What’s Wrong With This Picture

School does interviews for a Title Teacher, a 5th grade teacher, and a pre-school teacher.

Interview committee consists of a 2nd grade teacher, PE teacher, librarian, counselor, school psychologist, and principal.

I don’t know how it goes in other places, but the right thing to do is to have the people on the team helping to the interviews for the open position. Hiring someone to be a part of a team without including anyone from the team in the interview makes the whole process look like a sham. It’s also an indicator of a principal making some dangerous assumptions about what goes on in the classroom without getting input from the people who are actually there.

How does that go for you in your schools?
Do you have a say in who gets hired for positions in your building?