Superintendent Search - Macon County R-IV School, New Cambria, MO

Deadline - December 11, 2008

Announcement of Vacancy

Superintendent of Schools

Macon County R-IV School

Mission:  The Macon County R-IV School District will graduate responsible citizens with a positive self-image who demonstrate high academic, ethical and moral standards through an environment conducive to career development and life-long learning.

The Community:  The Macon County R-IV community is primarily rural with an agricultural-based economy.  Sixty-one percent of the students live in a farm setting.  Most of the non-farming employment opportunities are in the surrounding communities of Marceline, Brookfield, and Macon.

Ethel, Missouri, just north of New Cambria, is a unique little town of 100 residents that has become quite a tourist spot.  The former school building houses a bed and breakfast, The Recess Inn.  Nearby

is The Heartland Lodge which hosts guided hunts for sports enthusiasts.  Both attract visitors from across the nation.

The New Cambria business district is quite small, yet it supports a bank, sale barn, café, gas station, and various other local businesses.  The community supports the school quite well, as evidence by a $4.85 voted tax levy.

The District:  Macon County R-IV School is located in New Cambria, Missouri, which is in the northeast part of the state on U.S. Highway 36.  It is approximately 18 miles west of Macon and 40 miles east of Chillicothe.  It is a reorganized district of the Ethel and New Cambria areas, organized in 1969 and serves the western part of Macon County.

The elementary, middle school, and high school are housed at one site.  Macon County R-IV is a sending school of vocational students to the Macon Area Vocational Technical School in Macon, Missouri.  The total district enrollment ranges between 135-150 students.  The district operates on a $1.8 million budget and the average per pupil expenditure is approximately $10,800.

A day-care facility for 2-5 year olds is available on school grounds and is operated by a local County Economic Development Corporation.

Pride and Successes:  A+ Program; After School Tutoring, K-12; Computer in Every Classroom;

1:7 Teacher-Student Ratio; Dual Credit Courses; Vocational Agriculture; Parent-As-Teachers Program;

Reading First; Summer School, PreK-11; and Spanish Club, Elementary.

District Statistical Data: 

Enrollment K-6:

61

Enrollment 7-12:

77

Certified Staff:

25

Non-Certified Staff:     

14

Assessed Valuation:

$10,463,840

Voted Tax Levy:

4.85  

Adjusted Tax Levy:

4.28

Board Members:

Kevin Souther, President

(5 years)

Darrell Russell, Vice President

(3 years)

Julie Kelley, Secretary

(29 years)

Angela Maddox, Treasurer

(1 year)

Jeff Bixenman, Member

(7 months)

Karen Lochner, Member

(7 months)

Ray Peterson, Member

(3 years)

Sam Jones, Member

(fill in 1 term)

Time Line:

Applications must be received by:

4PM, Thursday, December 11, 2008

Screening will commence:        

December 12-16

Interviews tentatively set for:    

End of December and January

Anticipated hire date:   

January/February 2009

Contract of new Superintendent will being:

   July 1, 2009

Salary Benefits:

Applicants should consider the salary range negotiable, but estimated approximately $65,000.

Benefits include:  Health and Life Insurance; two weeks paid vacation, 8 sick days, and  2 personal days.

Application Requirements:

A Missouri Superintendent's Certificate

Completed Application with letter of interest, resume, recommendations and college transcripts.

Contract Information:

For Application or more information contact:  Julie Kelley, Macon County R-IV School, P.O. Box 70, New Cambria, MO.  63558.  Telephone 660-226-5615.  E-mail:  jkelley@mcr4.k12.mo.us

Statement of Non-Discrimination:  

Applicants for admission and employment, students and employees of the Macon County R-IV School District are hereby notified that this institution does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age or handicap in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities.