Building Your Building: How to Hire and Keep Great Teachers (Your Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Teachers)

Kullar, Jasmine K.; Cunningham, Scott A.

ISBN 10: 1947604813 / ISBN 13: 9781947604810

Published by Solution Tree, 2019

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Synopsis:

A growing teacher attrition rate, combined with fewer teachers entering the profession, has created a teacher shortage in many schools. In Building Your Building, authors Jasmine K. Kullar and Scott A. Cunningham detail how school administrators can overcome these challenges to ensure they proactively hire (and keep) great teachers. Within this practical guide, you will find best practices for recruiting and retaining teachers, from interviewing candidates and mentoring new teachers to providing meaningful recognition and more.

This book will help you improve the teacher hiring process and beyond to increase teacher recruitment and retention:

• Learn how to hire the best teachers with practical recruitment and interviewing techniques as well as included teacher-screening interview questions.
• Discover why recognition is important to retaining teachers and how to recognize teachers for their accomplishments.
• Review the most effective ways to support new teachers.
• Understand why and how to set up teacher mentoring programs.
• Recognize why adult learning and continued professional development for teachers contributes to teacher success.

Contents:
Introduction: Million-Dollar Decisions
Chapter 1: Features of Effective Teachers
Chapter 2: Hiring Practices
Chapter 3: Supporting New Teachers
Chapter 4: Mentoring New Teachers
Chapter 5: Recognizing Teachers
Chapter 6: Implementing Professional Development
Afterword
References and Resources

About the Author:

Jasmine K. Kullar, EdD, is an assistant superintendent for Cobb County School District, the second-largest school district in Georgia. She is also a faculty member in the College of Professional Studies Educational Leadership Department at Albany State University in Georgia. In addition, she is involved with the Wallace Foundation's University Principal Preparation Initiative (UPPI) and a member of the national UPPI Professional Learning Community, focused on redesigning university educational leadership preparation programs.

 

Prior to these roles, she was a middle school principal for seven years at two separate schools. With over ten years of school leadership experience, Dr. Kullar has worked at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. She has taught in both Canada and the United States, giving her a variety of experiences in working with schools and school districts. She has expertise in building professional learning communities as well as school leadership.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Building Your Building: How to Hire and Keep...
Publisher: Solution Tree
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket