Mosier Community School Board of Directors has announced that Richard L. (Dick) Best, of Pennsylvania, has been hired as the school’s next executive director effective July 1.
Jay Kosik will continue to serve as executive director until the end of the school year.  Â
The candidate screening and interview process involved MCS staff, parents, community members, and the MCS Board of Directors.
Since 2017, Best has served as Director of Academics and Student Services at Vision Academy Charter School in Lansdowne, Penn., serving 375 students. Before Vision Academy, he was the executive director for Academics at Chester Community Charter School in Chester, Penn., for two years. His experience in public schools includes six years as executive director for teaching and learning at the South Holland School District in Illinois. For seven years, he also served as professor of education for National Louis University in Chicago, Ill. Other Illinois positions have included superintendent at Lindop School District in Broadview, director of curriculum and instruction at West Northfield Schools in Northbrook, and elementary school principal.
Best has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and education leadership from University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill., and a Master of Education in educational leadership from Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
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