Course 1048
Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Best Practices that Succeed
Apply this towards your professional development requirements
Tuition: $575 for all 3 modules complete
Finding good quality teachers is only slightly harder than holding onto them. Recruiting is expensive, time-consuming and full of headaches and pretenders. And once you have stars on your faculty, preventing burnout and motivating them in tough financial times can be daunting. If these are your challenges, this convenient, online course is for you.
Led by three of the nation’s foremost experts and educators, this new course lets you earn Professional Development credits, hours or certificates of completion whenever and where ever you like. It combines the following three learning modules, to give you practical learnings you can put in place immediately:
(1023) Six Types of Teachers: Recruiting, Retaining and Mentoring the Best
(1025) New Approaches to Performance Reviews that Work
(1020) Motivate without Money: Inspiring Staff with Shrinking Budgets
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Module 1 (1023)
Six Types of Teachers: Recruiting, Retaining and Mentoring the Best
What You'll Learn
1 out of every 3 teachers leaves the profession within 5 years. This constant rotation of educators in classrooms is an ever-present concern for administrators and compromises the effectiveness of both students and the remaining faculty. Recruiting and retaining good teachers isn't easy, but there are plenty of ways to make it more effective and guarantee you'll not only find them and get them excited about joining your school, but also retain them, keep them happy and motivated and avoid burnout. This module will show you:
The 3 keys to teacher job satisfaction - and how to implement them
6 types of teachers: How to Attract and Keep the Best
Proven ways to improve school culture and attract only the best teachers
Mentoring Programs that improve and retain teachers
Highlights
Hiring Your Next Great Teacher
How to identify your best teachers and hire more just like them
How do you get your best applicant excited about your school?
Not-so-obvious red flags that should immediately knock out the "bad apples"
Reducing Turnover: Retention Strategies That Work
Must-dos to support teachers during the critical first 5 years
Spotting and removing job dissatisfaction before your quality teachers leave
When does it help you to let a teacher go?
Mentoring: The Forgotten Piece of the Puzzle
What are the keys to a successful mentoring program?
How do you create a positive culture where teachers will thrive?
How to prevent difficult parent situations from driving good teachers away
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Module 2 (1025)
New Approaches to Performance Reviews that Work
What You'll Learn
Properly done, a strong performance review is one of the best tools an Administrator has for getting the best out of faculty and staff. More than just a feedback session, a well-done performance review sets goals, spotlights behavior, addresses issues and leaves the employee motivated and ready to give his/her best. So how do you turn the dreaded "yearly review" into a valuable, honest reflection and plan that sets people up for success? This module will show you.
The biggest performance review mistakes - and how to prevent them
From preparation to follow-up: Step-by-step guidance
How to use reviews to actually change behavior
Specific dos and don'ts for successful reviews
Highlights
Changing Employee Behavior: Performance Reviews That Work
Performance reviews that fall short: Why they fail
Proven checklist to ensure a successful review
Delivering feedback that gives them the insight to change behavior
Stretching People: How to Get More from Your Employees
Constructive feedback that motivates and inspires
Getting buy in to the process and establishing accountability
Keys to providing the right feedback to the right people
The "Do's and Don'ts" of Conducting the Performance Review
What to do when you and an employee don't see eye to eye
How to avoid "sugar coating" without damaging relationships
Motivation killers: the important words you should never say
The most common legal pitfalls - and how to avoid them
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Module 3 (1020)
Motivate without Money: Inspiring Staff with Shrinking Budgets
What You'll Learn
Successful learning environments can always be traced back to motivated teachers and a dedicated staff. Each academic cycle, administrators everywhere face the challenge of finding a realistic and effective "motivation strategy" to inspire everyone to stay committed and give their best . In this module, you will learn:
The 7 key motivators that can get high performance out of any underachiever
Real motivational tools that work better than money
How to motivate employees during times of high stress and low morale
How to spot and stop people who are killing morale in your school
Highlights
What You Can Do Today to Inspire Your Best Employees
How to uncover what motivates each person individually
Proven ways to use this information to get high performance
How do you design a motivation plan that actually motivates?
Proven Ways to Motivate During Times of High Stress
Recognize and address the symptoms of stress before it affects learning
The Dos and Don'ts of difficult communication
Specific actions you can take to improve morale at your school
Turning Around Employees that Have Gone "Negative"
Why people "go negative" - and how to overcome it before it spreads
How to turn negative attitudes into positive support
How to get your faculty and staff to own (and solve) their problems
The Virtual Teachers Lounge™
Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:
Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
Get new perspectives, fresh ideas and guidance – whenever you need it.
You can log whenever is most convenient for you, 24/7
All you have to do is sign up for this course, and you're in!
Materials & Assessment
Lectures
Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on
this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your
progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your
computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD.
Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park;
and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on
weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources
Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment
To receive your Certificate of Completion or Certificate of Attendance and earn Professional Development/Continuing Education units/credits/hours, you will need to complete all assessments and submit all final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge
To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module. If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.
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Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Best Practices that Succeed
Tuition: $575 for all 3 modules complete