Criteria/Area of Focus

25 – 30 points

15 – 24 points

7 – 14 points

0 – 6 points

Vision for Recruitment and Retention

Includes a purpose and vision of recruitment and retention that is well articulated and related to the overall district vision.

Includes a vision for recruitment that is related to the district vision.

Includes a vision of recruitment but it does not mention retention or is not related to the district vision.

The vision is not included or incomplete.

Advertisement and Recruitment

Includes a systematic way to advertise for each type of vacant position: administrative, teaching, and classified. Various forms of advertisement are included. The plan includes a plethora of ways to recruit new candidates to the district.

A plan for advertising is including for most positions. 1-2 forms of advertisement is included. The plan includes a couple of ways to recruit new candidates to the districts.

Advertisement only addresses a limited type of position and limited form of advertisement. The plan includes 1 way to recruit new candidates.

Advertisement is not included or very limited. Specific recruitment strategies are not included or limited.

Mentoring and Induction

Includes a detailed plan and strategies that differentiates mentoring and induction by type of position for 1-3 years with timelines. Includes a system to induct, mentor, evaluate, improve, and recognize teachers.

Includes various strategies to mentor that includes most positions hired by the district for 1 year.

Includes some strategies to mentor but limits to one type of position, such as just teacher mentoring, plan for mentoring is not comprehensive.

There is not a plan to mentor/induct new employees/people in new positions or plan is very limited.

Hard to Fill Positions and Minorities

The plan includes specific strategies that target hard-to-fill positions and critical shortage subject areas with timelines. The plan includes specific strategies to recruit minorities.

The plan list ways to fill hard-to-fill positions and critical shortage subject areas. The plan lists ways to recruit minorities.

The plan mentions hard-to-fill positions but does not provide specific strategies. The plan mentions minorities but does not provide specific strategies for recruiting them.

The plan does not mention hard-to-fill positions or information is very limited. The plan does not include ways to recruit minorities.

Grow Your Own Initiative

Includes a detailed plan for the district to develop teachers, administrators, and other personnel from within the district or the district’s scope of influence to fill positions.

Includes creative ways to develop teachers or other personnel from within the district to fill positions.

Includes 1-2 ways to grow new personnel from within the district to fill positions.

Does not include Grow Your Own Initiative or information is very limited.

Data Analysis

The plan provides specific ways to collect and use qualitative and quantitative data in recruitment efforts and ways to assess.

The plan collects data for the purpose of recruitment efforts.

The plan collects data but has specific strategy for using data for recruitment efforts.

The plan does not use data or is very limited in its use for recruitment efforts.

Visual

The plan is visually appealing and is free of errors.  It includes charts, graphs, logic models, and other features to enhance information provided.

(15-20 points)

The plan is visually appealing and free of most errors.  It includes some charts and graphs to enhance information provided. 

(9-14 points)

The plan has a few errors.  There are 1-2 additional features to enhance information provided. 

(4-8 points)

The plan contains several errors.  There are no additional features to enhance information provided. 

(0-3 points)

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