August 19, 2024
Written by: Danielle Pickens and Avni Gupta-Kagan A District in Distress: In the 2020-21 school year, Clarke County Schools faced a...
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July 18, 2024
The Accelerator Effect: How School Systems Can Fast-Track Access to Great Teachers
Written by Danielle Pickens, USHCA Chief Program Officer & Jody Buchheit Spolar USHCA Partner Research consistently shows that students who...
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November 18, 2024
Beyond the Teacher Shortage: 5 Critical HR Trends Reshaping Education
by Danielle Pickens, Chief Program Officer The landscape of education talent management is shifting dramatically, and our recent USHCA Academy...
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June 18, 2024
Lessons & Results from Louisiana’s Recruitment & Retention Fellowship
Written by Craig Chin & Avni Gupta-Kagan, USHCA Human Capital Partners Human Resource leaders are often asked to do incredibly...
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May 17, 2024
Conducting Reductions in Force (RIFs) in a Human Centered Way
Written by: Jody Buchheit Spolar, USHCA Partner Workforce downsizing in the current context: For nearly every conceivable circumstance, school districts...
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April 17, 2024
Elevating HR’s Strategic Role in K12 Education & Unleashing HR’s Collective Power Through Team Development
By Elizabeth (Betsy) Arons, CEO In the ever-evolving landscape of K12 education, the traditional role of Human Resources (HR) has...
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January 17, 2024
Thinking Beyond the ESSER Cliff: A Holistic Approach to Navigating The K12 Talent Landscape
Written By Danielle Pickens, USHCA Chief Program Officer The looming expiration of Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds...
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December 12, 2023
Boosting Teacher Retention: The Power of Stay Conversations
Written By Craig Chin, USHCA Human Capital Partner Over the last fifteen years, teacher supply has dwindled, and turnover rates...
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November 15, 2023
Rethinking Teacher Certification: A Call for One National Teaching Certificate
By Elizabeth Arons, CEO, and Danielle Pickens, Chief Program Officer As seasoned HR leaders in the education sector, we confront...
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October 16, 2023
How to Give Students an Extra Three Months of Learning
Written by: Michael Moore, Human Capital Partner USHCA A 2021 research by the Wallace Foundation yielded an important finding –...
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September 13, 2023
Empowering School Districts: 10 Strategies for Supporting New Teachers at the Start of the School Year
Written By: Elizabeth “Betsy” Arons, CEO USHCA So many school districts are experiencing high numbers of new teachers after the...
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August 7, 2023
The Other K-12 Staffing Shortage: Classified Employees
Written by: Susan Marks, Human Capital Partner, USHCA While there has been a great deal of coverage in recent months...
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July 11, 2023
Summer Strategies: 10 Ways HR/Talent Management Can Shine in July
Written by: Elizabeth “Betsy” Arons, CEO, USHCA As the summer season surrounds us, and the anticipation builds for the opening...
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June 12, 2023
A Beginner’s Guide to Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for K-12 HR Leaders
Written by: Danielle Pickens, Chief Program Officer, USHCA Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we work, and K-12 education...
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June 12, 2023
How to Make the Most of June as a K-12 Talent Leader
Written by: Elizabeth “Betsy” Arons, CEO, USHCA As a K-12 talent leader, June holds significant importance in your role. It...
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September 9, 2021
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Teacher Staffing
Students across the country are heading back to school—many for the first time in almost 18 months. Even as communities...
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May 5, 2021
Changing the Bar
MEASURING WHAT REALLY COUNTS IN TEACHER PREPARATION AND SELECTION Yet again, school districts – especially urban and rural – are...
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June 17, 2020
How HR Can Respond Thoughtfully to COVID’s Workforce Impacts
School districts confront crises daily, from the devastation of tornados to the heartbreak of school shootings. For nearly every conceivable...
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May 21, 2020
Teacher Retention in the Age of COVID-19
It’s May – the time of year when teachers and all educational staff usually notify their Principals they won’t be...
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April 20, 2020
Back to School after Coronavirus — Business as Unusual: Supporting Principals, Teachers and Instructional Support Staff
The coronavirus pandemic has quickly caused us to rethink many of the ways that we approach educating our students. Whether...
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April 20, 2020
The Only Question HR Leaders Need to Answer in the COVID-19 Context
Dear HR Leaders, It is easy to be overwhelmed in this moment. In the aftermath of closing school buildings and...
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