Mr. Robert Libka speaking to an audience in Porto, Portugal Nov '09 

Mr. Libka has experience in many areas of school administration including district superintendent. His preparation is both academic (coursework through doctoral level) and on the job as superintendent of schools in districts from 87 to a 4,800 student three high school district serving 10 Chicago suburbs. His work includes nine years of service as Executive Director of a Lutheran Middle School and High School. Either large or small school districts, he continues to enjoy leading them through their current and future challenges  He is an award winning leader in the field of education (Concordia University Chicago 2006), very knowledgeable about curriculum and supervision of instruction, and a proven fiscally responsible manager of district finances. 

References include Illinois regional and state education officials, as well as veteran school administrators and elected officials.  They can attest to Mr. Libka's success facilitating  the development of school improvement and district restructuring plans, as well as his success in elevating student reading achievement (3 grade levels in 5 months)and applied science student ACT math scores (exceeding scores of other district student average). He and a team of educators presented a workshop at the National NCLB conference outlining D-209's recovery strategies and early indicators of success.

District 209 staff participated in a climate survey which resulted in 100% of the respondents rating Mr. Libka's relationship to the staff positively. 98% also rated his leadership favorably. He is a leader who makes the tough decisions while respecting others. Sustainable change requires distributive leadership, and Mr. Libka has made a lifelong commitment to listening, collaboration, and expanding ownership. 

Achieving success is often dependent more on the quality of execution than innovation while both are important ingredients. Challenging objectives are broken down into smaller measurable tasks allowing for accountability, retraining, and frequent celebrations on the pathway to success.   Staff will rise to high expectations when the objectives are clear and measurable.

Mr. Libka has successfully completed all of his doctoral courses in Educational Leadership at Western Illinois University.  His dissertation is well underway (chapter three nearly complete), so Mr. Libka plans to return to school administration for fy 2011.  While free to focus on his studies and independent research Mr. Libka has established linkedin connections in 196 nations and sovereignties, completed a 50 nation survey of executive assistants, a 150 nation survey regarding school bullying. He also developed 3 websites, 12 blogs, wikis and delicious sites and started 20 web-based discussion groups for issues in elementary and secondary education. He expects these new skills to be beneficial for district leadership, communication and collaboration.

COMMITTED TO MAKING A POSITIVE AND SUSTAINED DIFFERENCE IN THE
LIVES OF OTHERS


2008 - present
President
Attitudinal Dynamics International
Graduate Studies
Western Illinois University


2000-2008
Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent
Director of Auxiliary Programs
Teacher of Mathematics
Proviso Township High School


1993-2000
Executive Director
Lutheran High School Association
of Kane and DuPage Counties


1989-1993
Director of Guidance
Walther Lutheran High School


1988-1989 
Project Coordinator
Harvard University
Smithsonian Institute


1975-1988
Director of Student Activities
Dir of Koehneke Community Center
Concordia University Chicago


1969-1971
Cadet 3rd Class
US Coast Guard Academy