Human Resources

Hiring effective teachers is critically important. What two or three characteristics/qualities do you believe are most important to look for when hiring a classroom teacher? If you wish to differentiate between different types of teachers (e.g., elementary vs. middle vs. high, electives vs. core) in your answer, please feel free.

Professional Learning Communities

Based on your own experiences working in collaborative situations (whether an official "PLC" or not), what is a major challenge that you found to making collaboration happen successfully? What steps could an administrator take to address this challenge?

School Improvement Planning and Data

"The real strength in using a data driven decision making process for school improvement is that numbers are objective. The data just don't lie."

Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? Why?