Read the following qualitative research study attached here:
Principals' Approaches to Cultivating Teacher Effectiveness: Constraints and Opportunities in Hiring, Assigning, Evaluating, and Developing Teachers, Morgaen L. Donaldson
One of the single-most important jobs of any HR department is the hiring of teachers. Donaldson's study presented findings based on interviews with 30 principals.
Research Questions
The study intended to examine teacher workforce development-teacher hiring, assignment, supervision, evaluation, and professional development.
1. What constraints do principals report affected the ways in which they carried out these tasks?
2. Do the ways in which principals carried out hiring, assignment, evaluation, and professional development differ by context (e.g., state policy context, district urbanicity, school size, charter status)?