Dr. Raúl Rodríguez lately started his job as San José-Evergreen Group School District’s interim chancellor. Rodríguez, who was an administrator at San Jose Metropolis School within the Nineties, says returning to the district is “like a homecoming.” (Courtesy picture)
The San José-Evergreen Group School District’s new interim chancellor has a robust work historical past at comparable districts all through California, and greater than a passing familiarity with San Jose Metropolis School.
Dr. Raúl Rodríguez most lately served as interim superintendent/president of Hartnell School. Previous to that, he served for one 12 months because the interim president at East Los Angeles School.
From 2010 to 2019, Rodríguez was chancellor of Rancho Santiago Group School District, one of many largest neighborhood school districts in California with an enrollment of greater than 60,000 college students and a workforce of greater than 4,000 staff.
Rodríguez started his job as head of the San Jose district Jan. 18 after being unanimously chosen by its board of trustees.
“We're very lucky to have such a extremely expert and skilled chief,” board president Bob Livengood stated in a press release, including that the trustees “are assured that Dr. Rodríguez is the versatile, inventive and passionate chief we have to lead the district throughout this difficult interval.”
Rodríguez replaces Dr. Byron D. Clift Breland, who resigned in November to turn out to be chancellor of the North Orange County Group School District.
An educator for greater than 35 years, Rodríguez labored from 1994-96 as vice chairman of instruction and interim president of San José Metropolis School (SJCC), roles that he held from 1994 to 1996. The San Jose-Evergreen Group School District additionally consists of Evergreen Valley School, Milpitas School Extension and the Group School Heart for Financial Mobility.
“I do know quite a bit has modified at SJCC since my time there, together with the development of quite a few new buildings and different growth of the campus, however in some methods this is sort of a homecoming,” Rodríguez stated in a press release. “I’m excited to refamiliarize myself with SJCC and Evergreen Valley School.
“The district’s values of alternative, fairness and social justice align with my private values as an educator,” he added. “With the continued pandemic and different points impacting neighborhood faculties, there are actually many challenges forward, however many alternatives to boost the schooling and companies that we're offering to the larger San Jose and Milpitas communities as properly.”
Rodríguez earned a doctorate in psychology from UC-Santa Cruz. He additionally holds a grasp’s diploma at school and applied psychology from Fairfield College and a bachelor’s diploma in liberal research from Bowling Inexperienced State College in Ohio. He's a graduate of the Harvard Institute for Instructional Administration.
The district’s board of trustees set to conduct a nationwide seek for a everlasting chancellor this spring.