Learning for Districts, Schools, & Other Ed Organizations
We offer deep dives, networking, and practical application on topics covering all key areas of human capital—from attracting and preparing educators to engaging and rewarding them.
The Heart of it All: Recruiting & Retaining Educators for Ohio Students
We’ve nearly wrapped our 2025 winter training!
There’s one interactive in-person day remaining in our training series, focusing on strategies to enhance talent acquisition, retention, and well-being in education. Our winter 2025 training offers a unique blend of practical knowledge and advanced strategies designed to support the evolving role of HR leaders in education. Don’t miss this opportunity to network, learn, and transform your approach to talent management. We have collected previous session participant feedback and are offering training based on in-demand topics tailored to your level of learning.
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Staff Voices Are the Heart of It All: Use Stay Interviews to Listen for Recruitment and Retention
In the face of growing challenges in educator recruitment and retention, learn how to tap into the voices of your workforce to understand what matters most. This session explores the importance of stay interviews as a proactive tool to attract and retain talent by identifying key engagement drivers. Framing feedback through a Total Rewards Model, gain actionable insights into addressing educators’ needs across categories such as compensation, benefits, career opportunities, and workplace culture.
Educator Wellbeing: Creating a Culture of Care for Supporting Educators
This session will provide an overview of comprehensive educator wellbeing. Participants will explore resources that will help them assess and create wellness plans and explore evidence-based practices in educator wellbeing. Better understand comprehensive educator wellbeing, assess your wellness offerings, understand how to create a wellness plan, and learn about evidence-based practices in educator wellbeing.
Level Up Your Talent Acquisition: Assessing Current Practices
What’s your talent acquisition situation? Stop guessing and gain new awareness of your organization’s current state by pinpointing strengths and weaknesses. This short session will set the stage for you to self-select sessions for the rest of the day.
Building a Strong Talent Foundation: Essential Recruitment Strategies
This session is for beginning learners.
Introducing HR professionals and talent managers to the fundamentals of recruitment, you'll learn the basics of crafting compelling job postings and writing effective job descriptions. We'll explore strategies for leveraging various recruitment channels. Additionally, you'll gain insights into creating a positive candidate experience.
Boosting Your Recruitment Game: Finding Teacher Talent
This session is for advanced learners.
Learn how to strategically leverage data from educator preparation programs (EPPs) to understand the pipeline of potential recruits. Participants will consider how to build new partnerships with educator preparation programs to address talent needs through understanding the data available to support finding sources of new teacher candidates.
Compliance Corner: Your Guide to Legal and Ethical HR Practices
This session is for beginning learners.
This session will provide an overview of the key federal and state laws that impact human capital management in education. Participants will learn about compliance requirements, recent legislative changes, and best practices for ensuring legal and ethical HR practices when recruiting, hiring, and managing staff.
Elevating HR: A Strategic Approach to Driving Organizational Success
This session is for advanced learners.
Ready to develop an HR strategy? This session will equip you with the tools and insights to transform HR into a strategic partner. We'll explore how to align HR with the organization’s goals, leverage data to make informed decisions, and become more proactive in recruiting and retaining staff. Join us to learn practical tips to elevate your HR game and drive organizational success.
Recruiting the Future: Engaging Millennials and Gen Z
Discover ways to update your recruitment strategies to appeal to the dynamic and diverse workforce of Millennials and Gen Z. This session will delve into the latest trends and best practices, and provide you with some innovative techniques to attract top talent in education.