Recruitment & Hiring

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Recruitment & Retention Charters Look to Change Perceptions on Teacher Turnover
Despite contested data on the phenomenon, some charter school leaders acknowledge teacher turnover as a liability for the movement.
Stephen Sawchuk, June 2, 2015
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8 min read
Melissa Chavez, a site coordinator with the Washoe County school district in Reno, Nev., leads a training session for teachers on conducting home visits. The district has ramped up its parent-engagement efforts in recent years.
Melissa Chavez, a site coordinator with the Washoe County school district in Reno, Nev., leads a training session for teachers on conducting home visits. The district has ramped up its parent-engagement efforts in recent years.
Lance Iversen for Education Week
Families & the Community Parent Engagement on Rise as Priority for Schools, Districts
As districts adopt formal efforts to integrate parents into the fabric of their schools, advocates welcome a shift away from seeing parent-engagement efforts as just an add-on.
June 2, 2015
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7 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Six Questions About Teacher Evaluation
Recently, nearly every story about improving teacher evaluation begins with the Bad Old Days, where substandard teachers slipped through the cracks, due to thoroughly inadequate attention to and assessment of their work. If you believe these op-eds, teachers' core work was essentially carried out without scrutiny. Until--drumroll--new and rigorous evaluation protocols, always including lots of student testing data, turned everything around. Evaluations! The cure for both listless teaching and anemic test scores!
Nancy Flanagan, May 28, 2015
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5 min read
Recruitment & Retention Opinion Who Decides? What Every District Should Consider in Designing an Effective Hiring System
Should the hiring practice be centralized and run by central office or decentralized and managed by building leaders? Guest author, Tony Bagshaw, explores both sides of the argument.
Emily Douglas-McNab, March 20, 2015
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3 min read
Bia Menezes-Pinto is the sole librarian serving the 3,000-plus students in the eight schools housed at the John F. Kennedy Educational Complex campus in the Bronx borough of New York. On average, the district now has fewer than one librarian for every 3,400 students.
Bia Menezes-Pinto is the sole librarian serving the 3,000-plus students in the eight schools housed at the John F. Kennedy Educational Complex campus in the Bronx borough of New York. On average, the district now has fewer than one librarian for every 3,400 students.
Jake Naughton for Education Week
School & District Management Number of Libraries Dwindles in N.Y.C. Schools
At a time when school library services in many big cities are feeling squeezed, the Big Apple's declines are steeper than most, advocates say.
Oliver Morrison, March 17, 2015
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7 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion Going Big: Teacher Recruiting Goes National
The topic of teacher recruitment has moved from a concern of most districts to an emergency. Thus, districts are trying new and innovative things when it comes to recruiting great talent. Have we entered a new era of teacher recruitment?
Emily Douglas-McNab, March 2, 2015
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6 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion 7 Steps for a Balanced Recruitment AND Retention Strategy
Guest author Tracy Najera believes that all students should have equitable access to excellent educators! How do talent managers achieve this? By taking a balanced approach to the development and implementation of a recruitment and retention strategy.
Emily Douglas-McNab, February 17, 2015
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4 min read
Recruitment & Retention Turnover, Growing Job Duties Complicate State Chiefs' Roles
The rate of departures among state schools chiefs now rivals that of urban superintendents, and some states are turning to district administrators to fill the void at the top.
Andrew Ujifusa, January 27, 2015
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7 min read
Recruitment & Retention Opinion The Nonexistent Secret Sauce in Hiring Good Teachers
Jose Vilson's book reflects teacher hiring, teaching, and public education, perfectly: the most important truths emerge in the dialogue, but it's a messy and imperfect process. The qualities essential for good teaching are place-based, deeply personal and rest more on character than quantitative measures. You can't test scientifically for an outstanding educator like Jose Vilson. Thank goodness.
Nancy Flanagan, January 8, 2015
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4 min read
Recruitment & Retention Study: Close Screening Process Can Improve Teacher Hires
Districts could boost their ability to hire more effective teachers who stay on the job longer by improving their screening techniques, a newly released working paper concludes.
Stephen Sawchuk, November 12, 2014
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4 min read
Education Funding Federal K-12 Policy Evolves as Staff Turns Over
Some Obama administration officials behind key education initiatives have moved on, and those now in place bring their own approaches and perspectives.
Alyson Klein, November 4, 2014
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8 min read
Law & Courts Lawsuit Says Teacher Contracts Violate Wisconsin Policy
Madison County, Wis., school officials face allegations that two recent contracts violate the state's controversial law that restricts public employees' bargaining rights.
Stephen Sawchuk, September 16, 2014
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3 min read
Special Education New Global Fellowship Launched to Train Teacher-Coaches
Teach For All, a network in 34 countries, is focusing a new, two-year fellowship on students with what it terms "learning differences."
Christina A. Samuels, September 9, 2014
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4 min read
Recruitment & Retention Opinion Recruit and Retain or Attract and Engage?
Should you recruit and retain staff or attract and engage them? Is this just a shift in semantics or an important change for 2014 and beyond?
Emily Douglas-McNab, May 5, 2014
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1 min read
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