SELECTING THE BEST
October 22, 2014
What started this journey in 1997?
The story...
There has to be a better way to do this.
Can we make the process more efficient?
Can we find data sources that are
actually predictive?
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Presenter
Tony Bagshaw
Battelle for Kids’ Managing Director of
Human Capital
21 years as a K–12 practitioner
Seven years at Battelle for Kids
E-mail: tbagshaw@BattelleforKids.org
Cell: (513) 309-5652
Twitter: @TBBFK
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Who Are We?
About Battelle for Kids
National, not-for-profit organization that provides strategic counsel and
innovative solutions for today’s educational-improvement challenges
Our approach:
The Right People—Developing and
Aligning Human Capital Systems
The Right Measures—Measuring
Educator and Employee Effectiveness
The Right Practices—Identifying
and Supporting the Practices of
Effectiveness Educators
The Right Messages—Engaging
Stakeholders and Leading Change
for Strategic Improvement
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At the heart of this work is an unwavering
focus on accelerating student growth.
Comprehensive Human Capital
Human capital in education
should be comprehensive―
focused not only on selecting,
developing, rewarding, and
retaining the right people,
but also creating an
organizational climate that
promotes improvement of
all processes and employee
performance
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“People are not your most
important asset. The right
people are.”
―Jim Collins, Good to Great
Battelle for Kids’
Human Capital Strategy
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Comprehensive Human Capital
Online Course
We provide an online course to help
uncover and discover the essential
components of a comprehensive
human capital system, with video
testimonials, research, and
interactive scenarios and activities
personalized for teachers, principals,
and central office staff
Access the free course at:
http://www.battelleforkids.org/howwe-help/human-capital/humancapital-course
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How healthy is your district’s
human capital system?
The BFK Human Capital
Assessment is a free, online tool
designed to help districts reflect on
their human capital system and
identify strengths and challenges
Visit www.BattelleforKids.org/HowWe-Help/Human-Capital and click
“START NOW”
Instantly receive your customized
report
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Late 1990’s barriers vs. today...
Lack of data systems clearly indicating
performance vs. today’s accountability
systems
Lack of predictive tools―and those we had
were cumbersome
Lack of ability to make data usable,
transparent, and actionable
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What seem to be the core
problems today?
Building-level autonomy vs. centralized
consistency
Insuring compliance with the created system
No funneling of candidates to save resources
Little use of multiple data sources to suppress
measurement error
No collection and analysis of longitudinal data
to make adjustments
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Background of Hiring Practices
Why is hiring important? You can’t develop your
way out of a mediocre hiring decision.
Certain characteristics such as judgment and
learning agility are difficult, if not impossible,
to develop
Even if certain skills can be developed over time,
assessing those traits during the selection
process can offer substantial time and cost
savings for employers
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Background of Hiring Practices
“If you have only one dollar to spend on either
improving the way you develop people or
improving your selection and hiring process,
pick the latter.”
—Douglas Bray
Talent Management Pioneer and Researcher
(AT&T Management and Progress Study)
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Benefits of Well-Structured
Hiring Systems
Increase efficiency and lower the cost per hire
Make the best use of school and district leaders’
time by allowing them to sort candidates quickly
and accurately
Allow for well-informed decision-making and
suppression of bias in the process
Increase the probability of a good fit
Improve the quality of hires and reduce the chance
of an expensive “bad” hire
Decrease chances of discrimination lawsuits
Offer the best return on recruiting investments
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A Bit of Processing....
What are some of your
greatest challenges related to
your hiring processes?
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Common Challenges in Hiring
Hiring based on what individuals know vs.
what their true talents are
Hiring people who are “just like us”
Hiring based on time constraints
Over-reliance on the face-to-face interview
process and little other information to make
final decisions
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Make it More Efficient...Funneling
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Make it More Accurate...X Data Points
Measure
#1
Measure
#2
Measure
#3
Measure
#4
Measure
#5
10%
Total Error Rate
10%
10%
10%
1%
10%
10%
5%
10%
10%
5%
10%
10%
10%
5%
10%
.05%
.01%
5%
.000003%
Lesson: The more measures you use, the more likely you
are to select the right people.
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Teacher Selection Example
Data Point 1―Talent-based screener score
Data Point 2―Undergraduate transcript review
Data Point 3―Rubric-scored, onsite writing sample
Date Point 4―Unbiased rank in round one
face-to-face interview
Data Point 5―Performance Interview
Data Point 6―Highly structured, yes/no
reference check
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There are Many “Data” Options...
Talent-based
screeners?
GPA?
Content exams?
Prior performances,
such as evaluation
and/or value-added
results?
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Writing samples
Well-constructed and
fairly-ranked
interview process
results
Performance
interviews
Building tours
Etc., etc.
BFK•Select®
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What is BFK•Select®?
A customized technology solution designed to help
school districts improve selection processes for all
instructional and non-instructional staff using a
multiple data point approach.
What does BFK•Select® do?
Allows districts to choose key indicators of future
success that fit their culture
Weight indicators based on local factors
Produce a candidate profile that easily displays the
degree to which a prospective employee fits the
district’s vision of their ideal candidate
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A Peek Inside BFK•Select™: Menu
You create the opportunity, you can see the
candidates and their progress, and you create
your data source template.
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Manage Access for Each Role
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The Holy Grail screen...
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Questions?
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