What’s the role of a school superintendent? Judging by a recent job posting, responsibilities are in flux.
Minnesota’s St. Louis Park Public Schools [SLPS] district has placed a new entry onto its job board. The system seeks an assistant superintendent who’s woke and will whack white supremacy.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES
As a member of the Superintendent’s leadership team, the Assistant Superintendent proactively supports the Superintendent to create and communicate antiracist structures and systems, works to interrupt systems of oppression, and serves as a role model for culturally relevant pedagogy.
For those unfamiliar, “antiracism” pits white assailants against tanner victims. UCLA Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw has described it thusly:
“Antiracism is the active dismantling of systems, privileges, and everyday practices that reinforce and normalize the contemporary dimensions of white dominance.”
In that regard, Minneapolis-area SLPS wants a worker who’s on fire:
[The right candidate is] unwaveringly committed to antiracist actions and [uses] data to adapt and sustain [his or her] efforts towards racial equity to plan, direct, and coordinate action to achieve the mission and strategic objectives.
A quick glance at job-finder Indeed.com reveals traditional school-district supervisory duties such as these…
- Provide support and assistance to elementary school principals
- Provide leadership to elementary principals
- Respond to issues and questions from building administrators, teachers, parents, and community
- Oversee the review and administration of the student discipline, suspension, and expulsion policies
- Motivate, supervise and evaluate assigned personnel in accordance with district policies and guidelines
Somebody forward that to Lou over in Worcester, or Micha in Wicomico. I’m sure they’d fit right in.
And don’t forget Gene Malone.
Looks to me like a really good way to get sued.