{"id":2952,"date":"2026-02-13T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:43:16","slug":"episode-95-disconnected-hiring-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/lifelong-learning\/episode-95-disconnected-hiring-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 95: Disconnected: Hiring in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for joining us on this highly fiduciarily-oriented episode of the EnT! On this outing, we&#8217;re explore the how&#8217;s, what&#8217;s, and perhaps especially the why&#8217;s of hiring practices in the education sector, broadly, likely with a few choice digressions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ed non-Tech Podcast 95: Disconnected: Hiring in education\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nwnyRobwEAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve deployed all the resources at our disposal to get this video #ednontech content into your hot little hands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ent-95-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we had workers at this #ednontech,  you&#8217;d best believe they&#8217;d be all over this audio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/giphy-1-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2954\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_20260213_0001.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">IMG_20260213_0001<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doug&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Hiring in education<\/em><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2956\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3-300x105.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unquestionably the skill, experience and intelligence of a new employee have much bearing upon the amount of that needs to be expended for his training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander, M. W. (1916). Hiring and firing: Its economic waste and how to avoid it. <em>The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 65<\/em>(1), 128-144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6.png 634w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A better solution to the teacher quality problem is to simplify the entry and hiring process. Get rid of most hoops and hurdles. Instead of requiring a long list of courses and degrees, test future teachers for their knowledge and skills. Allow principals to hire the teachers they need. Focus relentlessly on results, on whether students are learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cochran-Smith, M., &amp; Fries, M. K. (2001). Sticks, stones, and ideology: The discourse of reform in teacher education. <em>Educational researcher, 30<\/em>(8), 3-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4198932967091016;width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-7.png 700w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-7-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas some states do not allow districts to hire unqualified teachers, others routinely allow the hiring of candidates who have not met their standards, even when qualified teachers are available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darling-Hammond, L. (2006). Constructing 21st-century teacher education. <em>Journal of teacher education, 57<\/em>(3), 300-314.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-1024x614.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-1024x614.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4-850x510.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.jpeg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most student affairs professionals will serve in a managerial and\/or supervisory role at some point in their careers, yet we found only 11% of higher education graduate preparatory programs have required coursework focusing on this competency area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tolman, S., &amp; Calhoun, D. (2019). Pedagogical approach to developing the hiring practices of higher education administrators. <em>Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 35<\/em>(1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-8.png 810w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-8-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-8-768x874.png 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-8-300x341.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fact that employers regularly hire for cultural fit, and not just on the basis of educational credentials and technical expertise, has important implications for higher education professionals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hora, M. T. (2020). Hiring as cultural gatekeeping into occupational communities: Implications for higher education and student employability. <em>Higher Education, 79<\/em>(2), 307-324.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-1024x509.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-1024x509.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-300x149.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-768x382.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5-850x423.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-5.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6.jpeg 874w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6-300x100.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6-768x257.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-6-850x284.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Hiring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">How do the hiring practices in education shape students\u2019 education?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phrase of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Concerned with representing themselves a certain way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">You have all the power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/guaton-computadora.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disconnected\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NW5tynR-qxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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