Teacher Placement Planning

When managing staff resources, educational leaders should seek to assign teachers and staff to roles and responsibilities that match their professional skills, abilities, and interests in a way that will be best for student success.

For this assignment, take on the role of school principal at either an elementary or secondary school. You have several projected vacancies in various grades and subjects.

In 250-500 words, use either the “Antelope Elementary School Hiring Scenario” or the Antelope High School Hiring Scenario” to decide if you will fill these positions from your current faculty or accept outside applications to fill these projected vacancies.  

Address the following as a part of your planning, rationalizing your choices specific to:

• District policy and/or collective bargaining procedures, seniority requirements, union or professional association mandates
• Teacher screening procedures
• How well the teacher collaborates with staff and community members to maintain a sense of involvement and trust
• How their actions align with the ethical principles of compassion and concern for the common good

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Antelope High School Hiring Scenario

You are the principal of Antelope High School, the STEM magnet for your district. It has 60% open enrollment, and some parents seem to believe it is a private school. Antelope High School prides itself on its project-based curriculum with STEM woven throughout and having the highest test scores in the 20-school district. It is February and the district has just communicated to you the allocation of three teachers per grade level.

Your task for Antelope
High School is to devise a strategy for hiring certified staff to fill your allocation. Take into account the descriptions of the entire staff and the current PLC makeups in the table below. Teachers who are leaving Antelope High School at the end of the school year are shaded. Using the High School list, describe your ideal candidate for each position and explain what your strategy for hiring will be.

10th Grade

NOTE: You will need the description of the Antelope school staff for future assignments.

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Teacher Placement Planning – Rubric

District Policy 14 points

Criteria Description

District Policy

5. Target 14 points

Planning comprehensively accounts for district policy and/or collective bargaining

procedures, seniority requirements, and union or professional association

mandates.

4. Acceptable 12.18 points

Planning clearly accounts for district policy and/or collective bargaining procedures,

seniority requirements, and union or professional association mandates.

3. Approaching 10.36 points

Planning somewhat accounts for district policy and/or collective bargaining

procedures, seniority requirements, and union or professional association

mandates.

2. Insufficient 9.66 points

Planning minimally accounts for district policy and/or collective bargaining

procedures, seniority requirements, and union or professional association

mandates.

1. No Submission 0 points

Screening Procedures 14 points

Criteria Description

Screening Procedures

5. Target 14 points

Planning and rationalizing specifically includes teacher screening procedures.

4. Acceptable 12.18 points

Planning and rationalizing appropriately includes teacher screening procedures.

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3. Approaching 10.36 points

Planning and rationalizing vaguely includes teacher screening procedures.

2. Insufficient 9.66 points

Planning and rationalizing poorly includes teacher screening procedures.

1. No Submission 0 points

Not addressed.

Collaboration 14 points

Criteria Description

Collaboration

5. Target 14 points

Planning and rationalizing insightfully addresses how well the teacher collaborates

with staff and community members to maintain a sense of

involvement and trust.

4. Acceptable 12.18 points

Planning and rationalizing reasonably addresses how well the teacher collaborates

with staff and community members to maintain a sense of involvement and trust.

3. Approaching 10.36 points

Planning and rationalizing ambiguously addresses how well the teacher

collaborates with staff and community members to maintain a sense of

involvement and trust.

2. Insufficient 9.66 points

Planning and rationalizing marginally addresses how well the teacher collaborates

with staff and community members to maintain a sense of involvement and trust.

1. No Submission 0 points

Not addressed.

Ethical Principles

14 points

Criteria Description

Ethical Principles

5. Target 14 points

Planning and rationalizing thoroughly addresses how their actions align with the

ethical principles of compassion and concern for the common good.

4. Acceptable 12.18 points

Planning and rationalizing suitably addresses how their actions align with the

ethical principles of compassion and concern for the common good.

3. Approaching 10.36 points

Planning and rationalizing unclearly addresses how their actions align with the

ethical principles of compassion and concern for the common good.

2. Insufficient 9.66 points

Planning and rationalizing inadequately addresses how their actions align with the

ethical principles of compassion and concern for the common good.

1. No Submission 0 points

Not addressed.

Organization 7 points

Criteria Description

Organization

5. Target 7 points

The content is well-organized and logical. There is a sequential progression of ideas

that relate to each other. The content is presented as a cohesive unit and provides

the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. The summary is within the

required word count.

4. Acceptable 6.09 points

The content is logically organized. The ideas presented relate to each other. The

content provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. The summary is

within a reasonable range of the required word count.

3. Approaching 5.18 points

The content is not adequately organized even though it provides the audience with

a sense of the main idea. The summary may not be within a reasonable range of the

required word count.

2. Insufficient 4.83 points

An attempt is made to organize the content, but the sequence is indiscernible. The

ideas presented are compartmentalized and may not relate to each other; or the

summary is widely outside of the required word count.

Mechanics of Writing 7 points

Criteria Description

includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use

5. Target 7 points

Submission is virtually free of mechanical errors. Word choice reflects well-

developed use of practice and content-related language. Sentence structures are

varied and engaging.

4. Acceptable 6.09 points

Submission includes some mechanical errors, but they do not hinder

comprehension. Variety of effective sentence structures are used, as well as some

practice and content-related language.

3. Approaching 5.18 points

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistent

language or word choice is present. Sentence structure is lacking.

2. Insufficient 4.83 points

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.

Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction are used.

1. No Submission 0 points

Total 70 points