Helping Districts Hire Better Teachers: A Case Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of a District's Teacher Hiring Practices. Dissertation

Autor/in	Rudnick, Mollie
Institution	Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School
Titel	Helping Districts Hire Better Teachers: A Case Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of a District's Teacher Hiring Practices. Dissertation
Quelle	(2016), (119 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
DOI	10.7249/RGSD365
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; School Districts; Personnel Selection; Interviews; Teacher Effectiveness; Costs; Predictor Variables; Board of Education Policy; College School Cooperation; Needs Assessment; Job Applicants; Screening Tests; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Evaluation; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Observation; Attendance; Discipline Problems; Student Surveys; Scores; Factor Analysis; Scoring Rubrics; Case Studies; Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; School district; Schulbezirk; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Cost; Kosten; Prädiktor; Bedarfsermittlung; Bewerber; Screening-Verfahren; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Principal; Schulleiter; Beobachtung; Anwesenheit; Schülerbefragung; Faktorenanalyse; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This dissertation looks at the teacher hiring practices in Huntsville City Schools (HCS), Alabama. The research uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to answer the following questions: 1) What are Huntsville City Schools' (HCSs') current hiring practices?; 2) How well does Huntsville City Schools' existing interview process for rating teacher candidates predict the effectiveness of new hires?; and 3) What are the costs and advantages of alternative instruments as compared to the current process? Both the literature on teacher hiring practices and teacher effectiveness and the findings from the quantitative analyses suggest that there is not one clear measure or tool that predicts later teacher effectiveness. Consequently, I also explore the trade-offs across various hiring measures and teacher characteristics that might inform district decision making about teacher hiring. While this research is specific to HCS, the findings can be broadly applied to other schools and districts with an interest in changing their hiring processes. Appended is the Interview Protocol for March 2014 Site Visit. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01