods; lift and carry up to 20 pounds; climb stairs, bend, reach, hold, grasp and turn objects; and use fingers to operate computer or typewriter keyboards. The work requires the ability to speak normally and to use normal or aided vision and hearing.
FLSA STATUS:
Exempt.
WORK YEAR:
260 Days
SALARY:
Negotiable
Application Procedure
Applications and job descriptions can be obtained on the Web Site www.cssd11.k12.co.us,. E-mail correspondence to THOMPLM@d11.org, Fax 520-2156, or mail correspondence to: School District #11, Mr. David F. Schenkel, Division Head-Human Resources; 1115 North El Paso Street; Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903.
Closing Date: Friday April 6, 2007 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Superintendent Division Head - Human Resources
Director of Equal Opportunity Programs & Ombudservice
Application Notes Use Executive/Professional Application from website
Salary Info Negotiable
Web Sitewww.cssd11.k12.co.us
Start Date As soon as possible
Deadline04/06/2007
Contact Linda Thompson
School District #11 - Human Resources
1115 N. El Paso St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 USA
Contact Phone(719) 520-2176
Contact Fax(719) 520-2156
Contact EmailThomplm@d11.org
Notice that the job description claims that the salary is "negotiable." Bishop made between $112,000 and $120,000 while holding down that job, not including bonus pay, which he always received whether district performance was up or not. You can expect that the person who fills this job will receive at least this amount, and probably more.
While this appears to be a job that is open to all comers who think that they are qualified, district administrators say that the person to whom Bishop wants to give this job has already been selected. To ensure that the cronyism continues, district insiders say that Bishop has created this job for his old pal Michael Poore. Poore has been a long time D11 employee, and long time friend of Bishop. It is more important for Bishop to hand an old friend a healthy 6-figure salary than it is for him to keep his commitment to the tax payers of D11. Is Poore qualified to make a 6-figure salary in an IT leadership role? Who knows, but that doesn't matter when you are talking about D11. IT was one of the areas most criticized by teachers when Bishop was heading that department. He had no specific qualifications to hold that job, so why should Poore? It is all about friendships and favoritism. Whether the public gets anything for this money is irrelevant, as the public typically doesn't pay attention enough to care. Don't expect the Gazette to pick up on this Bishop flip-flop, either. If it doesn't deal with reform, then it isn't a scandal.
D11 CFO Glenn Gustafson asked Bishop to keep the salary down at a Director's level. Gustafson said that another Deputy Superintendent's salary would put a squeeze on the D11 budget. Bishop's response to his CFO? Tough - let the budget be damned. Thanks, Terry, for caring.
Bishop knows that the lethargic school board, under the direction of anti-parent board president John Gudvangen, will allow him to hire whoever he chooses, no questions asked. Bishop also knows that the D11 community will never hear a discussion about this new hire, as the compliant press and board will never mention it.
Bishop came on board with an aggressive 25 point plan to improve the district. Has he acted on even one of those 25 points? CSAPs have come and gone, April is right around the corner, and academically, Bishop and his high paid staff have been missing in action. As far as being a typical D11 good-old-boy crony, Bishop gets an A+.
Bishop agreed to take a salary of $130,000 when he took the job, as opposed to the $170,000 wasted on his predecessor, Sharon Thomas. That was a decent gesture to save the district some money, but the Bishop's are not suffering in poverty by any means. With Terry's wife Barbara pulling in over $90,000 as a principal, they are doing just fine.
The culture of D11 has always been one of cronyism and nepotism. Friends and relatives often get the jobs with the most money behind them, whether the friend or relative has any qualification to perform the job or not. The Bishop's son Kevin was hired into the district under shady circumstances, which I questioned while on the board. He was hired with doubts as to whether the job was properly posted and whether anyone else more qualified was actually ever considered. The answers from the administration were typically less than straight forward, and Kevin continues to earn over $52,000 working for D11.
Terry Bishop publicly stated to the board and community that he was not going to make his old job (Deputy Superintendent for IT) a deputy superintendent job again once he became superintendent. He said that he was going to simply make that job a Director's slot to keep the salary lower and save the district money. Sadly, once a person has lived within the back-slapping, backdoor dealings of D11, it is impossible to live a clean life again.
The following job posting was recently placed by D11:
Title Deputy Superintendent
Category Education/Training District Wide
School Population:
Grades:
School Name:
Location:Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Qualifications/Job Description
COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEVEN
1115 North El Paso Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
Division of School and Instructional Support Services
SUMMARY OF FUNCTION:
Provides essential leadership in partnership with the Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Instruction for increasing student achievement and expanding learning opportunities for all students. Improving teaching, learning and management at the district and school levels in all areas for which each is responsible. Directs, facilitates and oversees functions, management, operations and administration of information, technology, assessment, evaluation, research, staff development and specified departments and programs including; Learning Resource Services (LRS), Information Services (IS), and Assessment Research, and Evaluation Office (AERO), and Professional Development. Works closely and collaboratively with other division heads, administrators, divisions, and departments to increase school and district performance and effectiveness.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Provides essential leadership with the Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Instruction for increasing student achievement, expanding learning opportunitities for all students, meeting legislative requirements, improving teaching, learning, and management at the district and all school levels.
Provides essential leadership in partnership with the Deputy Superintendent of Operations and Instruction in implementing standards based instruction, current research and trends in the areas of standards-based learning, grants acquisition, special need learners, data driven instruction, strategies and initiatives for improving student achievement, and legislation impacting student learning.
Partners with the Deputy Superintendent of Operations and Instruction, other district staff including principals to assure that the functions of information and technology literacy; 21st. Century Learning Skills; data driven decision making; research, planning, assessment and evaluation; information access and application; and staff development have maximum impact on the district's mission of increased student achievement.
