![]() “Hiring season” in many schools will commence just after the Holiday Season comes to an end. Jumping the gun a bit, we offer here a dozen maxims on teacher hiring and care, derived from An Admirable Faculty: Recruiting, Hiring, Training, and Retaining Teachers in Independent Schools by ICG executive director Peter Gow (NAIS, 2005) MAXIM #1—Every opening is an opportunity
MAXIM #2—Know thyself as an institution and a culture; keep these things in mind:
MAXIM #3—It takes a school to hire a teacher
MAXIM #4—You can always get what you want
MAXIM #5—Check it out
MAXIM #6—Induction matters
MAXIM #7—Good teachers can be made
MAXIM #8—School culture is everything. Do all that you can to make yours both inviting and welcoming.
MAXIM #9—Not everybody wants an office
MAXIM #10—Needs matter
MAXIM #11—Old dogs actually like to learn new tricks
MAXIM #12—All things must end
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