Processes Followed when Hiring Superintendents
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Dear Board President or Vice President:

This project has been reviewed by the WIU IRB Administrator and is deemed to be expedited research. Please know that participation in this study is voluntary and will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to get your opinions, insights and suggestions related to the selection process that Illinois School Boards’ of Education follow when hiring a superintendent. Additionally, we are interested in this research for the purposes of completing a doctoral dissertation in educational leadership.

RISKS: The levels of risk involved in this study are minimal. Participants might need technical assistance with Survey Monkey. If difficulties arise you can contact the Survey Monkey HELP desk (icon in upper right hand corner) for their support. I have found them to be VERY helpful. Survey Monkey’s process is very simple and should not be difficult to complete.

Survey Monkey will allow you to stop and come back to finish at a later time. To do so, you must log in on the same computer upon which you started taking survey.

BENEFITS: Contribution to this study will possibly improve the selection processes districts' follow when hiring their superintendent.

CONFIDENTIALITY. No IP addresses will be collected and therefore all responses will be anonymous. No identifying information will be shared with anyone outside of the research team.

These raw data will be shared with the following faculty at Western Illinois University: Dr. Dean Halverson, Dr. Bridget Sheng, and/or Dr. Donna McCaw. It will be stored on my laptop in a password protected Survey Monkey account. At the end of the class, all information will be given to Dr. Dean Halverson and stored in a locked file cabinet for 3 years.

Typically, participants can withdraw from a study at any time. Due the anonymity of this online survey - withdrawing your survey will be impossible. The information may also be used for publications and presentations related to executive search processes.

If you have any questions about the research you may contact Dr. Dean Halverson at DL-Halverson@wiu.edu or Lonny Lemon, superintendent at Quincy Public Schools lemonlo@qps.org. If you have questions about your rights as a participant in the study, you may contact the IRB Administrator at Western Illinois University at (309) 298-1191 or AJ-Tee@wiu.edu. Your participation will be confidential and all responses and/or data will be reported with guaranteed anonymity.

Lonny B. Lemon
Superintendent-Quincy Public Schools
Doctoral Candidate-Western Illinois University

1. I have read the above information, understand the factors of confidentiality, risk, and that I cannot withdraw once the survey has been submitted. Knowing I agree to participate in this study.

I have read the above information, understand the factors of confidentiality, risk, and that I cannot withdraw once the survey has been submitted. Knowing I agree to participate in this study. YES

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2. As a way of showing my appreciation for your participation in my study, I am offering all participants the opportunity to win $75. I will be drawing 4 names. If your name is drawn you will be contacted by email.

To chose to participate please do the following:
* take the survey
* at the end of the survey is my email address
* send me an email with your first name
* this email will be printed out, folded and placed into a box
* on the day after the survey is closed I will draw 4 emails from the box.
* winners will be notifed by email to determine method of payment.
As you are completing the email separate from your survey - your anonymity remains secure.

Upon completion of the competition all emails will be destroyed and the identity secured.

As a way of showing my appreciation for your participation in my study, I am offering all participants the opportunity to win $75. I will be drawing 4 names. If your name is drawn you will be contacted by email. To chose to participate please do the following: * take the survey * at the end of the survey is my email address * send me an email with your first name * this email will be printed out, folded and placed into a box * on the day after the survey is closed I will draw 4 emails from the box. * winners will be notifed by email to determine method of payment. As you are completing the email separate from your survey - your anonymity remains secure. Upon completion of the competition all emails will be destroyed and the identity secured. Yes, I want to participate in the drawing for $75.

No, I do not want to participate in the drawing.

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Processes Followed when Hiring Superintendents
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