Find Great Candidates and Dream Jobs in the NAIS Career Center
The NAIS Career Center offers valuable resources, allows independent schools to find qualified candidates, and connects jobseekers with great career opportunities.
NAIS Resource Guide: Recruiting, Hiring, and Retention
When alumni look back on their time at your school, they remember their favorite teachers and administrators—the people who changed their worlds. Staffing decisions are incredibly important. NAIS has the resources you need to help you recruit and retain top talent, encompassing everything from deciphering what you need to hire for and best practices for the hiring process to what you should pay your employees and how to nurture employee growth.
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DASL Databook Offers Comprehensive Look at Your School
This new custom report, divided into 13 sections, provides a comparison of your school's data across all areas of data collected in DASL.
Talent: Develop the Best Team for Your School's Future
This recent issue explores the mindset and processes for attracting, recruiting, hiring, retaining, and developing the best group of educators for your school's mission.
Deep Dive
Hiring Process and Head Searches
Review best practices to help your school ensure a successful, professional and fair hiring and head search process.
The State of Hiring at Independent Schools
An NAIS survey sheds light on the hiring process at independent schools and where there's room for improvement.
The Future of the Teaching Workforce
Schools need to prioritize developing their workforce of the future, and without high-quality teachers to guide our students into an ever-changing landscape, we risk extinction.
Research Insights: Are Independent School Teachers Happy?
Supporting teacher autonomy and collegial relationships should be a priority, and school leaders should focus on hiring educators who thrive in these circumstances.
Trend Lines: Employment-Related Issues at Independent Schools
As employers, independent schools find themselves in a rapidly changing and complex legal environment. Here are four major employment-related trends to keep an eye on.
Sample Job Descriptions
NAIS offers the following sample position descriptions as guidelines and a starting point for schools refining job descriptions for critical roles.
The Nuts and Bolts of a Head Search: What Trustees Need to Know
This NAIS webinar explores the 10 steps of a head search and examine potential legal challenges of head searches.
Addressing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process
NAIS President Donna Orem takes a look at how implicit bias affects hiring and shares some strategic practices for schools to address it.
Independent School Guide to Hiring
This overview includes guidance to independent schools in hiring practices, as well as sample forms and checklists for schools to use.
A Head of School's Tips on Interview Etiquette
Proofread your materials, let your head know you're looking, and rehearse with a friend. These are just a few of the ways to set yourself apart.
Playlist: Video Resources to Help You Recruit and Retain Top Talent
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Additional Resources
- Survey Center: Faculty and Staff Satisfaction Survey
- 10 Tips for Screening for Safety When Interviewing Prospective Faculty and Staff
- Hiring Tips to Improve Student Safety
- Leadership Lessons: Inside the World of Internal Candidacy
- NAIS Legal Advisory: Wage, Hour, and Overtime Regulations
- NAIS Research: The Path to More Diverse Leadership
- Independent Ideas Blog: Disability Inclusion in Hiring
- NAIS Legal Advisory: Legal Protections for LGBTQ Employees and Guidance for Creating Diverse and Welcoming Workplaces