Park City School District Superintendent Jill Gildea will be introduced to the community during an Open House on Monday, Sept. 10, prior to the Front Line Blue Line event. She will meet with the public from 5-6 p.m. in the lower lobby of the Eccles Center.
Dr. Gildea is known as a learner-centered and future-focused educator who keeps students at the forefront of all decisions.
Her goals for the coming year include:
–To learn and recognize the school district and individual school building culture, strengths, and areas identified for continuous growth.
–To review strategic planning, with an eye toward continued focus on best practice strategies in teaching and learning and supporting best practice operational strategies.
–To assess the state of the school district, including core approaches to teaching and learning, operations, business systems, finances and budgeting, reviewing externally funded and conducted audits, evaluations, and reviews in order to take timely action for improvement.
–To focus organizational efforts and align resources, financial and human, to ensure all students are provided a world-class education that will prepare them to be life, college, and global workforce ready.
Superintendent Gildea considers it “an honor to have the opportunity to join an innovative and progressive system like PCSD.” She previously served as Superintendent of Greenwich Public Schools in Greenwich, Connecticut, and for seven years was Superintendent of Fremont School District in Mundelein, Illinois.
During her 30 years in education, Dr. Gildea has held administrative positions of superintendent for eleven years, assistant superintendent, educational programs director, curriculum director, high school division administrator, elementary principal, and has taught at the middle and high school settings.
An award winning and published educator, Dr. Gildea has been recognized as an exemplary educational leader and for her work in communications and fiscal management. She was a 2014 Finalist for the National Association of School Superintendents’ (NASS) Superintendent of the Year Award; the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) 2013 Golden Achievement Award in Communications recipient, and has received the Illinois Association of School Business Officials’ (IASBO) Meritorious Budget Awards in Financial Budgeting for six years running (2012-2017.)
The Superintendent received her superintendent’s endorsement from National Louis University (2004), Evanston, Illinois and a master of education in language and literacy also from National Louis University (1992), a doctorate in curriculum and supervision from Northern Illinois University (2002), and a bachelor of arts in English and Secondary Education from Bradley University (1986).