How Do You Assess Retention Risk in a School Leadership Candidate?
The strongest résumé is not always the safest hire. Here are the hidden risks, from relocation to career motivation, that decide whether a new school leader stays, and the questions that surface them.
Why Do School Leadership Searches Stall? Six Common Problems and How to Fix Them
Committee fatigue, candidate attrition, unclear expectations and the confidentiality balancing act: the six problems that stall school leadership searches, and how to fix each one.
Help! Who Should I Interview? Screening School Leadership Candidates in the Age of AI
AI tools have changed how leadership candidates apply, and how schools need to screen. Advice for hiring committees and applicants from ISC's Managing Director of Leadership Search.
How Should a Search Committee Evaluate "Fit" in a Head of School Candidate?
"Fit" is the most used and least defined word in school leadership searches. Here is how search committees can define it, test it, and avoid letting it become a proxy for sameness.