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Paperless Recruiting Case Study

August 2nd, 2011 | Add a Comment

Paperless Recruiting Case Study

Remarkable Results with Paperless Recruiting A Case Study: Ludlow Public Schools, Massachusetts Web Site: www.ludlowps.org District   The Challenge: Mountains of paperwork that accompanied the district’s recruitment process plagued Ludlow Public Schools. Receiving, copying, and distributing applications was cumbersome and expensive. Additionally, tracking and storing all the paperwork necessary to ensure accountability throughout the hiring process was laborious and difficult, requiring countless hours of personnel time and valuable office space. So when Dr. Theresa M. Kane, Associate Superintendent for Curriculum … Read entire article »

Filed under: Budget Cuts, Featured, Hiring, Jim Fitzpatrick, Recruiting, Teacher Pay, technology in education

North Carolina Alliance of Public Charter Schools

August 1st, 2011 | Add a Comment

North Carolina Alliance of Public Charter Schools

SchoolSpring is attending and sponsoring the NC Alliance of Public Charter Schools 7/31 – 8/2. Amy Weinhofer, from SchoolSpring, can be found there. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Recruiting

TEACHING JOBS NOT AS SCARCE AS WE HAVE BEEN MADE TO THINK

July 20th, 2011 | Add a Comment

TEACHING JOBS NOT AS SCARCE AS WE HAVE BEEN MADE TO THINK

You’ve probably seen many headlines over the last year that have frightened educators as they hear about schools decreasing staff. Headlines like “Providence, RI pink slips ALL their teachers,” “CA sends out thousands of pink slips this year”; and “Green Country school districts cutting teacher positions”.  Educators are asking: Where are all the teaching jobs? What is the status of being an educator in the future?   According to an article by Cheri Carlson, in The … Read entire article »

Filed under: Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, Teacher motivation

North Carolina Charter Schools Conference

July 14th, 2011 | Add a Comment

North Carolina Charter Schools Conference

SchoolSpring Rep, Amy Weinhofer, will be attending the NC Charter Schools Conference on July 31st – Aug 2nd. SchoolSpring is sponsoring the welcome Reception Sunday eve. http://ow.ly/5Espl … Read entire article »

Filed under: Recruiting

Every politician who micromanages education today should visit a PAR meeting.

June 10th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Every politician who micromanages education today should visit a PAR meeting.

HELPING TEACHERS HELP THEMSELVES (NY Times)… COULD THIS WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL? The Montgomery County Public Schools system here has a highly regarded program for evaluating teachers, providing them extra support if they are performing poorly and getting rid of those who do not improve. The program, Peer Assistance and Review — known as PAR — uses several hundred senior teachers to mentor both newcomers and struggling veterans. If the mentoring does not work, the PAR panel … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education Reform, Firing Teachers, Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, teacher evaluation, Teacher motivation, Teacher skills

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