Download or read book Principal Recruitment and Retention written by Chanina Rabinowitz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, an average of 20% of schools replace their principals. This book will inform and enhance the process of recruiting new personnel with its insights and practical suggestions for a successful search. This book also offers current thinking and research to help school boards and policy makers retain the professional leaders they have. This book is a must-read for principals and board members alike. While the departure of ineffective principals can be beneficial for schools, frequent turnover negatively impacts students’ achievements. Today, when effective and powerful educational leadership is critical for quality teaching and student achievement, the numbers of principal candidates are diminishing and of incumbents waning. This book explores the central issues of principal development, appointment, and retention policies and practices. Its chapters ask what school boards, policymakers, and principals can do to ensure accountability, transparency, responsiveness, stability, equity, and inclusiveness to assure the longevity of school leaders within the system. Principal Recruitment and Retention presents the research findings of seventeen international scholars in the field over ten chapters. These scholars survey their respective situations from their home countries of United States of America, New Zealand, Israel and Turkey. The problems are similar; the solutions will be edifying.
Download or read book Building Your Building written by Jasmine K. Kullar and published by Solution Tree. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Hiring and Keeping Great Teachers, authors Jasmine Kullar and Scott A. Cunningham discuss how principals can respond to the demand for effective teachers in schools of all levels. A growing teacher attrition rate, combined with fewer teachers entering the profession in the first place, has created a teacher shortage in many schools, and the authors share strategies school administrators can use to ensure they hire--and retain--great teachers"--
Download or read book Getting and Keeping New Teachers written by Bruce S. Cooper and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retaining new teachers has never been easy and when the teachers are on the fast track in urban settings, turnover and retention are real problems. This book examines how schools can work to recruit, support, and somehow hold on to new teachers, many of whom have only limited formal preparation and experience in the classroom. Getting and Keeping New Teachers explores the orientation of new teachers, their lives in urban schools, and the key role of school leadership and strong collegiality, all of which combine in some cases to support and retain new teachers in important ways.
Download or read book An Investigation of the Relationship Between Urban School Districts Recruitment Practice of High School Principals and Their Subsequent Retention as Principals written by Melanie S. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine the relationship between the New York City Department of Education recruitment practices of high school principals and their subsequent retention (or lack thereof) in the role of school building leader. For the purposes of this study, retention is defined as the principal being in the role for a minimum of 5 academic years. The researcher used a quantitative, correlational study with 35 NYCDOE high school principals and examined whether there is a relationship between specific principal recruitment practices by district-level staff and the principals' subsequent retention in the role, or lack thereof. This research generated a total of six findings and six corresponding conclusions. The first finding is that, out of the eleven recruitment practices examined in this study, only one of them (salary negotiation) has a relationship with principal retention. The second finding is that recruitment practices do not demonstrate a statistically significant relationship with the participant's retention in their current school. The third finding is that none of the recruitment practice variables illustrated a significant difference in the principals' intent to stay or leave the school district within the next 5 years. Finding four is that there was no significant difference between male and female principals in their levels of retention at the current school. The fifth finding is that, generally, the principal's retention at their current school is explained by condition of the current school. However, not all variables tested were found to be significant. The strongest, positive, statistically significant relationship between the current condition of the school and principal retention is with whether the principal feels safe at school. The last finding is that none of the school condition variables illustrated a significant difference in the principals' intent to stay or leave the school district in the next 5 years.
Download or read book Recruitment Retention and Development of School Principals written by Judith Dorothy Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this booklet is to present, in a concise way, what is known about the recruitment, retention, and development of school principals - and in so doing to seek to inform the development of good policy and practice. The booklet is based on an extensive review of relevant literature and interviews with key individuals in international organisations and national settings.
Download or read book Improving Teacher Evaluation Systems written by Jason A. Grissom and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to pull together what we have learned about the impacts and challenges of data-intensive teacher evaluation systemsa defining characteristic of the current education policy landscape. Expert researchers and practitioners speak to what we know (and what remains to be known) about evaluation measures themselves, the implementation of evaluation systems, and the use of evaluation data. The authors argue that rigorous teacher evaluation systems have the potential to promote school improvement but only if the systems are carefully designed and implemented and the data they generate are interpreted and used appropriately. This timely and important volume will be relevant and useful to school and district administrators, policymakers, researchers, and teacher education institutions grappling with issues of teacher accountability and school leadership.
Download or read book Exploring Principal Development and Teacher Outcomes written by Peter Youngs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines innovative ways of preparing, supervising, and evaluating principals and explores factors that promote effective leadership practices. Chapter authors consider how principals’ leadership practices affect teachers’ instruction, satisfaction, commitment, retention, and effectiveness, and present evidence that principals can influence key student outcomes as well. Covering topics such as school leaders’ use of time, their efforts to reduce implicit bias, how leadership practices are associated with teachers’ workplace attitudes, leadership and student achievement, and how school leaders can best be supported under new federal legislation, this volume is a “must read” for educational leadership and policy faculty, school and district administrators, and researchers committed to promoting effective principal leadership.
