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| Executive Educator | 8 |
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Herman, Jerry J.; Stephens, Gail M. – Executive Educator, 1987
Recommends an eight-step program for school districts seeking first-rate teachers, including (1) determining desirable staff characteristics, (2) broadening recruitment strategies, (3) honing selection procedures, (4) completing preemployment paperwork and placement decisions, (5) beginning orientation immediately, (6) setting up support systems,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews, Program Evaluation, Teacher Orientation
Fliegner, Laura R. – Executive Educator, 1987
To enhance their district's chances of hiring superior principals, Nanuet (New York) Public Schools developed an intensive administrator selection process involving careful job descriptions reflecting school objectives, checklists of desirable professional experiences, an "action interview," and structured visits to finalists' school…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews
Jinks, Michael W. – Executive Educator, 1985
Presents effective methods of conducting and documenting teacher interviews. Provides an outline for developing interview skills and documenting the selection process. (MD)
Descriptors: Documentation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Recruitment
Frase, Larry E. – Executive Educator, 1991
School executives can ensure themselves a superior teaching force by aggressively seeking applicants from numerous teacher education institutions, inviting teachers to visit schools, observing candidates in the classroom as part of the selection process, and using intelligent interviewing practices. Del Stover's sidebar reviews John Goodlad's…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews
Lazares, John K. – Executive Educator, 1988
Even though they may be unable to offer them top dollars, schools can successfully recruit new teachers by letting prospective teachers know what is so special about the school or school system; using the school staff to do part of the selling job; and providing an emotional enticement. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Rist, Marilee C. – Executive Educator, 1984
A number of school systems are using innovative strategies to recruit the teachers they need. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Retraining, Salary Wage Differentials
Stommen, Joan – Executive Educator, 1986
A school's improved substitute teacher program provided competent teachers and maintained a stable learning environment. Strategies included aggressive recruitment, training workshops, a program coordinator, information about each classroom, a handbook of suggestions, substitutes' attendance at faculty meetings, holding students accountable for…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Substitute Teachers, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Executive Educator, 1989
A special report on school transportation covers the following topics: (1) a school bus safety update; (2) equipping school buses with motion detectors; (3) state training requirements for school bus drivers; (4) recruiting and retaining drivers; (5) regulations covering underground fuel-storage tanks; and (6) a transportation directory. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Cost Effectiveness, Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education
