Overview
NorthStar Education Partners collaborated with Link Public Schools to design a comprehensive, inclusive, and rigorous approach to teacher hiring and onboarding. This partnership aimed to align their race equity beliefs with their hiring practices, improve candidate communications, and centralize the recruitment process.
Objectives
Link Public Schools partnered with NorthStar to:
- Holistic Teacher Profile: Create a profile for ideal teacher candidates, including performance-based hiring tasks and predictive interview tools.
- Talent Management Software: Implement a platform to manage their recruitment process efficiently.
- Candidate Communications: Design clear communication pathways to guide candidates from initial interest to sample teaching invitations.
- Equity-Centered Hiring Practices: Align hiring questions and performance tasks with race equity beliefs.
- Teacher Compensation Workshop: Develop an equity-centered teacher compensation strategy through a customized workshop.
Partner
Link Public Schools
Location: Twin Cities West Metro Area, Minnesota
Key Activities & Deliverables
Holistic Teacher Profile
- Profile Development: Created a holistic profile for ideal teacher candidates, focusing on performance measures and tools to assess actual teaching capabilities.
- Predictive Interview Tools: Developed interview questions and tasks that are more predictive of teaching effectiveness than traditional behavioral interviews.
Talent Management Software
- Platform Implementation: Implemented a talent management software platform to streamline the recruitment and hiring process.
- Centralized Information: Centralized all hiring information for ease of access and use.
Candidate Communications
- Communication Pathways: Designed pathways for candidate communication, ensuring timely updates and a positive applicant experience.
- Lead Magnets to Invitations: Created a seamless process from initial lead magnets to sample teaching invitations.
Equity-Centered Hiring Practices
- Race Equity Alignment: Refined hiring questions and performance tasks to align with race equity beliefs.
- Rigorous Performance Tasks: Developed new performance tasks to identify excellent teachers based on equity-centered principles.
Teacher Compensation Workshop
- Customized Workshop: Led a workshop to help Link Public Schools develop an equity-centered teacher compensation strategy.
- Strategic Decisions: Facilitated the codification of Link Public Schools’ beliefs on teacher compensation practices.
Outcomes
NorthStar and Link Public Schools successfully implemented strategies that have significantly improved their hiring and onboarding processes. This collaboration resulted in:
- Enhanced Recruitment Process: A streamlined recruitment process managed through a centralized software platform.
- Improved Candidate Experience: Clear communication pathways and timely updates leading to a strong applicant experience.
- Equity-Centered Hiring: Hiring practices aligned with race equity beliefs, ensuring a fair and inclusive process.
- Effective Teacher Profiles: Holistic profiles and predictive interview tools that better identify effective teachers.
- Strategic Compensation Practices: An equity-centered teacher compensation strategy that reflects Link Public Schools’ values.
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