Staffing and Recruitment Series
PDE
High-Leverage Strategies to Educator Recruitment and Hiring: Workshop series for LEAs
We invite you to participate in one or more workshops in a virtual series focused on
“quick wins” to enhance your educator recruitment and hiring strategies. Hosted by The PA System for LEA and School Improvement, these interactive workshops for LEA staff will deepen your understanding of effective practices and plan how to adjust your own recruitment and hiring processes. These sessions will include a focus on effective practices and examples as well as time for participants to plan/develop their own resources. You may participate in one or more of the sessions.
Webinars
Enhancing LEA Recruitment Websites
Webinar - March 3, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Using an overview of effective practices, self-assessment checklist, and analysis of
exemplar websites, participants will broaden their knowledge of how to enhance a
school/LEA employment website. Participants will consider what information to
prioritize for their audience of likely applicants and how to communicate it through a
clear, engaging and easily accessible site.
Developing/Enhancing Social Recruitment Through Social Media and Use of Current Staff
Webinar - March 9, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Whether participants already have a long-term social media recruitment strategy or have
never used social media for educator recruitment, this session can provide ideas and
examples. Participants can learn how to leverage their current staff and various social
media outlets to broaden recruitment. The session will include additional considerations
for those with a budget available for social media recruitment, though most suggestions
will not require a budget.
Creating Job Descriptions to Attract Your Best-fit General Education Teacher Candidates
Webinar - March 25, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Often, the details in a posted job description present an applicant’s first impression of a
school or LEA. The job openings that are posted on LEA sites and/or on popular educator
job search platforms vary widely in content, detail and quality. In this session,
participants will consider how to apply effective practices and examples to make their
posted job descriptions more likely to make a positive first impression for their target
candidates.
Creating Special Educator Job Descriptions to Attract Your Best-fit Candidates
Webinar - April 5, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Recruiting candidates for special education roles can be especially challenging. Often, the
details in a posted job description present a special education applicant’s first impression
of a school or LEA. This session will include some of the basic practices from Session 3
but tailor the suggested practices so that job descriptions can better attract special
education candidates—for example, by showing how the school will support and promote
collaboration for special educators.
Implementing/Refining a Uniform Teacher Interview Process That Aligns with District Priorities
Webinar - April 20, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Participants will use a self-assessment checklist and examples to consider where they
might change LEA-wide interview processes for teachers. Specifically, the session will
include: selection of uniform questions; use of back-up or prompting questions; and
development of an interview rubric.
Implementing/Refining a Uniform School Leader Interview Process Aligned with District Priorities
Webinar - April 26, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Participants will use a self-assessment checklist and examples to consider where they
might change LEA-wide interview processes for school leaders. Specifically, the session
will include: selection of uniform questions; use of back-up or prompting questions; and
development of an interview rubric.
Implementing/Refining the Use of Demonstration Lessons
Webinar - April 29, 2022, 12:00PM-1:15PM
LEAs that want to begin using demonstration lessons in the hiring process—or that aim
to rethink their use of demonstration lessons—can use an overview of effective practices
and exemplar tools in this session. Specifically, the session will focus on establishing
uniform protocols for demonstration lessons and developing a rubric to evaluate
demonstration lessons.
For content related information and questions, please contact Meagan Steiner
For general registration information and questions, please contact Sadie Hetrick
at shetrick@pattan.net or 717-901-2273.