Welcome to understanding educational hiring! When seeking teaching positions, you'll encounter different types of hiring entities who operate very differently from each other.
Knowing which type you're dealing with changes everything about how you should approach them and what to expect.
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Name one action a helpful educational recruiter took in your experience.
Let's start with school district recruiters. These are full-time employees who work directly for the school district that has the teaching opening.
They're paid a salary by that district and their success is measured by filling positions quickly with quality educators who will stay long-term.
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What's one advantage of working with a recruiter who is employed by the hiring school district?
Educational recruiting firms work for specialized agencies, not the school district. They're hired by districts to find candidates for specific teaching roles.
They typically get paid a placement fee only when they successfully place someone - usually 10-20% of the new teacher's first-year salary.
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How do you think this payment structure might affect their behavior?
The third type is substitute teaching agencies. They work for staffing companies and typically focus on temporary, substitute, or emergency teaching positions.
They often have ongoing relationships with multiple districts and continuously place educators in various short-term classroom roles.
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Name one type of role that substitute teaching agencies most often fill.
Here's why these differences matter: District recruiters care about student outcomes and school culture fit since bad hires reflect on them personally.
Educational recruiting firms are motivated to close placements quickly since they don't get paid until someone is hired.