Coordinates and confers with other Deputy Superintendents/ Division Heads, Superintendent, Board of Education and administration regarding information, technology, research, assessment, and evaluation. Establishes related projects, directs and implements projects as needed. Coordinates division activities with related activities of other district divisions.
Participates in the development and monitoring of long range plans for the district as a whole, as well as, those of the Division of School and Instructional Support Service and the Division of Operations and Instructions, including individual school improvement plans.
Models, with others, leadership in instructional knowledge, curricular design and development, information and technology literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills, data driven decision making, continuous quality improvement, planning, customer service, communication skills, collaborative processing, and effective organizational design.
Participates in the accountability/accreditation process. Works with district liaison and as a resource to District Advisory Accountability Committee and District Accreditation Committee. Assures the Board of Education and administration are in compliance with Colorado Accountability/Accreditation law and rules.
Develops and directs district programs and curriculum/instruction evaluation and reporting system. Develops and monitors assessment mythology, technology and reporting systems.
Supervises and directs district-wide human resource development in the implementation of Board of Education and Superintendent's directives. Monitors program/project progress and effectiveness. Evaluates program/project effectiveness.
Analyzes, interprets, and relates educational data, issues and trends simultaneously with that of research and technology to develop effective and efficient solutions.
Coordinates the development of Board of Education Policies and Procedures and related policies and procedures under the direction of the Superintendent.
Assists/supports the superintendent and acts as superintendent's designee along with other Deputy Superintendents, as needed. Responds to requests from Board of Education, parents, community members, schools and district staff.
OTHER DUTIES:
Performs related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES AND SKILLS:
Knowledge of educational administration as applied to the development and implementation of instructional programs for the District.
Knowledge of Colorado laws, rules and regulations governing instructional program development and implementation.
Ability to plan, organize and direct the curriculum and instructional functions of the District.
Ability to supervise professional, technical and support staff.
Ability to perform sound instructional analysis and take or recommend appropriate actions regarding such matters.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to collaboratively lead the work of teams, committees and work groups.
Ability to work cooperatively with others.
Ability to keep abreast of developments in the field.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's Degree (Doctorate preferred) in instructional technology, educational research or educational administration
Ph.D. in educational administration/curriculum preferred.
Ten years experience in central administration, building administration, development of curriculum and instructional programs and teaching.
Eligible for appropriate Colorado certification.
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to Superintendent. Supervises executive management and other staff.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
The work is performed in a typical office environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The work is mostly sedentary with periods of light physical activity. Typical positions require workers to walk or stand for long periods; lift and carry up to 20 pounds; climb stairs, bend, reach, hold, grasp and turn objects; and use fingers to operate computer or typewriter keyboards. The work requires the ability to speak normally and to use normal or aided vision and hearing.
FLSA STATUS:
Exempt.
WORK YEAR:
260 Days
SALARY:
Negotiable
Application Procedure
Applications and job descriptions can be obtained on the Web Site www.cssd11.k12.co.us,. E-mail correspondence to THOMPLM@d11.org, Fax 520-2156, or mail correspondence to: School District #11, Mr. David F. Schenkel, Division Head-Human Resources; 1115 North El Paso Street; Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903.
Closing Date: Friday April 6, 2007 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Superintendent Division Head - Human Resources
Director of Equal Opportunity Programs & Ombudservice
Application Notes Use Executive/Professional Application from website
Salary Info Negotiable
Web Sitewww.cssd11.k12.co.us
Start Date As soon as possible
Deadline04/06/2007
Contact Linda Thompson
School District #11 - Human Resources
1115 N. El Paso St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 USA
Contact Phone(719) 520-2176
Contact Fax(719) 520-2156
Contact EmailThomplm@d11.org
Notice that the job description claims that the salary is "negotiable." Bishop made between $112,000 and $120,000 while holding down that job, not including bonus pay, which he always received whether district performance was up or not. You can expect that the person who fills this job will receive at least this amount, and probably more.
While this appears to be a job that is open to all comers who think that they are qualified, district administrators say that the person to whom Bishop wants to give this job has already been selected. To ensure that the cronyism continues, district insiders say that Bishop has created this job for his old pal Michael Poore. Poore has been a long time D11 employee, and long time friend of Bishop. It is more important for Bishop to hand an old friend a healthy 6-figure salary than it is for him to keep his commitment to the tax payers of D11. Is Poore qualified to make a 6-figure salary in an IT leadership role? Who knows, but that doesn't matter when you are talking about D11. IT was one of the areas most criticized by teachers when Bishop was heading that department. He had no specific qualifications to hold that job, so why should Poore? It is all about friendships and favoritism. Whether the public gets anything for this money is irrelevant, as the public typically doesn't pay attention enough to care. Don't expect the Gazette to pick up on this Bishop flip-flop, either. If it doesn't deal with reform, then it isn't a scandal.
D11 CFO Glenn Gustafson asked Bishop to keep the salary down at a Director's level. Gustafson said that another Deputy Superintendent's salary would put a squeeze on the D11 budget. Bishop's response to his CFO? Tough - let the budget be damned. Thanks, Terry, for caring.
Bishop knows that the lethargic school board, under the direction of anti-parent board president John Gudvangen, will allow him to hire whoever he chooses, no questions asked. Bishop also knows that the D11 community will never hear a discussion about this new hire, as the compliant press and board will never mention it.
Bishop came on board with an aggressive 25 point plan to improve the district. Has he acted on even one of those 25 points? CSAPs have come and gone, April is right around the corner, and academically, Bishop and his high paid staff have been missing in action. As far as being a typical D11 good-old-boy crony, Bishop gets an A+.
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