GREEN BAY – During the Sept. 23 Green Bay Area Public Schools (GBAPS) Board of Education meeting, board members considered updates to district job descriptions, tabling consideration on the superintendent role until October.

The administrative role was being updated to reflect the most recent administrative standards.

GBAPS Board Trustee Rick Crosson said that the superintendent job description was “of sequence in where it is in relation to the strategic plan.”

“There should be some accounting in the job description of the strategic direction of the school district, and it's out of sequence in relation to that,” Crosson said.

“The other concern I have is that the document, it's written is too general in that it lacks specificity of objectives, particularly key performance indicators that the superintendent's role should be held accountable for. And here again, those would come as a result of a deeper dive into the strategic direction of the district.

“So I think it's, it's ahead of itself, and if we were to approve it, it would not serve the purpose of using that document along with the makings of the strategic plan for any consideration for the role of superintendent, and for the future consideration of the next superintendent.”

Tuestee Kou Lee agreed with Crosson, stating that it was “a little bit watered down.”

“I get the the idea that we have to be in compliance with EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) and the idea here is that we are in compliance,” Lee added.

“I think it's good, but in my heart if we're going to improve our student grades, we're going to improve this efficiency rate, we must go a step further and be committed to the process.

“I think that this job description needs to be a little bit more focused with our KPI (key performance indicators).”

The board unanimously approved the remainder of job descriptions, with the exception of the middle and high school activities director, which was tabled as well.

Board Treasurer Andrew Becker expressed concern over the use of “related field” in the educational aspect, as well as the title of the role.

“Having been part of the original time that we changed it and just made it activities director, with the understanding that athletics was part of the activities I'm okay with this. I wouldn't have been okay with just switching it only to athletics, but I'm okay with it being athletic slash activities and even with athletics being first, there are more other activities than there are athletics,” Becker said.

“I still do need to talk about the ‘or related field’ here, though I don't understand why we're still calling out sports management, which as most people get a sports management degree would not be a fit for this position. I guess I think it leads to confusion when (with) related field.

“I don't necessarily need to see a change in the activities and athletics director. I think Andrew (Becker) brought up some good points during the meeting about the emphasis with activities as well in the position, and I think just recognizing the roles that the people that hold these positions have — that it's not just athletics on there, it's working with a lot of different groups within the district,” said Board Clerk Bryan Milz.

Under education, I listed it as bachelors degree in education, sports or business management or related field, so it encompasses a range. Should there be an external posting at any point, it would attract a range of candidates; and it would not limit us in who we were seeking, but it would provide some clarity of, you have to have some background in some of these things to make sense for a candidate,” explained GBAPS Executive Director of Human Resources Mike Friis.

The board will revisit both job descriptions in October.