Don Wise

Background

About Don Wise

32 years in education and 26 years in administration Experience with large budgets-including multimillion-dollar federal, and local budgets as Federal Programs Director, Human Resource Director, and superintendent of schools Supervised and evaluated administrators and departments Directed recruitment, retention, and hiring of personnel Rebuilt salary schedules for personnel Lead negotiator representing organizations in union negotiations Supervised a team of 17 directors and principals Designed supervised and presented professional development for organizations Worked with business organizational partnerships Both created and implemented Improvement Plans and Action Plans Experience working with legal teams Construction committee experience in multi-million-dollar projects Provide reports regularly to the Board concerning the status of all assignments and projects of the various programs and activities Establishing program objectives and meeting deadlines, preparing policy, contracts, budgets, reports, and other support documents as needed. Perform executive-level planning, organizing, directing, and evaluation of departments and programs. Monitor outcomes and assessments to ensure departments are meeting goals and standards. Review operating results, compare them to established objectives, and take steps to ensure appropriate measures are taken to correct unsatisfactory results. Monitor and enforce internal financial policies and procedures. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and consultants