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Assignment: Staff Hiring Process

One of the most important responsibilities a principal has is to hire the very best staff to educate and care for students. Reflecting upon the skills of teachers needed in order to determine teaching assignments is essential practice.

Review either the "Antelope High School Hiring Scenario" or the "Antelope Elementary School Hiring Scenario" to inform the assignment.

In 825-words, provide short answers to the following questions regarding how you would fill the remaining positions:

• Based on the descriptions of the positions and leadership roles that need to be filled, what 3-4 qualities are you looking for in a candidate? Provide a rationale.

LOVE of children, Passion for teaching with Engaging desire for student success, Compassionate/CaringPersonality, Team Player/collaboration

• Who will sit on the interview committee? Will you use the same interview team for all positions? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.
Principal, Assistant principal, Learning Coach, Grade-Level Lead Teacher (which will change depending on the hiring position) I always want my assistant and Learning coach on interviews because I want their perspective.

• Are there positions you will try to fill prior to others? Why or why not? My highest priority is Special Education because we have a shortage of those teachers. Kindergarten and 1st grade are the first to teach reading and math which scores are valued by the district because of funding.

• Identify 4-5 questions you plan to use in the interview. Will you include any performance or behavior focused questions? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.

1. Professional Background: Tell us about your educational and work experience.

2. Classroom Management: What specifically would you do to establish effective classroom management within the first few weeks of school?

3. Collaboration: What is your philosophy on collaboration? What experience do you have working on a collaborative team? How do you see yourself contributing to your team in weekly one-hour collaboration sessions? What makes you a good team member?

4. Individualization/Differentiation: How would you meet the instructional needs of a child who does not speak English or deals with anxiety?

5. What unique knowledge, skills, and dispositions would you bring to our team?

6. What questions do you have for us?

7. On a scale of 1-10 how interested are you in becoming part of our Northridge Elementary family?

• Identify 3-4 legalities you will have to take into account when completing the hiring process. How will these legalities affect your decision-making? Describe actions you might take to address these issues.

• How will your decisions align with the Christian values of promoting human flourishing, compassion, and concern for the common good?

(I attend a Christian university, so we must be careful with this answer and give them what they want to hear). All schools want to hire the most compassionate teachers who care about and focus on student-centered learning. We want team players who can collaborate and share lesson plans and RTI data for the common good of the school. We want to support district goals and vision.