Principal Selection Process: Managing the Talent Electronically Dr. Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent

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1 Principal Selection Process: Managing the Talent Electronically Dr. Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent 0

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3 Principal Selection Process: Managing the Talent Electronically Strategic Planning Mission, Vision, Goals Collaborative Principal Selection Process Applicant Tracking System Recruiting Social Media & Internet AISD All Staff Virtual Convocation Selection Virtual Interviews Custom Web Applications

4 What We Do (Mission) In partnership with parents and our community, AISD exists to provide a comprehensive educational experience that is high quality, challenging, and inspires all students to make a positive contribution to society. Where We Want to Be (Vision) AISD will be nationally recognized as an outstanding school district, instilling a passion for life-long learning in all students. 3 Strategic Plan Framework 3 3

5 District Strategy Ensure that every classroom has a high-quality, effective educator supported by high-quality, effective administrators and support staff. Action Step 3.1 Attract, hire, and retain high-quality and diverse teachers and principals through mentoring, compensation, leadership development, and other incentives. HR Goals - Increase percentage of minority principals from 47% to 50% - Staff all principal positions no later than June 16, Staff all known secondary asst. principal vacancies by July 10, 2014 and elementary asst. principal positions no later than August 2, Staff all administrative vacancies due to late resignations by the first day of instruction 4

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7 Applicant Tracking System Recruiting Technology Social Media & Internet 6

8 I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies. 7 - Lawrence Bossidy Former COO of GE and author Virtual Interviews Custom Web Applications Selection Technology 7 7

9 With on-demand interviews, we know early in the interview process that we don t have a match or the candidate is not the right fit. If a candidate doesn t meet the needs of an urban school district, for example, the committee can easily move on to the next candidate without having to sit through an entire interview. - Austin Independent School District Virtual Interviews 8

10 Custom Web Applications Consider sources of district data - Student demographics - Student achievement - Special Programs - Existing leadership experience - Languages spoken - Geographic boundaries Seek input - Community - Teachers - District Leaders Develop Principal Profile 9

11 Custom Web Applications I can t remember my, much less who I interviewed last month. Top Candidates -Interviews -Resumes -Pictures Succession Planning -Potential Vacancies -Current Leaders Student & Community - Geographic - Demographic - Academic Talent Map Application 10

12 AISD Talent Map Application 11

13 Principal Selection Process: Managing the Talent Electronically Strategic Planning Mission, Vision, & Goals Collaborative Principal Selection Process Applicant Tracking System Recruiting Social Media & Internet Virtual Interviews Selection Custom Web Applications High-Quality Administrators Student Success 12

14 Technical Specifications The Talent Map is a custom Web map application built on the development platform of Esri's ArcGIS API for Flex. Code is written in Apache Flex and compiled with the Adobe Flashbuilder IDE, with services written in PHP that provide connectivity to, and editing of, candidate data stored in Microsoft SQL Server. The map services, geometric editing capability (assignment of Candidates to the map), and the Flex Viewer framework are features of a customizable GIS software platform engineered by Esri and powered by ArcGIS Server. Apache Flex and PHP are open source programming languages, supported and extended by a large and diverse user community. Esri ( is an international provider of Geographic Information System (GIS) software, including the desktop mapping software used to produce the maps, and the server software used to publish the map services, which compose the Talent Map. Esri has an educational division that is dedicated to providing the software tools to serve the administrative and academic interests of K-12 educational institutions. Austin ISD utilizes Applitrack Recruiting by Aspex Solutions for applicant tracking solutions at Virtual interview platform provided by HireVue 13

15 For more information, please contact: Dr. Dora Fabelo Skye Duckett Director of Recruiting & Staffing Coordinator of Administrative Staffing (512) (512)