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Dan Goldhaber; Cyrus Grout – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Professional references are widely used in hiring decisions, yet their effectiveness remains largely understudied. This study analyzes structured ratings collected from the professional references of teacher applicants and conduct an experiment to see whether the ratings influence hiring managers' assessments of applicants and hiring decisions.…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Job Applicants, Teacher Employment, Teacher Recruitment
Danielle Aliano – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research project focused on understanding the experiences of Texas elementary school principals in relation to teacher non-renewal policies, ethical dilemmas, and district support. Three key research questions were addressed: 1. How do elementary principals in Texas experience the application of Texas teacher non-renewal policies and…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Employment
Jason Cook; Stéphane Lavertu; Corbin Miller – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
We explore how teachers unions affect education production by comparing outcomes between districts allocating new tax revenue amidst collective bargaining negotiations and districts allocating tax revenue well before. Districts facing union pressure increase teacher salaries and benefits, spend down reserves, and experience no student achievement…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Unions, Tax Allocation, Revenue Sharing
Barrett, Sharon Kebschull – Public Impact, 2015
When districts get ready to recruit excellent teachers for the career possibilities that Opportunity Culture roles offer, success may come down to two actions: Start early, and communicate constantly, say recruiters in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Project L.I.F.T. (Leadership and Investment For Transformation) schools. What brings excellent teachers in…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Teacher Recruitment, Employment Practices, Experienced Teachers
Vail, David Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Paper screening in the pre-selection process of hiring teachers has been the focus in an ongoing series of similar studies starting with Allison in 1981. There have been many independent variables, including, but not limited to, age, gender, ethnic background, years of experience, type of experience, and grade point average, introduced into the…
Descriptors: Teacher Selection, Statistical Significance, Age Differences, Work Experience
Mulieri, Vincent K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher selection practices in public high schools on Long Island, New York. More specifically, this study sought to identify criteria used to guide teacher selection, how the criteria are developed and used within the process, and the role of the principal in teacher selection. This research was…
Descriptors: Evidence, High Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Selection
Conley, Valerie Martin – American Association of University Professors, 2007
The Committee on Retirement of the American Association of University Professors initiated its first retirement policies survey in 2000 to address a lack of reliable and systematically collected information on retirement policies and practices across U.S. institutions of higher education. At the end of the 1990s, there was a sense that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Incentives, College Faculty, Change Strategies