Reposted from other resource: What do Admin in Good-to-Great schools look for when hiring?

[Heliotrope]

Since it might be helpful for a lot of teachers here, just copy-pasting this from elsewhere (so NOT written by me):

The document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7i ... sp=sharing

"As promised, here are the generic thoughts of a small collective of former and current administrators (5 of us, with admin experience in Asia, Africa, and South America) in what would be considered Good-to-Great schools.

What started as a well-intentioned post idea has morphed into a ‘novella’ of sorts; 20-plus pages of advice to consider. For those who get to the end of the multiple entries, and can extract something from its entirety, well done! Note that we won't be referring to Tier rankings; the subjectivity involved in such is, in our opinion, a pointless exercise. What one applicant sees as viable criteria to score a school as Tier 1 can be completely different from another applicant who possesses a distinctly different set of needs. So we use the terminology of Good-to-Great to define schools that would be towards the top of most subjective lists (For those of you wedded to the Tier status, then think T1 - top T2).

We note that your mileage may vary.

We accept that this information will not necessarily mirror the experiences of others. Other admin in this Reddit group may dismiss the information contained herein as a rant akin to ‘old men and one lady shouting at clouds’, and that is their right to do so. Other group members who have experienced the hiring cycle on multiple occasions may disagree as well. Again, that is their right to do so.

It was not our (the collective) intention to create disharmony, but rather to lay out our combined thoughts (from a combined 40-plus years as administrators) on a process that is complex, competitive, time-consuming, and at times dehumanising.

We are hopeful that the look from the other side of the table is valuable to some. Make of it what you will."

[sciteach]

The only thing I know is that in the next few days on particular poster on the forum will write a 3000 word response to this.....

[beekayem]

This is a fabulous resource. Thank you for sharing!