Providing Coaching & Training for Aspiring School Administrators

It was six ago when Dr. Ralph Pacheco and Dr. Nicolas Retana were first approached by the leadership of CALSA, the California Association of Latinto Superintendents & Administrators to develop and provide a "Mock Interview" Series for Aspiring School Administrators seeking to become School Superintendents in California.

This request was part of the organizing of the 1st Annual CALSA / ACSA Summer Institute "So You Want To Be A Superintendent?"

Dr. Retana and Pacheco whose firm had been providing education consulting (State Certified External Evaluators II-USP Program [EL designation] and State Certified SAIT Intervention Team), including doing Executive Searches for school districts in California gladly agreed to participate. (Dr. Retana a Retired CA Superintendent served on the CALSA Board.)

These six years have passed quickly. Last year Dr. Pacheco collaborated with Dr. Ron Carruth (Asst. Supt. Whittier Union HSD) and Dr. Angel Gallardo (School Administrator, Pomona USD) in conducting the "Mock Interview" Panels for the 2007 CALSA / ACSA Summer Institute. It was a rousing success. The "Mock Interviews" each year for the past five years the CALSA Summer Institute has been held is a popular and integral series of break-out sessions that CALSA Mentees (encouraged by their CALSA Mentors) participate in each Summer.

Dr. Pacheco, Coach & Mentor to School Administrators across California can be reached for more information regarding the next Co-hort of particiapnts in the Training Modules and/or Private Tutorials available through his Educational Consulting Firm (Whittier, CA). E-mail: profresnet@aol.com or call Dr. Pacheco's Toll Free Business Line: 1-888-545-2008.