Episode 65: How Principals Can Hire Great Teachers in a Shortage: Recruiting, Retaining, and Building a Teacher Pipeline (2026)
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The episode discusses the challenges principals face in hiring teachers during a shortage and offers insights on effective recruitment and retention strategies.
Connect with the Show Here! Hiring in education isn’t just “hard” right now, it’s faster, noisier, and far less forgiving than it used to be. If you’re still waiting to collect a perfect candidate pool before you act, you’re probably watching your best applicants accept offers somewhere else. We talk candidly about what the 2026 hiring cycle looks like from the principal’s chair, including contract deadlines, early retirements, surprise resignations, and why math, science, special education, ...
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