“1. What do you look forward to when you come to work each day?
2. If you were to consider leaving this position, why would that be?
3. What factors may trigger a departure?” (Elizabeth Heubeck in EducationWeek)
These are terrific questions to initiate meaningful conversations with staff in September and October. Intentionally investing time in your teachers and your staff can help to retain them in their positions. Recruitment and retention of teaching staff after Covid-19 pandemic has become increasingly challenging. Where we vary from the author’s article is in our recommendation for an inclusive rather than exclusive Stay Interview process. Using a Fair Process of Engagement, Explanation and Expectation Clarity (Kim and Maugborgne) builds connections around why people stay working with you in school and helps to plan for ways to increase staff retention. Read the article here https://www.edweek.org/leadership/the…
Find out more about how to use restorative questions to build connections with the adults on your school staff. Send me a note to stan@restorative.ca