EDCI 6215 Effective Recruitment

Effective Recruitment to Meet Your School's Needs

This course is intended to develop knowledge and skills in the recruitment and selection of staff to provide the best quality teaching for students. It will encourage both experienced and inexperienced staff to examine the school's current approaches and practices to meet its particular needs

Effective Recruitment of Staff to Meet Your School's Needs

Course Outline
Module 1: Analyzing your staffing needs
Intended learning outcomes for Module 1
The changing face of staffing
Activity 1: Mapping the school staff
Activity 2: Identifying key factors in your staffing
Activity 3: Factors affecting recruitment
Task 1: Summary of school-specific staffing issues
Activity 4: Sources of staff
Task 2: Staffing situation profile report
What have you learned? Evaluation of your learning from Module 1

Module 2: Marketing your school to potential employees
Intended learning outcomes for Module 2
Introduction to Module 2
Activity 5: Identifying sources of information about your school
Activity 6: What makes a good school website?
Task 3: Surveying the staff
Activity 7: Defining your USPs
Activity 7: Defining your USPs (2)
Task 4: Establishing the cost of recruitment
Activity 8: Using commercial websites
What have you learned? Evaluation of your learning from Module 2

Module 3: Appointing the right person
Intended learning outcomes for Module 3
The job description
The person specification
Activity 9: Creating a job description
Activity 10: Researching examples from other organizations
Task 5: Analyzing job descriptions in your school
Task 6: Consulting staff
Activity 11: Discrimination and data protection issues
What have you learned? Evaluation of your learning from Module 3

Module 4: Selecting and interviewing staff
Intended learning outcomes for Module 4
Introduction: Selecting and interviewing staff
Activity 12: Your own interview experiences
Activity 13: Good questioning techniques
Task 7: Observing an interview
Activity 14: Evaluating other selection techniques
Activity 14: Evaluating other selection techniques
Task 9: Organize a mock interview
What have you learned? Evaluation of your learning from Module 4