ABSTRACT

Teacher hiring is a critical lever for improving school outcomes. However, the availability of supply is a significant barrier that affects principals’ processes for teacher staffing. Drawing on sensemaking theory and concepts of fit, this study investigates how principals make sense of recruitment and hiring in a local labor market with severe teacher shortages. Findings illustrate labor market conditions constrained principals’ attempts to hire strategically and shaped new practices and hiring behaviors. By presenting a conceptualization of these hiring arrangements – strategic, creative, and transactional hiring – this study reveals the micro-negotiations principals make when recruiting and hiring in teacher shortage environments.

摘要

教师招聘是提高学校成绩的关键杠杆。然而，供应的可用性是影响校长为教师配备流程的一个重要障碍。本研究利用意义建构理论和适合性概念，调查校长如何在教师严重短缺的当地劳动力市场中理解招聘和招聘。调查结果表明，劳动力市场条件限制了校长战略性招聘的尝试，并塑造了新的做法和招聘行为。通过提出这些招聘安排的概念化——战略性、创造性和交易性招聘——本研究揭示了校长在教师短缺环境中招聘和招聘时所进行的微观谈判。