Download or read book Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers written by Bonnie S. Billingsley and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-03-10 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve teacher retention by understanding and supporting the work of special education teachers! Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators. Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers provides effective ways to: Recruit and hire qualified special educators Provide responsive induction programs for new teachers Design effective professional development opportunities Create inclusive and collaborative schools Provide reasonable work assignments and reduce paperwork Promote wellness by reducing stress This book emphasizes the important role that principals play in supporting special educators and how they can make a difference in what special educators accomplish in their schools. Numerous assessments, tools, and resources are included to help leaders, mentors, and teachers improve the conditions of special education teaching.
Download or read book A National Focus written by Misti M. Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shortage of quality teachers in high-risk urban schools has compelled school leaders to examine innovative methods of recruiting and retaining new teachers to hard-to-staff campuses. Principals must work aggressively to attract new teachers to their campuses by forming university partnerships for early recruitment, and initiating on the job training for new recruits as early as the previous school year. Early immersion in the school environment is key to a smooth transition. Additionally, principals must allocate the necessary fiscal resources to the task of retaining new teachers, particularly in mentorship and professional development. Hard-to-staff campuses must invest in a full-time teacher mentor as well as retired teachers to provide intense mentorship and relevant professional training. Principals must also integrate other critical components to building teacher quality and commitment, such as on-site certification preparation, graduated retention bonuses, and most importantly, weekly formal and informal interactions between the principal and new teachers. The development of new teachers in hard-to-staff schools should be of the highest priority for principals, as stability is key to long-term school improvement. The commitment to this initiative must not only be evident in a principal's agenda and campus improvement goals, but the campus expenditures as well.
Download or read book Shaping School Culture written by Terrence E. Deal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith. Written by renowned experts in the area of school culture, this book tackles the increasing challenges facing public schools and provides clear, candid suggestions for more effective symbolic leadership. This new third edition has been revised to reflect the reality of schools today, including the increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, federal reforms such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state sponsored improvement programs, and other major issues that impact organizational culture and the role of school leaders. Each chapter features new examples and cases that illustrate persistent problems, spelling out key cultural implications and offering concrete examples of overcoming the challenges while maintaining a meaningful learning environment. The chapter on toxic schools continues to provide the field's most trusted advice on navigating this rocky terrain, and the discussion's focus on how to manage negativity remains especially integral to besieged school administrators across the U.S. Recent years have jolted the nation's school system with a number of new developments that spell problems for the cultural tapestry of schools. This book provides expert perspective and sage, doable advice for administrators tending to external pressures while sustainingor evolvinga more positive school culture. Navigate new challenges including Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and waning confidence and faith Turn around a toxic school culture with confidence and success Foster a culture of passion, purpose, and meaning Adopt a more active form of symbolic leadership to support students, faculty, staff, parents, and community Test scores as the primary metric, relentless reforms, waning public support, and timid initiatives wrapped in bureaucratic packaging: while among the most prominent issues administrators face are only the tip of the iceberg. Shaping School Culture charts a route through competing pressures to help educational leaders hew a positive learning environment for schools.
Download or read book Working With and Evaluating Difficult School Employees written by John F. Eller and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by experienced administrators, this resource shows how to help marginal employees improve their performance and behavior and discusses what steps to take when termination becomes necessary.
Download or read book Recruiting Retaining and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub Saharan Africa written by Aidan Mulkeen and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many parts of Africa, the demand for secondary teachers substantially exceeds supply due to factors such as teacher attrition, bottlenecks in the teacher training system and perceived unattractive conditions of service. This publication is based on a literature review and country studies from Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda. It identifies several critical and promising areas for improvement in the quality of secondary teachers through new approaches to recruitment; pre-service and in-service teacher development; and improvements in the deployment, compensation, and conditions of service for teachers.
Download or read book Principal Succession written by Ann Weaver Hart and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines major issues in theory and research related to leader succession. It looks at the persistent problems confronted by people assigned to lead established social and professional groups like those found in schools. The author demonstrates how interaction between new leaders and established school organizations shape succession events (with illustrations drawn from educational administration) and provides a framework for understanding succession as a dynamic and interactive process.
Download or read book Keeping Good Teachers written by Marge Scherer and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers suggestions on how to retain good teachers, from strategies for welcoming new teachers to ideas for how to make veteran teachers feel valued.
Download or read book Induction written by Roberta Richin and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Induction' is designed to help administrators, teachers and education board members with all aspects of the recruitment and retention process. It contains many insights and lessons from teachers who found their professional experiences rewarding and who remained in the profession throughout their working lives.
Download or read book Developing the Effective Principal written by Aspen Education Development Group and published by Lrp Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Getting Teacher Evaluation Right written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher evaluation systems are being overhauled by states and districts across the United States. And, while intentions are admirable, the result for many new systems is that goodoften excellentteachers are lost in the process. In the end, students are the losers. In her new book, Linda Darling-Hammond makes a compelling case for a research-based approach to teacher evaluation that supports collaborative models of teacher planning and learning. She outlines the most current research informing evaluation of teaching practice that incorporates evidence of what teachers do and what their students learn. In addition, she examines the harmful consequences of using any single student test as a basis for evaluating individual teachers. Finally, Darling-Hammond offers a vision of teacher evaluation as part of a teaching and learning system that supports continuous improvement, both for individual teachers and for the profession as a whole.
