Abstract
Through administrator and teacher surveys and interviews, this study examined recruiting and interviewing practices of eighty-three rural school districts located in, and between, the rural Ozark Plateau and Mississippi River Delta. Survey results indicated that districts with smaller student populations were far less likely to have an identified protocol in place to recruit and interview teachers. In addition, the study found that critical issues such as student achievement and qualifications of teachers were not addressed during the recruiting or interviewing phases of the employment process. Finally, this research brought to light questionable interviewing practices leading the author to make recommendations for rural schools’ implementation of measurable interviewing protocol.
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Recommended Citation
Nichols, J.
(2004).
Recruiting and Interviewing Teachers in Rural School Districts: Protocol or Potluck.
The Rural Educator, 26(1), 40-47.
https://doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v26i1.520
