Recruiting Strategies for Public Schools

Recruiting Strategies for Public Schools
Author: Herbert Frederick Pandiscio
Publisher: R & L Education
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Delivers a strong message to school superintendents and governing board members that recruiting efforts must be fair to all candidates.

Minority Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Minority Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Author: Janet Kearney-Gissendaner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317924495

The tools and resources in this book help school leaders seamlessly incorporate minority teacher recruitment and retention programs into current human-resources activities. With details about exemplary minority teacher recruitment and retention programs, this book also showcases strategies for how to replicate such programs in your own school or district. Contents include: A Critical Examination of Teacher Shortages: Thoughts on Needed Change; Identification of Recruitment Models Focused on Minority Teachers: A Theoretical; Concept and Survey; Pipeline Programs for Minority Teacher Recruitment; and Prepare for Action.

A Power Shift in Public Education

A Power Shift in Public Education
Author: Herbert F. Pandiscio
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2009-08-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1607092433

A Power Shift in Public Education makes a direct assault on what the author believes are the primary causes of the failed public school system in America. This no-holds-barred book about big ideas makes the case that billions of dollars and millions of man hours have been spent chasing the wrong solutions. For decades, government units at the national, state, and local levels have directed their efforts and funding to new programs and materials, when their policies should have been directed at staffing schools with outstanding teachers, implementing hiring practices free of favoritism and patronage, and supporting building principals, the real heroes of public education. Pandiscio directly attacks the method by which teachers are compensated, the reluctance of boards of education to link superintendent compensation to clearly defined student learning goals, and the unwillingness of state and local officials to confront the negative impact of teacher unions and binding arbitration on education budgets.

Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Author: Carol R. Rinke
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1641136618

Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and Retention serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding teachers’ careers across the professional lifespan. Grounded in the notion that teachers’ voices are essential for understanding teachers’ lives, this edited volume contains chapters that privilege the voices of teachers above all. Book sections look closely at the particular issues that arise when recruiting an effective, committed, and diverse workforce, as well as the challenges that arise once teachers are immersed in the classroom setting. Promising directions are also included for particularly high-need areas such as early childhood teachers, Black male teachers, STEM teachers, and urban teachers. The book concludes with a call for self-care in teachers’ lives. Chapter contributions come from a variety of contexts across the United States and around the world. However, regardless of context or methodology, these chapters point to the importance of valuing and respecting teachers’ lives and work. Moreover, they demonstrate that teacher recruitment and retention is a complex and multifaceted issue that cannot be addressed through simplistic policy changes. Rather, attending to and appreciating the web of influences on teachers lives and careers is the only way to support their work and the impact they have on our next generation of students.

Counter-Recruitment and the Campaign to Demilitarize Public Schools

Counter-Recruitment and the Campaign to Demilitarize Public Schools
Author: Scott Harding
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137493275

This book describes the various tactics used in counter-recruitment, drawing from the words of activists and case studies of successful organizing and advocacy. The United States is one of the only developed countries to allow a military presence in public schools, including an active role for military recruiters. In order to enlist 250,000 new recruits every year, the US military must market itself to youth by integrating itself into schools through programs such as JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps), and spend billions of dollars annually on recruitment activities. This militarization of educational space has spawned a little-noticed grassroots resistance: the small, but sophisticated, “counter-recruitment” movement. Counter-recruiters visit schools to challenge recruiters' messages with information on non-military career options; activists work to make it harder for the military to operate in public schools; they conduct lobbying campaigns for policies that protect students' private information from military recruiters; and, counter-recruiters mentor youth to become involved in these activities. While attracting little attention, counter-recruitment has nonetheless been described as “the military recruiter's greatest obstacle” by a Marine Corps official.

10 Steps for Hiring Effective Teachers

10 Steps for Hiring Effective Teachers
Author: Mary C. Clement
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2015-01-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483380173

The quick-read, step-by-step guide to hiring outstanding teachers! Whether you are new to teacher hiring or ready for a fresh approach, this invaluable guide helps you select the best possible candidates. Mary Clement, a nationally-awarded expert on teacher hiring, presents proven strategies for identifying high-performing teachers. Readers will learn: Ten best practices that address every stage of hiring, from recruitment through interviewing to final negotiations Key techniques and sample questions for Behavior-Based Interviewing—the interviewing approach that predicts on-the-job performance Guidance on legally-sensitive interview questions How to involve teacher peers in interviewing and mentoring new hires

Handbook of the Economics of Education

Handbook of the Economics of Education
Author: Eric A Hanushek
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 853
Release: 2006-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0080465668

The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement. With contributions from leading researchers, each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the current state of the topic under examination. These surveys summarize the most recent discussions in journals, and elucidate new developments. Although original material is also included, the main aim of this series is the provision of comprehensive and accessible surveys. *Every volume contains contributions from leading researchers *Each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of a particular topic *The series provides comprehensive and accessible surveys

PISA Effective Teacher Policies Insights from PISA

PISA Effective Teacher Policies Insights from PISA
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2018-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9264301607

This report, building on data from the Indicators of Education Systems (INES) programme, the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry— A Systems Approach

Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Public Transportation Industry— A Systems Approach
Author: Candace Blair Cronin
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013
Genre: Local transit
ISBN: 0309283515

[This is] "a guidebook that addresses contemporary issues in workforce development, retention, and attraction, and public transportation image management. [It] is separated into modules that may be used independently or together [...]. Information across the modules is in the form of example successful programs, state-of-the-art initiatives, industry effective practices, and directions to implement and measure those practices. The results of this research may be used by human resource professionals and transportation policy makers in implementing more effective human resource business-planning processes"--Foreword.

Handbook of Education Policy Research

Handbook of Education Policy Research
Author: Gary Sykes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 2012-09-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135856478

Co-published by Routledge for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Policy debates about economic growth and national competitiveness, for example, commonly focus on the importance of human capital and a highly educated workforce. Defining the theoretical boundaries and methodological approaches of education policy research are the two primary themes of this comprehensive, AERA-sponsored Handbook. Organized into seven sections, the Handbook focuses on (1) disciplinary foundations of educational policy, (2) methodological perspectives, (3) the policy process, (4) resources, management, and organization, (5) teaching and learning policy, (6) actors and institutions, and (7) education access and differentiation. Drawing from multiple disciplines, the Handbook’s over one hundred authors address three central questions: What policy issues and questions have oriented current policy research? What research strategies and methods have proven most fruitful? And what issues, questions, and methods will drive future policy research? Topics such as early childhood education, school choice, access to higher education, teacher accountability, and testing and measurement cut across the 63 chapters in the volume. The politics surrounding these and other issues are objectively analyzed by authors and commentators. Each of the seven sections concludes with two commentaries by leading scholars in the field. The first considers the current state of policy design, and the second addresses the current state of policy research. This book is appropriate for scholars and graduate students working in the field of education policy and for the growing number of academic, government, and think-tank researchers engaged in policy research. For more information on the American Educational Research Association, please visit: http://www.aera.net/.