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Superintendent Searches: Public or Confidential? Why Confidentiality Contributes to Quality Searches
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Attea, William J. – School Administrator, 2010
When a highly qualified candidate learns the search will be conducted confidentially, a positive response is almost certain, in the author's experience running superintendent searches since 1988. Just as likely, the prospective candidate responds negatively to being told the search process will not be confidential. Confidentiality is the item of…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Superintendents, Job Search Methods, Personnel Selection
High-Stakes Administrative Hiring
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Clement, Mary C. – School Administrator, 2009
The risks are high when it comes to hiring a new principal. A principal is accountable for the safety, well-being and achievement of all the children in a school, as well as for representing the school to the community. With increasing demands on building administrators, the hiring of principals certainly may be considered high stakes. For several…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Employment Interviews, School Personnel, Leadership
The Changing Rules of the Superintendency Hunt
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Stellar, Art – School Administrator, 2010
Serving as superintendent, going into his 24th year, the author has completed hundreds of applications and interviewed for nearly a hundred superintendencies. He has accepted seven superintendencies and, in more than 20 instances, have declined offers or withdrawn from consideration after being interviewed. This cumulative experience has produced…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Job Search Methods, Search Strategies, Search Committees (Personnel)
Superintendent Searches Public or Confidential? The Case for an Open Search Process
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Davis, Terre – School Administrator, 2010
Board of education members come and go, but the community remains. Wise candidates for a superintendent position, as well as the dedicated board members involved in fulfilling this important duty, understand this and therefore want the public to be part of the superintendent search process. As a search consultant to school boards for 20 years, the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, School Districts, Boards of Education, Superintendents
Improve Your Interview Process.
Vansciver, James H. – School Administrator, 1991
The most important part of the teacher recruitment process begins and ends with the interview experience. By including several key components in this experience, administrators can ensure that they will wind up offering contracts to candidates who quickly will contribute to the school system. Advice is given regarding preparing questions and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews, Interviews
Interviewing the Lions in Their Den.
Murray, Kenneth T.; Murray, Barbara A. – School Administrator, 1999
Two former superintendents reveal what questions to expect when facing a school board in the course of a job search. Questions on board interference, instructional role, and budget development are a good bet. Candidates should shake hands firmly, dress conservatively, be forthright, and watch their demeanor. (MLH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews, Interpersonal Competence
To Get This Job, You Need To Know Someone.
Harrison, Pamela – School Administrator, 2002
Offers superintendents advice on how to conduct themselves in job interviews with boards of education. Suggests that candidates clearly articulate to the board who they are and what they believe in educationally. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews
What Impresses Boards in a Search?
Rohn, Charles – School Administrator, 2002
Describes positive and negative qualities in candidates that boards of education identified when searching for a new superintendent. Based on Illinois study of 180 superintendent vacancies during recent 3-year period. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews
The 20-Minute Hiring Assessment: How to Ensure You're Hiring the Best by Gauging Educator Dispositions
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Wasicsko, M. Mark – School Administrator, 2004
"Tell me how you used your sense of humor to defuse a difficult situation or teach an important lesson." Queries of this sort can be used in an interview to increase the likelihood of hiring high-quality teachers and administrators. Spending time and effort to ensure only people-centered educators are hired who, in addition to possessing…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Teacher Selection, Teaching Skills, Classroom Techniques
An Eye on the Ivy: Moving from the Superintendency to a Professorship.
Pancrazio, Sally B.; First, Patricia F. – School Administrator, 1995
Superintendents planning to become professors must understand what is valued in academe and position themselves accordingly. Tips are provided for identifying available positions, understanding the search process, conducting preinterview research, preparing letters and resumes, presenting qualifications, and surviving interviews. Sidebars…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews