Building the Best Faculty

Mary C. Clement

doi:10.5771/9781461663492

Summary

Why not improve your recruiting techniques and staff development strategies? Clement describes realistic yet simple hiring strategies ranging from performing the initial interviews to making the final hiring decision. She also outlines the importance of maintaining a continuing support structure for the entire faculty and illustrates strategies through case studies. An important tool for administrators, teachers, and other staff members involved in recruiting and retention.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1999
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56676-735-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-6349-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 153
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
1. More Students, More Needs No access
2. A Word about Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Students No access
3. Why Spend so Much Effort in Hiring the Best? No access
4. Key Points No access
1. Goals and Objectives No access
2. Beginning Teachers have Related the Following True Stories No access
3. Possible Scenarios and Questions for Discussion No access
4. Key Points No access
1. The College Career Center No access
2. Advertising the Position No access
3. Questions for Further Discussion No access
4. Key Points No access
1. The First Sort—Is the Candidate Certified or not? No access
2. Review and Evaluation of the Paperwork No access
3. The Cover Letter No access
4. The Resumé No access
5. The Letters of Recommendation No access
6. Transcripts No access
7. Your District's Application No access
8. Questions No access
9. Key Points No access
1. How Teachers are Interviewed No access
2. Extending the Invitation for an Interview No access
3. Scenario for Discussion No access
4. Your Questions No access
5. What you Cannot Ask No access
6. First Impressions No access
7. Scenarios for Discussion No access
8. Beginning the Interview No access
9. Questions for Knowledge of Teaching/Subjects No access
10. Classroom Management No access
11. Communication with Parents No access
12. Questions Regarding Cultural Awareness of Today's Students No access
13. Professional Questions No access
14. The Strength/Weakness Question No access
15. Wrap-up Questions No access
16. Questions from the Candidate No access
17. Other Interview Instruments No access
18. Post-Interview Scenarios No access
19. Questions for Discussion No access
20. Key Points No access
1. Committee Work No access
2. Examples from Districts No access
3. Interview Questions from the Group No access
4. Using More than One Interviewer; But not a Committee No access
5. Central Office Coordination of Interviewing No access
6. Scenarios for Role-Play No access
7. Discussion Questions No access
8. Key Points No access
1. Videos No access
2. What the Future Holds No access
3. Questions for Discussion No access
4. Key Points No access
1. Add up the Points (Quantitative Evaluation) No access
2. How do you Feel about the Candidate? (Qualitative Evaluation) No access
3. Once the Decision is Made No access
4. Discussion Questions No access
5. Key Points No access
1. Why are Teachers Leaving the Profession? No access
2. Problems of Beginning Teachers No access
3. Questions for Discussion No access
4. What is Induction? No access
5. Does Support for Beginning Teachers Work? No access
6. Discussion Questions No access
7. Key Points No access
1. Invite Teachers to Orientation No access
2. The Guidelines for Successful New Teacher Orientation No access
3. New Teacher Workshop—Anytown School District No access
4. The Notebook for New Teachers No access
5. Questions for Discussion No access
6. Key Points No access
1. Time for Beginning Teacher Programs No access
2. Types and Delivery of Support Seminars No access
3. Importance of Release Time No access
4. Who Should Serve as the Leader/Presenter/Facilitator? No access
5. Curricular Issues No access
6. Seminar 1—Getting Started, Getting Organized No access
7. Seminar 2—Communicating with Parents, Colleagues, Administrators, and Even the Students No access
8. Seminar 3—Approaches to Classroom Management No access
9. Seminar 4—Dealing with Students' Social and Emotional Problems; Also Gifted, Inclusion, and Special Education No access
10. Seminar 5—Teaching Strategies No access
11. Seminar 6—Stress Management No access
12. Discussion Questions No access
13. Key Points No access
1. Guidelines for Establishing your Program No access
2. Philosophy and Goals No access
3. Mentor Role in Evaluation No access
4. Confidentiality in Mentoring No access
5. Scenarios No access
6. Program Leadership and Cost No access
7. Who will Mentor? No access
8. Informing the Faculty about the Mentoring Program No access
9. Creating a Trained Pool of Mentors No access
10. Mentor Training No access
11. More about Mentor Roles No access
12. Collegial Supervision No access
13. Case Studies No access
14. How Adults Learn No access
15. Follow-up for Mentors throughout the Year No access
16. Pairing of Mentors and New Teachers No access
17. Program Effectiveness and Extended Mentoring No access
18. Benefits for the Mentors No access
19. Discussion Questions No access
20. Key Points No access
1. "Rejuvenating as a Teacher" Seminars No access
2. Retaining All Faculty No access
3. Discussion Questions No access
4. Key Points No access
1. What to do when? No access
References No access Pages 147 - 150
Index No access Pages 151 - 152
About the Author No access Pages 153 - 153