Cal/West
Stats...
Cal/West accepts only about 20% of initial applicants as candidates.
91% of client schools use our services year after year.
92% of CAIS schools have used our services.
In 2010...
21% of our candidates hailed from outside California.
33% of administrators we placed had 10+ years experience.
18% of teachers we placed had 10+ years experience.
19% of teachers we placed are beginning their teaching careers.
63% of our placements were in Southern California schools.
31% of our placements were in Northern California schools.
6% of our placements were in other western states.
33% of our placements were diverse candidates.
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Cal/West
Advisory Board
JAMES ASTMAN
Oakwood School
Stephen S. Wise Schools
REVETA BOWERS
Center for Early Education
MARK BROOKS
Pilgrim School
MICHAEL DIAMONTI
San Francisco University High School SCOTT DUYAN
Presidio Hill School
LANDIS GREEN
Wildwood School
TED HILL
Chadwick School
DEB HOF
Girls Middle School
TOM HUDNUT
Harvard-Westlake School
MARCUS HURLBUT
St. Margaret's Episcopal School
JEANNE HUYBRECHTS
Harvard-Westlake School
MARK LAURIA
New York State Association of Independent Schools
MARY MENACHO
Trinity School
KARAN MERRY
St. Paul's Episcopal School
RAY MICHAUD
John Thomas Dye School
TIM MOLAK
Woodside Priory School
SUSAN NELSON
Webb Schools
ERIC NILES
Athenian School
DOREEN OLESON
Saint Mark's School
VIRGINIA PAIK
Live Oak School MICHAEL PRATT
Brentwood School
DOUG PHELPS
Harbor Day School DEBBIE REED Polytechnic School
MICHELE RENCH
All Saints' Episcopal Day School
AMY RICHARDS
Crystal Springs Uplands School
LISA ROSENSTEIN
Willows Community School
EILEEN WASSERMAN
Campbell Hall
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The Cal/West Team
STEVE MILLER
Vice President
CHRIS "FLEISCH"
FLEISCHNER
Vice President
DORITT DIAMOND
Director of Operations
ANA GUTIERREZ
Applicant Liaison
STACEY McSHANE
Candidate Liaison
TALIA STOL Placement Associate
Dr. MARY ELLEN GOZDECKI
Leadership Search
Consultant
Dr. JACQUELINE OLIVIER
Southern California
Consultant
SARAH LOUGHEED-GILL
Consultant
ELEANOR DASE
Representative
JOYCE EVANS
New York
Represenatative
LORRI HAMILTON
New York
Represenatative
NANCY NEWMAN
Northern California
Representative
ERIN SULLIVAN
Boston/New England Representative
JANIS ELIAS Business Office Manager
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Cal/West Educators Placement
818.906.2972
800.390.4737
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2011 Connection & Diversity Events
Thriving in the
Independent School Culture
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Please make plans to join us for our
Connection and Diversity Events,
where school representatives and candidates
meet one another in search of "The Perfect Match."
Thursday evening, February 10, 2011
Northern California - Diversity Event
Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Friday , February 11, 2011
Northern California - Connection Event
The Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday - Friday, February 23-25, 2011
Connection & Diversity Event @ the NAIS National Conference
Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Southern California - Connection & Diversity Event
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Northern California - Spring Connection & Diversity Event
San Francisco University High School, San Francisco, CA
Participating in one or more of these events will greatly increase a candidate's chances of meeting with a school representative. Advance registration is required. There is no fee for candidates to attend. If you are wondering what to expect, please look at our Event Video.
Please visit our website for additional information: www.CalWestEducators.com
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From the President...
 | Lee Miller
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As we begin our 2011 recruiting, I want to congratulate the many outstanding educators whom we placed in 2010, and the wonderful schools that hired them. It was a thrill to put together "the perfect match" time and time again, and we send all of you our best wishes!
During the past year we at Cal/West have continued
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to expand our personal contacts in the independent school world nationally, and even internationally. In September I had the opportunity to visit The American School of London, and its Head, Coreen Hester. Coreen was previously Head of The Hamlin School in San Francisco and Assistant Head at The Branson School in Ross, California, as well as being an educator recruiter.The American School welcomes students from more than 50 countries and sends many of them on to U.S. colleges and universities. The faculty consists of educators from all over the world.
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Along with our east coast representative,
Erin Ash Sullivan, I had the privilege and honor to run a workshop on preparing resumes and interviewing skills at The Klingenstein Center at Columbia University in New York. We were invited to the Center by its head,
Pearl Kane,during our east coast recruiting trip. Erin and I also interviewed prospective candidates at Columbia's Teachers College and at Klingenstein, and I took part in a panel discussion about independent schools at Lesley University in Cambridge.
