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In order to recruit, hire and retain outstanding talent, every K-12 organization needs both data-driven tools and research-based strategies. That’s why Nimble is excited to partner with EdFuel to bring discounted services to our mutual customers. 

What if there were an intervention that K-12 talent and HR leaders could adopt in a matter of just a few weeks, that had a benefit to cost ratio more than four times that of the best K-12 interventions we know? Introducing NCI - embedded AI assistance to help K-12 hiring managers quickly identify and hire top teachers for their classrooms.

We’re excited to announce that Nimble is a 2020 SBIR award winner for cutting-edge innovation in K-12 education. Nimble’s SBIR award will advance our work leveraging predictive analytics to help schools identify and hire excellent teachers.

At the start of 2019, ACE was using a corporate ATS for its hiring. In the year since switching to Nimble, ACE has reduced its time to hire by a massive 20%, ensuring that they are attracting and cultivating the strongest candidates.

Three years ago, SJUSD struggled to fill its teaching vacancies by day one of school. Today, they're leveraging Nimble to give candidates the high-touch experience they deserve.

Three years ago, the HR team at Stockton Unified School District struggled to fill their vacancies by day one of school. Today, they're on their way to becoming a best-in-class human capital organization.

Now that school has started and classrooms are staffed, there's an opportunity to reflect on the last hiring season and begin to ramp up next year’s recruitment and staffing operation. We, at Nimble, felt that this was the perfect time for our annual PSA: hire early!

Moving your recruitment activities online doesn't have to be an insurmountable challenge. If done right, the shift to online recruitment can save time and budget for your team. In this post, we outline 3 simple virtual recruitment and hiring event types along with the tools and tips you'll need to execute each of them effectively.

A stronger applicant tracking system can result in increased staff retention and significant — as in 40-50% — time savings for your team. Unfortunately, most districts are missing out on this value because of mistakes made in the procurement process. In this piece, we share the most common mistake districts make in their procurement processes and 10 essential features of any K-12 applicant tracking system.

One screening tool that has gotten much attention, especially amidst recent school closures, is the demo lesson. While demo lessons can be a heavy lift — both for candidates and screeners — when facilitated and scored carefully, they can also be a strong predictor of classroom effectiveness. So what is a demo lesson and how can schools facilitate them at scale, especially in the current virtual climate?

How can we continue the hiring process, in the midst of school building closures and social distancing? Here are some tips and resources to help.

We're excited to announce that Nimble has partnered with researchers Aaron Sojourner and Elton Mykerezi at the University of Minnesota and Dan Goldhaber at the University of Washington and AIR, to apply predictive modeling to one of the most important challenges we face in education — identifying and hiring amazing teachers!

It’s no secret that attracting top performing teachers is an ongoing challenge for K-12 talent management teams. One of the most important things to keep in mind is that hiring is a two-way process: it’s not just about school districts screening teachers, but also about them screening you!

Staffing classrooms with diverse teacher talent has become a growing priority for schools across the nation. And it’s no wonder. Studies have shown that the presence of more teachers of color in classrooms substantially increases student success and well-being.

At DC Public Schools, people matter. And, the experiences they have in navigating the hiring process as both hiring manager and potential employee matter to us as well. This is why we’ve spent the last several years focusing on the systems and user experiences that our candidates and school leaders navigate as part of the hiring process.

Human Resources is a department that is critical to the success of any school district or organization. I have learned that it is a parallel process that is balanced between the high functioning operations of the HR team and the ability to deliver support with a high level of emotional intelligence.

Anyone familiar with K-12 education knows the quality of a teacher matters drastically more than anything else in schools — including services, facilities, and even class size. In fact, just three years of highly effective teachers can completely reverse the effects of the achievement gap for a disadvantaged student. But what makes someone a great teacher?