British Columbia (BC) has experienced a significant teacher shortage for years. While every region of the province is impacted, rural and remote communities have experienced a worsening shortage especially during the pandemic. Additionally, there is a critical shortage of specialist teachers across the province. This Education Brief outlines five…

Multilingual education (MLE) is increasingly recognized as a means to ensure equitable access to education for children with a nondominant first language and to retain endangered languages. UNESCO has championed MLE and identified 10 essential components in planning implementation of MLE implementation. This article examines these 10 components in…

Discussions of teacher preparation, qualifications, and effectiveness are at the heart of increasing attacks on public education. In this article, we contribute to the growing body of literature that works to challenge the narrowing parameters of what is considered effective teacher pedagogy, particularly as it relates to the noted value of…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine school leaders' preferences and practices in an environment of widespread decentralization, privatization, and school choice. In New Orleans, such reforms have been enacted citywide since Hurricane Katrina, making it an ideal site to examine what happens when policy makers lift restrictions for…

Faced with a late-season superintendent search, many districts defer the formal search-and-hire process and entice a senior administrator or former superintendent to serve a one- or two-year stint. One appealing alternative is an abbreviated search. Boards should advertise immediately and efficiently, develop their own criteria, recruit…

The superintendent search consultant is employed by the board of education and must always act in the board's best interest. Boards want consultants to be friendly and courteous, provide information, and foster an aura of good feeling with candidates and the board. Candidates should receive accurate information, selection criteria briefings,…

A process model to assist school district superintendents in the selection of principals is presented in this paper. Components of the process are described, which include developing an action plan, formulating an explicit job description, advertising, assessing candidates' philosophy, conducting interview analyses, evaluating response to stress,…

As an aid to local project staffs and constituent groups, the Teacher Corps' four Recruitment and Community Technical Resource (RCTR) Centers compiled these guidelines and resource materials for the recruitment, selection, and support of project interns. The manual's first section discusses inclusion of intern recruitment and selection in local…

This digest in Spanish presents steps that school boards and district officials can take to find qualified applicants for vacant school-leadership positions. It discusses various long-term strategies, such as increasing the candidate pool through career ladders and recruiting teachers through internships and training programs, that districts can…

This digest presents steps that school boards and district officials can take to find qualified applicants for vacant school-leadership positions. It discusses various long-term strategies, such as increasing the candidate pool through career ladders and recruiting teachers through internships and training programs, that districts can enact…

Hiring qualified reading professionals is a complex process involving a variety of considerations. Organizing a language arts advisory committee, determining the faculty's perceptions, interviewing and observing the best candidates, and working toward retaining the new appointees are feasible considerations of the selection process. Probably, the…

Recruitment efforts to achieve desegregation are detailed, based on the successes of scores of Massachusetts public schools. Distinction is made between the steps which the school system should take and those which should be planned and initiated at the school level with system support. (RDN)

Decline in student enrollments in a given subject area may be due to a variety of factors. It may, for example, result from poor student understanding of the potential course and program offering; it may result from inadequate program promotion; it may stem from inadequate understanding of business education courses and sequences by guidance…

Strategies for locating quality educational leaders and assessing candidates applying by an alternate route are presented in this pamphlet. Criteria for evaluating alternative credentials are identified, which include teaching and learning ability, leadership experience, education, personal attributes, and understanding of the social and…

This publication was prepared jointly by the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators to assist local school districts in selecting and hiring a new school superintendent. Because the needs and resources of each school district differ considerably, the booklet attempts to present general…