How does the school district encourages diversity in the recruitment process and utilizes culturally-sensitive procedures?
My school district's human resources department director introduced that the district respects an individual's cultural background and does not arrange the interview on someone’s cultural event date. The school district plays the role of the equal opportunity employer. The job position is open to everyone with different backgrounds, values, language, race. The candidates are selected through the process of paper screening. The hiring committee balances the pool of candidates from diverse backgrounds to benefit students to have a comprehensive educational system.
The statement is stated on the job post: It is the policy of the Board of Education that students and employees in the school district shall not be subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on the person’s actual or perceived race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin or nationality, religion, age, parental status, family status, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex or sexual orientation, ancestry, political affiliation, or any other basis protected by federal law, ordinance or regulation, in its educational program(s), recruitment process, application acceptance, testing, selection, and hiring process and employment. For any equal right or opportunity concerns or complaints, employees please contact the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. The HR departmental goal is to build a foundation of employee excellence through performance standards, staff development and a diverse and dedicated work force which supports the mission and goals of the district. As a Merit district, the school district hires and promotes employees based on ability, with open competition in initial employment, provides for equitable compensation, retains employees based on performance, assures fair treatment of all applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, color, national origin, gender or religious creed, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens, and protects employees against political coercion..
How does the recruitment and selection procedures will assist the district in hiring the best possible candidates?
In 2009, President Obama launched the “Race to the Top” initiative. He stated “I am issuing a challenge to our nation’s governors and school boards, principals and teachers, businesses and nonprofits, parents and students: if you set and enforce rigorous and challenging standards and assessments; if you put outstanding teachers at the front of the classroom; if your turn around failing schools- your state can win a Race to the Top grant that will not only help students outcompete workers around the world, but let them fulfill their God-given potential.” He emphasized the importance of providing students with high quality education. It is crucial for the school district to find, attract, select, and keep the excellent teachers. The recruitment and selection procedures assist the district in checking and verifying the candidates’ qualification, such as credentials and references, background check, and TB test. The HR administrator prepares and presents the data of the rank ordering by scores obtained using the selection criteria of the interviewees. The scores provide the reference and base for the superintendent to select the best candidates who are most qualified (Rebore, 2015).
The school district hires the best possible classified candidates by the procedure of examination and ranking. The candidates who earn the highest score are hired. The best certificated candidates are selected through paper screening and call references.
In my opinion, the teacher candidate’s demo lesson is very helpful and important for the interview committee to assess the candidate’s teaching ability in the subject matter and grade level. The demo lesson in the classroom with students can demonstrate the candidate's mastery of the subject standards, classroom management, and methods to help students to learn with equity. It also provides the candidates to get the feel of teaching in the classroom at this school.
Resources:
2020, Improving the Teacher Recruitment Process, Powerschool
https://www.powerschool.com/resources/blog/improving-the-teacher-recruitment-process/
2021, Evaluation of Certificated Employees, Learning Module, 2021, CUI Class material
Education Code - EDC - California Legislative Information,
Rebore, R. W. (2015). Human Resources Administration in education. Pearson.
The personnel commission rules and regulations for the classified service of the school district
Yeh, John R. (2021). Deciphering the Education Code, Translating the law into sound personnel practices for certificated and classified employees. Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
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