4 EDCAL August 13, 2018
Transitions
of New Timber Point Elementary School.
Edelman moves up from his position as vice
principal at Excelsior Middle School.
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San Bernardino County Superintendent
Ted Alejandre has been named to the
office of president-elect of the California
County Superintendents Educational
Services Association, beginning in 2019. In
2020, Alejandre will ascend to the office of
president. As president-elect of CCSESA,
Alejandre will serve on the group’s executive
committee for three years.
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Cheryl Wozniak has been named assis-
tant superintendent, Educational Services
for Piedmont USD. Wozniak was formerly
director of Curriculum and Instruction with
the district.
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Byron Union School District announced
that Jonathan Edelman will be principal
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butions to his job, Hovey has been named
ACSA’s 2018 Personnel/Human Resources
Administrator of the Year.
Hovey noted he never set out to become
an administrator. As a teacher, he was
talked into taking a test to qualify for an
Administrative Services Credential by his
then principal.
“After I passed the test, I think they
decided to stop allowing it,” Hovey joked.
“Either my principal saw some potential in
me that I did not recognize, or he thought it
was a good way to get me out of his school.
After that, each step of advancement was
largely due to a colleague’s encouragement,
more than any great ambition on my part.”
But it all ended up for the good, as
Hovey discovered it fit in well with his
desire to take each position he has ever held
and use it as an opportunity to do meaning-
ful work. He always found joy in doing his
Natomas Unified has a number of new
positions to announce. Marcel Baker
will be principal of Natomas Middle
School; Jason Manviller will be principal
of H. Allen Hight Elementary School;
David Rodriguez, Josh Harris and Tom
Anderson were all named assistant super-
intendents. Mary Lynch, Tracy Barbieri
and Kori Olson were appointed as direc-
tors. Maria Plowman has been appointed a
coordinator and Tom Dickinson was made
a K-8 principal. The district is also pleased
to announce the promotion of Shea Borges
and Earl Pavao to executive director posi-
tions.
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In addition, Mark Holman has been named
principal at Frank Vessels Elementary
School. Holman moves over from Fountain
Valley School District where he served as
an assistant principal the last four years.
Cypress SD also selected Teresa Lennox
as director of Maintenance/Operations,
Transportation, and Technology. Previously,
Lennox managed the information technol-
ogy systems in the Savanna School District.
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Mark Twain Union Elementary School
District has announced that Wendy
DeSimone will serve as the principal of
Mark Twain Elementary following her year
of service as interim principal. Josh O’Geen
will be the new principal at Copperopolis
Elementary School. He had previously
served as an assistant principal at Glen
Edwards Middle School with Western
Placer Unified School District.
Cypress School District Superintendent
Anne Silavs is pleased to announce several
new administrators have joined the district.
Kimberly Benaraw has been named princi-
pal at Margaret Landell Elementary School. Santa Monica-Malibu USD announced
that Ryan Bourke has been named prin-
cipal of Rogers Elementary, and Christian
job, rather than in seeking the next one to
be happy.
This attitude aligns with Hovey’s atti-
tude of viewing work not as a source of
inspiration, but as an obligation, in the best
sense of the word.
“(I feel) obligated in the sense that if I
am going to occupy the job, I have to give
it my best every day,” Hovey said. “If I can’t
commit to that, then I should let someone
else who will do that have the job. The work
is that important. Having spent my first
decade in education serving students with
disabilities, I continue to feel that my com-
mitment is in service of students, no matter
how indirectly.”
Even with a standout career, Hovey can
see the big picture, where he is part of a
bigger whole, a viewpoint that surely serves
him well in human resources.
“Like the pixels in a screen, I have not
created the picture; I have added to it to
enhance, brighten, and complete it,” Hovey
said. “As I have continued to grow as a
leader, I believe that I have contributed in various ways with sharing my accumulated
knowledge, experience, perspective and even
my humor. Going forward, I hope to leave
things better than they would have been
without me, and along with the dots added
by others, it will be a better picture.”
Hovey has taken full advantage of his
ACSA membership to help him grow in
leadership abilities. He cited the ability to
learn – and lead – at such events as the
Personnel Academy, Personnel Institutes,
Negotiators’ Symposiums, charter profes-
sional development events, and Leadership
Summits. He said these have all been instru-
mental in his development as an educational
leader and human resources professional.
In addition, Hovey has served as a char-
ter and region officer and president, par-
ticipated on the Human Resources Council,
Legislative Policy Committee, and charter
and region boards, all of which he cites as an
opportunity to give back to the profession.
Leadership is certainly a popular issue
in the business and education areas, and
Hovey noted that it’s difficult to determine
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Fuhrer as principal of Grant Elementary.
Sam Koshy has been appointed director of
Assessment, Research and Evaluation, and
Isaac Burgess III has been named direc-
tor, Malibu Pathway. New House principals
at Santa Monica High School are Vivian
Choi and Lauren Paule Sheahan. Freda
Rossi has been appointed coordinator,
Family Engagement and James Watwood
is a new coordinator of Special Education.
New assistant principals are Darci Keleher
at Lincoln Middle School and Julie Siegel
at Cabrillo/Pt. Dume Elementary School.
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James Parrish III has been named
director of Family & Student Services
of San Leandro Unified School District.
Parrish was previously principal of Ben
Franklin Intermediate School in Jefferson
Elementary School District.
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what innovative leadership is when there are
more than 60,000 books published with the
word “leadership” in the title.
“Nonetheless, at the Riverside County
Office of Education, under the leadership
of Dr. Judy White, we are emphasizing
‘Servant Leadership,’ which flips the tra-
ditional view of an organizational structure
upside down,” Hovey said. “Servant lead-
ers conduct themselves in ways that sup-
port and empower their employees, rather
than the other way around. Thus, Servant
Leadership is consistent with certain lead-
ership principles espoused by Abraham
Lincoln.
“Though it is not true that Abe and I
were classmates,” Hovey joked, “I do value
the following two Lincoln principles: ‘Give
subordinates a fair chance with equal free-
dom and opportunity for success’ and ‘When
you make it to the top, turn and reach down
for the person behind you.’ Particularly at
this point in my career, I strive to behave in
accordance with those principles.”
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