This past fall we welcomed Sarah Lougheed-Gill (based in Los Angeles) and Lorri Hamilton (in New York) to the Cal/West team. Both of them have significant experience in independent schools in California, and will be interviewing some of our applicants in their geographic areas.
In December we attended and co-sponsored the annual NAIS "People of Color Conference," which was held in San Diego and enabled us to meet teachers and administrators from all over the country.
All of these meetings and activities are important to our ongoing recruiting of the very best senior leaders, administrators, and teachers in the independent school world. They lead up to our Connection and Diversity Events in February, March, and April, where school representatives and our candidates meet for their first one-to-one conversations.
Along with my colleagues on the Cal/West team, I look forward to continuing our personal relationships with you. Please feel free to contact any of us any time we can be of help, or just to say "hello!"
Best regards,
Lee
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Leadership Searches
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Cal/West is the premier educator recruiting firm in the western United States. We are uniquely positioned to assist schools in the West with their most important searches. While we recruit locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, our searches and fees are customized for each process. Personal relationships plus integrity remain the most important hallmarks of our work.
Currently we are pleased to be working with Yavneh Academy in Dallas, Texas, Mayfield Junior School in Pasadena, California, and San Francisco's Jewish Community High School of the Bay to help them find senior leaders for July 2011 appointments.
Yavneh Academy is seeking an experienced Head of School to lead this co-educational, college-preparatory high school (9-12) which offers the highest quality Judaic and General Studies program to 118 students.
Mayfield Junior School, a Catholic independent co-educational K-8 school, has two positions for July 2011 appointments: Lower School Division Director (K-4) and Director of Enrollment and Marketing (K-8). Both positions report to the Headmaster and are a part of the senior leadership team.
Jewish Community High School of the Bay seeks a Director of Admissions to advance the school in terms of recruitment and admissions management, outreach to the community of middle schools and synagogues, and strategic planning and programming. The position reports to the Head of School, is part of the senior leadership team, and works with a talented, creative, and dedicated professional community.
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Administrator Spotlight
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San Francisco University High School began sponsoring Cal/West's Annual Diversity Events two years ago. This year Marin Academy will also be a sponsor. Their two gifted leaders, Michael Diamonti and Travis Brownley, are dedicated to quality education with a strong multicultural emphasis.
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Michael Diamonti has been the Head of San Francisco University High School for the past 10 years. He is a trained psychologist, and worked his way up through the ranks from public schools to universities. We talked to him about diversity outreach, challenging schedules, and his favorite novels.
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Travis Brownley is an independent school "lifer." The current head of Marin Academy started working in the field 30 years ago, so she knows her way around faculty, administration, and students as well as anyone. We spoke to Travis about the challenges of her current job, why diversity is important, and her secret passion for...dancing! Learn more about Michael and Travis... |
4th Annual
Emerging Leaders Workshop
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 | Faculty members: Debbie Reed, Les Frost, Jeanette Woo-Chitjian,
Reveta Bowers, and Landis Green |
Cal/West's 4th Annual Emerging Leaders Workshop was held October 15, 2010 at the Skirball Cultural Center. The workshop was designed to provide a unique experience for educators looking forward to a future in school administration.
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Interviewing Skills Workshop
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This winter, Cal/West introduced a series of workshops intended to help candidates improve upon their interviewing skills.
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Our inaugural workshop, led by Elizabeth McGregor, Head of School, Westridge School for Girls, and David Carter, Human Resources Director, The Buckley School, was a tremendous success!
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Candidates who attended spent the morning listening to sage advice from our school administrator leaders and practicing new skills with feedback from their peers, workshop facilitators, and the Cal/West Staff. We look forward to providing more opportunities like this one!
Our next workshop will be on January 18, 2011. The workshop will be led by Dawn Cunnion, Associate Head, Brentwood School, and Omid Kheiltash, Assistant Head, Seven Arrows Elementary School. Please contact workshop@CalWestEducators.com if you would like to attend.
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What is the Cal/West Difference?
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For Candidates...
C
alWest: the premier educator placement firm in the WestA mazing ongoing contact between candidates and team members L ong-standing relationships with school leaders W est Coast headquarters E vents promoting Connection and Diversity S uperb Professional Development Workshops T eam members provide resume and career guidance
For Schools...
E very candidate is interviewed in depth
D edicated to personalized serviceU nwavering commitment to candidate diversityC onnection and Diversity Events to facilitate interviewsA vailable for consultation 7 days a weekT alented educators carefully selected for your considerationO utstanding Senior Leader Search teamR egional and national outreach
S enior staff personally connected to independent schools
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The Best in the West!
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Cal/West Educators Placement
is The Premier Firm Connecting Teachers, Administrators, and Senior Leaders with Private and Independent Schools in California and the West
www.CalWestEducators.com |
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