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Autumn is
one of the most beautiful times of year here in Vermont. The leaves
are bright and colorful while the air starts to turn cool and crisp.
It also means that school is well underway, and that educators are
thinking about Halloween activities for the classroom while students
are looking forward to trick-or-treating in costume. At SchoolSpring,
we like to dress up for the holidays too! Check out our homepage
at www.SchoolSpring.com
to see festive graphics that change all year long, and feel free
to send us your ideas for a fun, spirited look.
Please enjoy this issue of the Source newsletter
and please have a happy and safe fall. If you have any questions
or thoughts to share please give us a call at 888-546-3487 or email
me at susan@schoolspring.com.
Thank you,
Susan Fitzpatrick
Vice President, SchoolSpring
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How long have you been
in education?
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 Recruiting
teachers is now more efficient and cost-effective for the Middletown
Public Schools, one of the first districts in Rhode Island to adopt
SchoolSpring’s online technology to centralize the management
of the hiring process. Rosemarie K. Kraeger, Superintendent of Schools
for the district explains why she is eager to use the new online
teacher recruiting system. "We are always looking for ways
to improve our organization by using technology to enhance our efficiency,"
Kraeger explains. "Efficiency translates into dollars saved
and with budgets being as tight as they are, we are always looking
for ways to save money. The SchoolSpring system saves manpower,
advertising costs, and more."
SchoolSpring will allow the Middletown School District
to reach a broader range of teachers with more diverse backgrounds.
"We used to only reach local educators and sometimes teachers
in the Boston area with expensive newspaper advertising. Now, we
can cast a much bigger net looking for teachers with SchoolSpring."
Currently, SchoolSpring has over 55,000 educator members worldwide
with more joining every day.
SchoolSpring not only allows teacher candidates to apply more easily
to the school district jobs, it lets the district more effectively
communicate with candidates. "SchoolSpring provides better
communication and recruitment management," says Kraeger. "Applicants
can easily apply to more than one job and we can personalize our
responses for every step of the application process. The system
emails applicants when we have received their application, again
when we are reviewing it, and we can even schedule interviews, all
online."
Another benefit is the "electronic paper trail" that SchoolSpring
provides. All recruitment activities are recorded in the system
allowing the district to easily provide data for accountability.
Middletown Public Schools should see substantial savings in advertising
costs from previous years. SchoolSpring is planning to launch a
cooperative ("co-op") advertising program in Rhode Island
allowing schools to advertise their open positions together in one
newspaper ad. This program has proven very effective in the Vermont
newspapers where SchoolSpring has been running the co-op advertising
program for nearly 5 years.
Already, two more school districts in Rhode Island, Bristol Warren
Regional School District and Portsmouth School District, have joined
SchoolSpring.
Kraeger sees SchoolSpring as a great technology but also a lesson
for her students. "This is an exciting program with substantial
benefits," she explains. "Using new technology like SchoolSpring
reflects our current goal to bring the organization up a notch so
that we can maximize the district’s resources through the
enhancement of technology."
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We’re Looking for a
Little Help from our Friends
If you or someone you know has sales experience,
we want to hear about it! We’re looking for someone who can
talk with school districts and help them change their paradigm and
come into the 21st century by going paperless! We’re seeking
highly motivated, skilled sales people to represent SchoolSpring
to school districts around the country (part-time and full-time).
SchoolSpring has been in business for 5 years, and our customers
love us as well as the time and money we save them in finding and
hiring their staff. We’re a small but enthusiastic, results-oriented
team.
Our ideal sales candidate would be:
* A team player
* An experienced and charismatic salesperson with a proven track
record of hard work and achievement
* A self-starter who is able to work independently and get the job
done
The sales candidate must have:
* Exceptional presentation and communication skills
* A well-developed understanding and expertise in the consultative
sales approach
* Exceptional people skills, on the phone, written, face-to-face
* Strong time management skills; follow-up on email and telephone
(call when you say you're going to call, etc.)
* Honesty and integrity that comes across -- you clearly need to
love people and love building relationships. (We pride ourselves
on helping our customers, making them happy and keeping them!)
* A desire to work in an environment where compensation is directly
tied to performance.
Knowledge and familiarity with the K-12 education community is a
plus. If you or someone you know would like to apply please
click here.
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IT IS... |
WHEN
IT IS... |
WHERE
IT IS... |
SUNY Oswego State School of Education Job Fair
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October 19, 2006 |
Oswego, NY |
American Association of Employment in Education (AAEE)
National Conference
SchoolSpring Exhibiting and Presenting:
“No
More Paper! Managing Credentials & Moving Students
into the 21st Century” |
October 29 – November 1, 2006 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Central Pennsylvania Fall Teacher Job Fair
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October 31, 2006 |
State College, PA |
Halloween
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October 31, 2006 |
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Slippery Rock University Fall Education Job Fair
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November 1, 2006 |
Slippery Rock, PA |
Thanksgiving
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November 23, 2006 |
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| Cumberland Valley Consortium Teacher Fair |
November 16, 2006 |
Gettysburg, PA |
MAEE Teacher Job Fair University of Delaware
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November 29, 2006 |
Newark, DE |
Johnston State College Workshop for Education Students
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November 30, 2006 |
Johnson, VT |
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