Hiring at Risk: Time to Ensure Hiring Really Is the Most Important Thing We Do

Autor/in	Hughes, Thomas Ross
Titel	Hiring at Risk: Time to Ensure Hiring Really Is the Most Important Thing We Do
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 9 (2014) 1, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-9635
Schlagwörter	Teacher Selection; Administrator Education; Educational Administration; Administrators; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Teacher Effectiveness; Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Standard
Abstract	This article focuses on the necessity of providing foundational preparatory training for those who are charged with leading teacher hiring efforts at the K-12 level. The essential question proposed within the article is: Why are the very educators tasked with directly leading K-12 staff selection and retention efforts far more likely to be schooled in how to avoid liability and how to dismiss employees, than receive formal and meaningful preparatory, let alone ongoing, training on the most important act of hiring the highest quality employees in the first place? Though there was a paucity of information on the practice of hiring early on, the professional literature has long acknowledged the importance of teacher selection for both instructional and organizational success, and has recently focused more on the act of hiring itself. Increased focus on this topic reveals very little attention directed toward training, though it demonstrates a need for greater consistency that would be fostered by training administrators at the graduate level, and continuing to address this topic by means of ongoing professional development throughout their careers. Increased scholarship on this topic both domestically and internationally supports the need for training, and provides valuable knowledge and resources that would benefit all K-12 administrators who play any role in this most important area. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	NCPEA Publications. Web site: http://www.ncpeapublications.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10