Lee Miller

Although you may be reading this at the end of the summer, I am writing it in July from Catalina Island, where I go yearly to relax and re-charge! If you have never been to the island or to the little town of Avalon, I highly recommend it that you visit for at least a day, if not longer.

It has been an exciting year for Cal/West, as we again worked with hundreds of schools to help make "the perfect match" with teachers, administrators, and school leaders. One of our goals has been to increase selectivity, and we seek to work only with the best of the best! This year we accepted about 20% of applicants, resulting in one of the strongest candidate pools we have ever had. Mirroring the goal of many schools, we have also continued our commitment to diversity in filling all types of school positions.  

Our Senior Leadership Search program has expanded, and we have made leadership placements in schools throughout the West. Our thanks to the school representatives who have entrusted us to manage these searches for their communities. Thanks, too, to the members of our Advisory Board, who have given us valuable input and feedback on our services.  

This October we will facilitate the 5th annual Emerging Leaders Workshop, a program that now has more than 200 alumni who are on track to become department heads, deans, division heads, and even heads of school. We greatly appreciate the pro bono faculty who eagerly participate and make this experience so meaningful for its participants.  

Schools undergo transitions every year, and Cal/West is no different. Two of our team members are leaving us to attend graduate programs, and two others are starting exciting positions in independent schools. We have already found terrific new team members who look forward to assisting candidates and school representatives with the same level of enthusiasm and dedication as their predecessors.

Please remember that although most positions are filled in the spring and early summer, we are here to help you year-round, We love the work we do, because we know that the educators we recruit and place each year make such a positive difference in the lives of students, families, schools, and faculties. That's why we look forward to continuing to work with you!