Miami-Dade hires district veteran as next superintendent

byJohn Smith •
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Alberto Carvalho smiles whereas talking at a information convention in Miami, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. The Miami-Dade Faculty Board selected José Dotres as the subsequent superintendent, changing Carvalho, who leaves on Feb. 3, 2022, to change into superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified Faculty District. The college board interviewed three candidates on Monday, Jan. 24, earlier than voting 6-3 to nominate Dotres throughout an eight-hour assembly.
  • Alberto Carvalho smiles while speaking at a news conference in Miami, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. The Miami-Dade School Board chose José Dotres as the next superintendent, replacing Carvalho, who leaves on Feb. 3, 2022, to become superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school board interviewed three candidates on Monday, Jan. 24, before voting 6-3 to appoint Dotres during an eight-hour meeting.
  • Jose Dotres, left, is congratulated by board member Vice Chair Dr. Steve Gallon III after being selected by the Miami-Dade Public School Board as the next superintendent in a 6-3 vote during a special meeting at their headquarters in downtown Miami, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Dotres, who is currently deputy superintendent of Collier County Public Schools, was one of three finalist applying for the position of superintendent. (Matias J.
  • Candidate for Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres participates in a public interview at the school board's headquarters in downtown Miami on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Dotres, deputy superintendent of Collier County Public Schools, is one of three finalist applying for the position of superintendent. (Matias J.
  • Candidate for Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres leaves after participating in a public interview at the school board's headquarters in downtown Miami on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Dotres, deputy superintendent of Collier County Public Schools, is one of three finalist applying for the position of superintendent. (Matias J.
  • Jose Dotres is congratulated after being selected by the Miami-Dade Public School Board as the next superintendent in a 6-3 vote during a special meeting at their headquarters in downtown Miami, Florida on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Dotres, who is currently deputy superintendent of Collier County Public Schools, was one of three finalist applying for the position of superintendent. (Matias J.

MIAMI (AP) — A 59-year-old veteran of Miami-Dade public faculties has been chosen to guide nation’s fourth largest college district.

The Miami-Dade Faculty Board selected José Dotres as the subsequent superintendent, changing Alberto Carvalho, who leaves on Feb. 3 to change into superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified Faculty District.

The college board interviewed three candidates on Monday earlier than voting 6-3 to nominate Dotres throughout an eight-hour assembly. Presently a deputy superintendent of Collier County faculties, Dotres started his profession in Miami-Dade County in 1988, as an elementary college trainer and studying coach, earlier than changing into a principal. He rose to administrative director of management growth, after which the district’s chief of workers.

“It really is an honor. I get to return again to work with unbelievable professionals,“ Dotres stated after the vote. “My biggest need is that we work intently collectively for the good thing about this whole college district.”

Many thought-about Dotres the favourite in a gaggle of 16 who utilized to switch Carvalho after the board selected to make a fast rent quite than appoint an interim superintendent and do a extra in depth search. Most of the academics, college students and neighborhood organizers who spoke lamented the dearth of neighborhood engagement within the hiring course of.

Dotres stated he selected to use as a result of he needs to “proceed serving the district that welcomed me once I was 5 (and) taught me English as a second language.” He spoke of his current relationships throughout the district of 334,000 college students and greater than 41,000 staff. He stated he’ll supply continuity from one administration to the subsequent as Miami-Dade seeks to recruit and retain academics.

The opposite finalists included Dr. Rafaela Espinal, an assistant superintendent in New York Metropolis, and Jacob Oliva, the Florida Division of Schooling’s Senior Chancellor.

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