Theschoolhouse302 #onethingseries Leadership Podcast

In this episode of 302 Thoughts, Joe and T.J. dig into how school leaders must be very tactical about supporting their new teachers. So much time is spent identifying personnel needs, preparing for interviews, drafting the right questions, using the write words in the position posting, and the interview itself, but all of that means nothing if you fail to support teachers once they are hired. That’s all preparation for the game, not the game itself. If you want to play at a higher level, you realize the real work is after the hiring is done. In this episode, listen to Joe paint a dismal picture regarding vacancies across the U.S. This is why school leaders can’t mess up onboarding and support. What do the data say, in short, we are in a crisis: 36,500 teacher vacancies 163,500 positions filled by teachers who aren’t fully certified T.J. develops the conversation further by discussing our most vulnerable teacher populations: Our Best Teachers Our New Teachers He explains that our best teachers are in high