• Leadership in Education: a Special Report - What makes a "good principal?" Education Week's two-year special report linking the success or failure of a school or district to the stability of leadership. The project is funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Resources for administrators on hiring practices:

• Legal Interview Questions - tips for interviewers

• Negligent Hiring - failure to use reasonable care when hiring

• The Art of Checking References - The education profession is notorious for passing bad teachers from one district to another. How can administrators ask the right questions when checking a reference?

• Sample Employment Contract for Administravite Personnel - from the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators
  

• The National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse offers innovative strategies for bringing in more teachers and read examples of what some districts have done to successfully recruit teachers.
  

• Five Steps to Improve Recruitment - alhough there is no one best way for every district to attract excellent teachers, there are a few steps that shoulc prove helpful.

• Mentoring - The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's tutorial, containing links, videoclips, and text articles. Tutorials on many topics are available as well.

• Best Practices of Mentors - Baltimore County Public Schools mentoring program fosters excellence in teaching and in leadership

• Teacher Quality - Training, mentoring, and retaining quality teachers. There are many links to other related sites on this page.

• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards - this voluntary professional development process recognizes and rewards teachers who are willing and able to meet its rigorous components

• Ohio Coalition for Board Certified Teachers - Ohio National Board Certified Teachers; their mission is to

• Hiring Policies and Practices - 2001-2002 Position Statement

• Underprepared Teachers - teacher quality is "the single most important factor in a child's education."

• Sexual Harassment and Abuse when Students are Involved - Americam Association of School Administrators. Several links to articles dealing with various situations of sexual harassment and abuse.

• Sexual Harassment Guidance - The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently provided educational institutions with a detailed discussion of responsibilities to prevent and, when it occurs, remedy sexual harassment of students.

• Privacy in the Workplace - does your employer have the right to listen to your phone calls and read your emails?

• Tax Deductible Job Search Expenses - where to go to find out if your job search expenses are tax deductible.

• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - easy access to issues and legislation before the Committee

• Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) - responsible for the health and continued vitality of the Nation's science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education and for providing leadership in the effort to improve education in these areas.