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Interviewing International Candidates: What to Consider

International teaching candidates. There’s no doubt that numerous, qualified candidates exist around the globe, but ensuring those qualifications transfer to each state’s requirements can often feel overwhelming — for both the teacher, and the school.

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Why Schools Should Consider International Teachers

If you believe in your school’s recruiting and training models — and your team’s ability to include new candidates in your school’s culture — sourcing international candidates is a great way to bring cultural diversity to your campus.

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Teacher Supply and Demand: Mid-Year Report (Summer 2021)

We surveyed our partner schools across the country to understand their current and upcoming hiring needs, and the factors most impacting their demand for teachers. COVID remains a significant factor. However, it affected schools in different ways.

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Teacher Supply and Demand: The Mid-Year Report (Spring 2021)

In anticipation of the 2021 School Year, we surveyed our partner schools across the country to find out more about their current and upcoming hiring needs, and the factors most impacting their demand for teachers.

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The Ideal Candidate Rubric

Discover your next right-fit candidate by interviewing candidates based on the skills and competencies most aligned with your school's mission and culture.

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A Guide to Marketing Your PK-12 School

Many new education graduates and student teachers looking to add experience to their careers are being incentivized to explore new options. Find out how to communicate your school's benefits!

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Creating Safe Spaces for Children to Process the Election (and the Results!)

Just like many adults, when it comes to the 2020 election, children are feeling anxious, scared, and confused. Sifting through media messages can be a challenge for anyone, and it's important to help children understand what they are seeing and and hearing from the news, and from those around them.

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Early Decision Grantees of the 2020 Urban Teacher Recruitment Grant

We’re excited to share the first five grantees of our Urban Teacher Recruitment Grant, with 15 more to be announced in the coming weeks!

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Hiring Yield and Cost per (Teacher) Hire: The Only Recruitment Metrics that Matter

Finding the right candidates for your school's open roles can be a challenge. It can also be expensive and time-consuming. When it comes to the most effective practices, find out what leads to the highest possible hiring yield, and lowest cost per teacher hire.

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Solutions to Key Concerns of K-12 Schools in Virtual Hiring

Find solutions to some of the most common concerns of schools in the virtual teacher hiring process, along with resources to help from our partner schools.

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How to Set-Up a Virtual (Video) Demo Lesson

As a recruiter or hiring manager, learn how to adapt your teacher demo lesson interview process to a more virtual (video-based) one.

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How to Conduct a Successful Virtual (Video) Interview: Recruiter Basics

For a recruiter, the successful execution of a virtual (video) interview is less about the content of your questions and more about creating a clear process that feels natural. Find out how recruiters can set-up and effectively conduct the interview.

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Always Be Recruiting: How to Keep New Hires Engaged

A lot can happen between now and that first day of work and you want to be as proactive as possible about systematizing your process for keeping new hires engaged and excited about joining your team.

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How to Write a Great Intro Email

As a recruiter using Selected, your first interaction and first impression with candidates consists of the message you send with your connection invitation. If left empty, chances are high that the candidate response rate will be low. Here are three tips for making that message count!

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Structured Interviews: 10 Steps to Hire the Right Teacher for Your School

A structured teacher job interview process ensures a more equitable hiring, training, and retention process for our teachers and school leaders.

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Hiring with Equity in Mind - Recruiting Diverse and Culturally Competent Staff

You say you want a culturally competent school staff that mirrors your student population. Find out what’s been working for Greater Brunswick Charter School.

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Teacher Recruitment ROI. What's Yours?

Competition for teachers is fierce and expensive. Read on to learn and calculate the recruitment ROI metrics that matter.

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Teacher Retention: It Starts with Strong Onboarding

Efforts to welcome new teachers to your school community and prepare them for the new school year are critical, but establishing and maintaining a strong school culture is an ongoing part of the job. Here are five tips that will strengthen your teacher onboarding process.

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Selected Expands To Los Angeles!

Selected is now serving teachers and Pre-K to 12 schools in Los Angeles! We will continue to add more public and independent schools throughout the Greater Los Angeles area as school partners.

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Check the Biases in Your Teacher Hiring Process

Explicit and implicit biases may exist throughout your teacher hiring process. Learn how to understand, identify, and mitigate them to build a stronger team.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Five Actions that Will Strengthen School Leadership

Increase your impact as a school leader by creating a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive environment. Here are 5 DEI-informed actions that you can start practicing immediately.

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Speed as a Competitive Advantage in Hiring Teachers

The best recruitment teams hire new teachers using speed, defining goals, and aligning on hiring criteria. This article will cover how you can make speed a key differentiator to hire the best teachers.

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How to Build School Partnerships to Build a Teacher Pipeline

School partnerships are important in developing a consistent teacher pipeline — sourcing new teachers to hire by building awareness about your school. Here are key tips on how to effectively develop these school partnerships.

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Adopt a Customer Service Mentality to Hire Teachers More Effectively

Teachers, like all people in the digital age, demand and deserve a better experience. The schools who understand this early and put teachers first will be at a distinct advantage to find and hire quality teachers.