 | | | | | GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESS RELEASE For further information contact: Catherine Martin, Public Affairs (619) 644-8082 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- September 26, 2007
GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SELECTS NEW SUPERINTENDENT Robert J. Collins Named to Lead High School District Effective November 1
(EL CAJON, CA) Robert J. Collins was named superintendent of the Grossmont Union High School District at a Special Meeting of the Governing Board on September 26, 2007. The selection followed a comprehensive national search conducted by the California School Boards Association. Mr. Collins will begin full-time on November 1, 2007. “Our Board is unanimous in our selection of Mr. Collins. He is an exceptional educator with a passion for improving and enhancing educational opportunities for secondary students. We have confidence that he will be a collaborative and student centered leader who will help our schools and students succeed,” said School Board President Priscilla Schreiber. The three year contract was approved by a 5-0 vote of the Board. Mr. Collins joins the Grossmont Union High School District after a 39-year career in the Los Angeles Unified School District. His most recent assignment has been as the Chief Instructional Officer for Secondary Schools. In this position, he has been responsible for curriculum, instruction and assessment for all the middle schools, high schools, and alternative school programs in the LAUSD. He began his career as a social studies teacher and has held the positions of student council/leadership advisor, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent and local district superintendent.
Robert J. Collins Leadership Profile  - Bob Collins has been named Superintendent of the Grossmont Union High School District. Immediately prior, he served as the Chief Instructional Officer for Secondary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). In this role he was responsible for curriculum, instruction and assessment for over 170 middle and high schools and 64 options and alternative school programs. He developed with stakeholders, a new instructional reform plan for secondary schools that addressed new graduation requirements and the need to significantly improve student achievement. A 39-year veteran of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Mr. Collins has served as a social studies teacher, leadership advisor, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent of District One (formerly District C) and Chief Instructional Officer. His school site experiences are varied and include Locke, Washington, Fremont, Monroe and Grant High Schools. Mr. Collins served as principal of Grant high school from 1983 to 1993. During that period Grant High School became a focal point for innovation and reform in Los Angeles, initiating the first school-based management program and instituting college commitment programs for all students. His programs addressed issues of access and equity and increasingly higher standards for students. In 1989 Mr. Collins was recognized as the Principal of the Year in the State of California. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Collins served as the Director of High Schools, and thereafter, the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (K-12) for the Los Angeles Unified School District. His accomplishments included the development and implementation of standards-based instruction and promotion, a new structured reading program, the advanced studies program, new graduation requirements, new elementary and secondary courses of study and the new District mathematics program. At the State level, he was also instrumental in initiating legislation to provide for advanced placement test funding and SAT prep for disadvantaged students. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Collins was assigned as Assistant Superintendent for Staff Relations. Mr. Collins was responsible for all labor organization relations including United Teachers Los Angeles. He was also the Chief Negotiator for all labor contracts for eleven unions. Under his leadership, labor negotiations resulted in district-wide reforms including the maximizing of instructional time, addressing textbook and instructional materials needs, new professional development models and addressing the needs of new teachers. Prior to his assignment as Chief Instructional Officer, Mr. Collins was the Superintendent of District One (formerly District C) from 2000 to 2005. District One is a sub-district of the Los Angeles Unified School District serving over 117,000 students in 134 schools. In five years as Superintendent of District One, Mr. Collins implemented numerous initiatives and reforms including implementation of Open Court in grades K-5, a secondary literacy program and a new K-12 mathematics program. He greatly expanded access to post-secondary opportunities, significantly increasing the number of minority and disadvantaged students attending four-year colleges and universities. He also focused efforts on ensuring culturally relevant and responsive instructional programs and a culture of access and equity in all schools. He has been a leader in high school redesign, small learning communities and technology in the classroom and new school design and construction. He has been a leading advocate for character education, implementing the largest program of its kind in the nation in every school in District One and now in secondary schools in LAUSD. “Restoring public confidence in schools” has been a continuing theme of his administration that has been marked by significantly increased standardized test scores, higher parent engagement and strong community and business relations. His efforts and the programs developed have been recognized at the local, state and national levels and are models in many other schools and districts.
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