Description
The Necedah Area School District is seeking a Superintendent beginning on July 1, 2026, with a base salary range expected to be $140,000 to $155,000; other benefits to be negotiated.
Necedah is a rural village in Juneau County, located in central Wisconsin about 30 minutes east of Wisconsin Dells. The community is surrounded by exceptional natural resources, including the 44,000-acre Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and Petenwell Lake, Wisconsin’s second-largest lake, offering abundant opportunities for hiking, boating, fishing, and camping. Necedah is known for its closeknit, supportive atmosphere, where neighbors know one another, and community events bring people together.
Necedah Area School District is a rural PK-12 school district, nestled within some of the most extraordinary recreational opportunities Wisconsin has to offer. The District proudly serves 700 students in one collaborative PK-12th-grade student-centered building. Their mission prioritizes student empowerment by ensuring authentic engagement and utilizing transformative learning solutions.
The Necedah Area School District serves the Village of Necedah and several surrounding towns, including Armenia, Clearfield, Cutler, Finley, Germantown, and the Town of Necedah. The District has 130 employees and a budget of approximately $11 million.
We pride ourselves with a focus on a shared community of practice that empowers our students to be Powerful Learners, using a personalized instructional approach. We embrace Powerful Strategies through the implementation of project-based learning, workshop teaching, inquiry and competency-based learning, blended learning, and ensuring students have voice and choice in their educational journey. Our District is committed to effective, sustained professional development that aligns to our vision of excellence, so candidates should be prepared to engage with us around deep professional thinking and learning embedded within a student-centered community of practice.
Key Leadership Priorities:
- Caring and compassionate: Appreciating what another person is going through and contributing to the happiness and well-being of that person, so they feel loved.
- High integrity: Doing the right thing for the right reason, at all times.
- Empowerment: Allowing others to take ownership (students, staff, families, community).
- Communicator: Using empathetic, open-minded listening skills while also interpreting and creating messages to various audiences via appropriate interactions/exchanges.
- Positive outlook/attitude: A mindset that helps you see and recognize opportunities by seeing the good in things (potential), rather than focusing on the bad things (weaknesses).
- Creative/innovative: Imagine and implement new ideas and strategies.
Link to District’s Visioning Work: Visioning Work
Visit the Necedah Area School District Website for more information: District Website
Link to the Necedah Area School District posting on the HYA Website: https://hyasearch.com/job/superintendent-necedah-wi/
PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR FRONTLINE APPLICATION:
- Cover letter
- Stating specific and detailed interest in the Necedah Superintendent position
- Qualifications for the position
- Full resume/vitae
- Three current letters of recommendation
- Contact information of three additional references different than the reference letters
Search Timeline - All Application Materials Due By: May 15, 2026
May 18, 2026 : Presentation of District Leadership Profile Report
May 18, 2026 : Presentation of slate to the Board
May 26, 2026 : Board first-round interviews
June 1, 2026 : Finalists Day in the District; Board conducts final interviews
July 1, 2026 : Superintendent contract formally begins
For questions regarding the Necedah Area School District Superintendent search contact:
Mike Richie, Vice President, Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates
Email: mikerichie@hyasearch.com
