New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring: Late, Rushed, and Information-Poor

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Context matters: principals' sensemaking of teacher hiring and on‐the‐job performance (2011, background): “Teacher hiring has also been characterized as “late, rushed, and information-poor” ( Liu and Johnson, 2006”
Certify, Blink, Hire: An Examination of the Process and Tools of Teacher Screening and Selection (2008, background): “In early summer, principals focused on getting the strongest applicant; however, in late summer, they sought to fill positions before the start of school ( Liu & Johnson, 2006; Levin & Quinn, 2003).”
New Evidence on Teacher Labor Supply (2014, background): “Studies of prospective (Cannata, 2010) and newly hired (Liu & Johnson, 2006) teachers’ reported preferences for school characteristics find that teachers report making decisions about where to apply and where to teach using limited information (i.e., district- and school-level student demographic…”
The Price of Misassignment (2010, background): “Although teacher hiring has been examined (e.g., Liu & Johnson, 2006), teacher assignments have not been studied in any depth even though they appear to influence teachers’ career decisions.”
How Teacher Evaluation Methods Matter for Accountability (2014, background): “Principals’ views are important because in the vast majority of schools they have long been responsible for conducting teacher evaluations (Liu & Johnson, 2006).”