Sunday, October 4, 2009
David Martin Post
Saturday's class left me with a number of things to think about. The one thing I want to focus on is the statement Dr. Closen made about hiring. It comes down to the fact that hiring people may be the most important thing that you will do as a principal. If you believe that decisions need to be made with the students in mind then I think you would have to agree with this statement. The teachers in the classroom are the people who are going to most affect students and their learning. Getting the right people into those classrooms is a big responsibility. I think contacting references and doing a thorough check of the applicants is probably a time consuming affair but one that can definitely save headaches in the future. I think it would be difficult to decide between someone you think is very qualified as a teacher but not quite as strong with management and someone who is strong with management but not quite as well versed in content knowledge. Looking forward to Sunday's class.
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I agree with Dr. Closen and Dave regarding the point that was made about hiring quality people. However, my question is for administrators in smaller districts how is it possible to find quality people in shortage areas? I can think of two examples in my building where there were only two applicants for two seperate shortage area positions and none of the applicants were what we were looking for, but we had to take one of them to keep offering the classes we needed to. Needless to say, there have been issues with both teachers that were hired. Any advice on this subject?
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