Full Description
While it is clear that better teachers get better results with students, school leaders often put themselves at a disadvantage by not hiring the best teachers available. In this groundbreaking book, three human resource experts show how even small adjustments can help school districts' leaders, principles, and other human resource professionals hire more efficiently and effectively.
This book illustrates methods for hiring the best available teachers based on existing research and provides advice on how to adapt these tools to fit the needs of individual schools and districts.
Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Learning from Selection Research 9
2 Determining What Makes an Effective Teacher in Your School 25
3 Choosing Selection Tools: Factors to Consider 43
4 Getting the Most from Application Forms 71
5 Predicting Performance Through Work Samples 85
6 Adding Structure to Interviews 103
7 Designing Valid Teacher Observations 137
8 Combining Results to Make Final Hiring Decisions 151
9 Maximizing Your Hiring Budget 171
10 Addressing Challenges Common to Schools 211
Glossary 223
Notes 233
Acknowledgments 253
About the Authors 255
Index 259
