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Executive Director / Head of School Search
After over 12 years of dedicated service and numerous accomplishments, Larry Acheatel has announced that he will be retiring as executive director as of June 30, 2012. A search committee has been formed and SDJA has hired two leading professional search firms, Cal West Educators and Leadership Associates, to aid us in the search for a new executive director / head of school.
To keep our community and others informed about the search process, we have created this web page to provide important information.
The Student Voice: Qualities Needed In Our Next Executive Director
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Ellen Horowitz, 10th Grade SDJA Student.
Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, education philosophy, statement of leadership and three to five letters of reference to SDJA@CalWestEducators.com
Leadership Opportunity
Job Description
Process Updates:
Dear SDJA Community,
After many months of hard work, we are delighted to share with you that the Search Committee has selected Chaim Heller to be the new Executive Director/ Head of School of SDJA, beginning in July of 2012. His final contract will be presented to the Board of Directors for ratification at the December meeting. The three final candidates were all extremely well qualified which made the decision enormously difficult. It was Chaim's ability to identify our strengths and weaknesses and his successful experience in working on many of the same challenges we face, which ultimately led the Search Committee to choose him. Chaim is currently the Head of School at Brandeis Hillel Day School, a pluralistic community Jewish day school with campuses in San Francisco and Marin County.
Click here to read Chaim Heller's biography.
We embark on an exciting future for SDJA with great enthusiasm and optimism. We realize that some amount of apprehension is inevitable with change in leadership at any institution. However, with an existing strong administrative and faculty team in place, a committed lay leadership and plenty of time for a seamless transition, we begin this new phase of our growth with confidence. Both Chaim and the SDJA board are committed to continue working transparently, and to building consensus as we move forward. We all share the same goal: to ensure that the San Diego Jewish Academy continues to be a stellar independent pluralistic Jewish day school with excellent academics, and one that instills a love and passion for Judaism in all of our students.
Throughout the search process, many of you took time to meet the candidates and to participate in forums and meetings. Your feedback to the Search Committee was invaluable and we are extremely grateful for your efforts.
As we begin our transition phase, we ask everyone-parents, faculty, staff and students-to join us in welcoming and embracing Chaim and his wife Michal into our community. We wish Chaim much success in his new position, and we are confident that he will lead SDJA to a bright and successful future, as we go from strength to strength.
Sincerely,
Roberto Jinich, Search Committee Chair and Shari Schenk, President, Board of Directors
Search Committees Biographies:
Click here to read the biographies of the individuals on the executive director search committee.
*SDJA is committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. The School will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee unless undue hardship would result. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on the employment application. If, however, you require reasonable accommodation in the application and/or interview process due to disability, requests must be made in a timely manner. Contact Human Resources at (858) 704-3853 / 3854 or via email.
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