#K12Talent chat is for K-12 HR professionals or any school leader interested in learning more about human capital leadership. Topics include: rewards/recognition, recruiting, hiring, interviewing, difficult employees.
Q1: Thanks for joining us tonight. Please introduce yourself along with your position and location. And please tell us how long (years) is your induction process. #K12Talent
A1: Todd Tripple, Director of Staff Development & Instructional Improvement at Millard Public Schools, Omaha, NE. 3 year induction program #GBR to my NE friends? #K12Talent
Good morning from Israel. My name is Noa, I work in the Innovative Tech Unit in the Ministry of Education (I'll take one Harry Potter pun, That's it!). #K12talent
I am an assistant professor of #EdLeadership at Loyola University Maryland. I'm currently research HR's role in teacher diversity and am interested in learning from you all tonight! #K12Talent
Q1: Thanks for joining us tonight. Please introduce yourself along with your position and location. And please tell us how long (years) is your induction process. #K12Talent
Q3: While onboarding, how do you prevent the “firehouse” method of presenting information while still providing important information new staff needs? What methods of communication do you utilize to stay in touch with new staff after the initial onboarding? #K12Talent
A3: Our new staff orientation days are spread out over the year. This helps. Would like to leverage tech more, have to be aware of how much we are asking new staff to do. #K12Talent
A4: We have some excellent facilitators that meet with new staff members to provide support. Principals are aware of this support as well and ask for assistance. #K12Talent
A3: we invite all new hires to contact us in HR and to not be afraid as we are here to provide customer service. Our Technology department presents at our new hire Onboarding as well. They are awesome! #K12Talent
Q5. Do you utilize peer observations, instructional rounds, lab classrooms, etc. to support new teacher’s development (great for all staff really)? What is the feedback from new teachers? What do they find most beneficial? #K12Talent
A5: We use a combo of peer obs. coaching, instructional rounds, lab classrooms. New teachers love to see teaching in action. Very powerful. Love this for all staff. #K12Talent
Q5. Do you utilize peer observations, instructional rounds, lab classrooms, etc. to support new teacher’s development (great for all staff really)? What is the feedback from new teachers? What do they find most beneficial? #K12Talent
A7: We continue to survey our new staff members at the end of each year. The team I work with is so good about collecting qualitative data throughout the year too. #K12Talent
A8: Our induction team utilizes "Tour Guides" (veteran staff members, district leaders, etc) to greet new staff on day one and show them around. They become a familiar face in the district. #K12Talent
A8: Our induction team utilizes Google Sites to produce beautiful, well organized websites for orientation information. So easy to use and new staff have information constant access to them. #K12Talent
A8: keep the relationship piece at the forefront by providing genuine customer service. New employees don’t need to feel like cattle being pushed through. #K12Talent
@justintarte I think you should join @_AASPA_, participate in #K12Talent chats, and be part of an #HCLE cohort (https://t.co/AyoYehZeg0) to learn, reflect, & grow with District, State, & HigherEd leaders... I think u would enjoy it and get some good #HR process ideas!
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@justintarte, @Erik_Youngman, @justintarte, @_AASPA_
Has your district considered having an outside consultant come in to interview and hear from faculty who experienced your induction program? Having fresh eyes could give great insights into improving our program efforts #K12Talent
