Back to School: Check out Cathleen White’s “Hiring Handbook: A Resource for Principals and Other School Hiring Supervisors”
Cathleen White is an educational consultant with seventeen years of hiring experience as a public school principal at all grade levels. She obtained her master’s degree in educational administration from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, and is a member of the Education Writers Association.
About the book: What’s the secret to having and keeping a cohesive, high-performing team of teachers and staff on campus? Most principals might say training, but before training comes hiring. The art of hiring goes beyond merely filling positions. It requires a strategic and thorough approach to finding the right staff for both the role and the campus culture.
“Hiring well can actually minimize training time and ultimately eliminate the very unpleasant and time-consuming task of terminating a teacher or staff member,” Cathleen explains about the book, which provides principals with well-thought-out strategies for hiring and onboarding:
- Finding applicants during times of shortage
- Using tools to narrow the field of candidates
- Vetting candidates and conducting effective interviews
- This book also includes many time-saving features such as sample interview questions, rubrics for scoring candidates, reference forms, and more.
“Hiring is crucial to every learning institution,” Cathleen knows. “Mastering the hiring process is the key that will drive your school toward growth and success.”