How to Interview, Hire, & Retain High-Quality New Teachers

John Daresh (educational leadership, U. of Texas at El Paso) and Bridget Daresh, a primary school teacher, outline a process for recruiting, interviewing, and hiring teachers for K-8 principals and teacher leaders. They draw on discussions with principals, administrators, teachers, and other educators to detail the need for teacher support and the consequences schools face when adequate support is not available, how to choose teachers based on the values and beliefs of school leaders, how to start the search, examples of productive interview questions, how to draw questions from state and national standards, issues that principals need to consider with beginning teachers as the school year progresses, and how principals and school districts can support new teachers. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)