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This paper analyzes how a group of Manitoba principals assess prospective teachers for “fit” with both the profession and their specific schools. 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This paper describeshow one group of principals in Manitoba approach hiring decisions when  \nassessing prospective teachers for “fit” both for the profession and for their  \nschools. Based on a conceptual framework that examined the criteria used in  \nhiring decisions along four sub-categories of person-environment (P-E) fit (Kristof-Brown, Zimmerman, & Johnson, 2005), the findings illustrate the critical role that principals can play in assessing applicants along various dimensions offit even though they may have little formal preparation that would increase the reliability of such assessments. Additionally, these highly interpretive assessments constitute a significant part in decisions ofwho to hire, even though little is known about the relationship between assessments offit and teacher effectiveness in the classroom. Finally, suggestions are offered that might improve the  \nlikelihood that those responsible for hiring teachers are aware of some of the  \nbiases that influence various decision-making phases ofthe hiring process.  \nIntroduction  \nFor decades, educational researchers have confirmed what many parents know: children’s academic progress depends heavily on the talent and skills of the teacher leading their classroom (OECD, 2004, 2005; Rivkin, Hanushek, & Kain, 2005). Although parents may fret over their choice of school, research suggests that who specifically teaches their child in that school matters a lot more (Dinham, Ingvarson, & Kleinhenz, 2008) . Good teachers have a profound effect on  \nstudent success. With policy makers, trustees and educational leaders focused on improving student outcomes, many have rightly concluded that the single-most crucial strategy is in preparing, recruiting, hiring, and retaining the most effective teachers (Walsh & Tracy, 2004) . Policies focused on getting the best teachers into classrooms have become central to debates on how to leverage student success (OECD, 2004; 2005) . While responses to the question of how to improve the teacher workforce vary across the country, those concerned with educational policy face a stark reality: teacher quality matters, and it matters a lot.  \nOf all of the factors that school divisions and policy-makers control, there is nothing more impacting than the policies that determine who is hired, how that teacher is inducted into the profession and supported, and whether the teacher gets dismissed or is awarded a continuous contract (Darling-Hammond, 2001; 2003; Harris, 2004) . Though policies and practices that get the best teachers into the classroom would seem to be a high priority for all stakeholders in schools, there have been challenges to any methods proposed that would purportedly insure that all classrooms are staffed by an effective teacher. In part this is due to the numerous and oftentimes competing conceptions of teacher effectiveness (Little, Goe, & Bell, 2009) .  \nIt is beyond the scope of this article to either critique or advocate for any specific definition of teacher effectiveness. It has been suggested, at least as far back as 70 years ago by Rabinowitz and Travers (1953), but also more recently by Cochran-Smith and Power (2010), that defining an effective teacher is a subjective and interpretive act. However, while there may belittle consensus on the usefulness of a narrow definition of teacher effectiveness (Campbell, Kyriakides, & Robinson, 2003), it seems reasonable to assume that those responsible for hiring teachers seek to place the most effective teachers they can hire in classrooms and that they use some criteria to make these determinations.  \nFor Canadian public schools, the policie","cbCaiaxGCGzHmTud","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaxGCGzHmTud","pdf",392499,35,"English","# Introduction\n## Teacher quality and student success\n## Policy influences on hiring and retention\n## Defining teacher effectiveness as interpretive\n## Canadian certification and hiring authority","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper examines how Manitoba principals approach hiring decisions by assessing prospective teachers’ “fit” with the profession and their schools.\"},{\"question\":\"Which framework guides the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses a conceptual person-environment (P-E) fit framework with four sub-categories to organize the criteria used in hiring decisions.\"},{\"question\":\"What issue does the paper raise about principal assessments?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that these assessments are highly interpretive and may involve biases, even though principals may lack formal preparation to increase assessment reliability.\"}]","Exploring School Principals’ Hiring Decisions - Fitting in and Getting HIred | PDF",1792085216,88]