Hire Ground
Hire Ground is the essential podcast for K12 leaders and talent professionals navigating the ever-changing landscape of educational leadership hiring. Hosted by Christina Greenberg, CEO of Edgility Search, with over 20 years of executive search expertise, and Josh Czupryk, founder of Josh's K12 Jobs Blast, this podcast blends high-level data insights with real-world stories to uncover how to find, hire, and retain the right leaders for the right organizations at the right time.
Each episode dives into Josh’s weekly indexing of the K12 job market, offering fresh data-driven trends, paired with Christina’s deep expertise in executive search. Together, they explore what these trends mean on the ground, providing actionable insights to:
- Understand the current K12 job market dynamics.
- Rethink or strengthen one key talent search, onboarding, or retaining through practice.
- See how these strategies play out in real-world scenarios.
From emerging hiring patterns to practical solutions for talent challenges, Hire Ground equips listeners with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions and build stronger leadership teams in K12 education. Tune in to stay ahead of the curve and transform your approach to talent leadership.
Hire Ground
Hire Ground | SPECIAL EDITION US ED Shifts Breakdown
HEADLINES:
- ED is not abolished tomorrow. Congress still appropriates every dollar.
- What IS moving right now: $31 billion in annual grants — Title I, Title II, Title III, CSP, magnets, Indian Ed — shifting via Economy Act agreements to Labor, Interior, State, and HHS.
- Charter-specific bombshell: the Charter Schools Program and Title V-B facilities incentives just became the property of the Department of Labor.
- Big exhale: IDEA Part B ($15 billion) and OCR civil rights enforcement are staying put. No signed transfer agreements yet. That buys us 2025–26 and almost certainly 2026–27.
WHAT TO DO:
- Your Director of Federal Programs needs immediate support. They will now have to navigate the remaining US Ed programs (IDEA), Labor, Interior, State, and HHS
- Your Chief Academics, Chief Financial, and Chief Operations will need to be well versed in Federal compliance and how it shifts since there are now many more stakeholders to report into
- Your local and state relationships matter more than ever. Your Superintendent/CEO hires need to be able to build and maintain those relationships.
- You need a Chief Schools or Chief Academics who looks internally and runs the day-to-day while your CEO/Superintendent manages the external given how many more relationships are going to be critical to accomplish your mission to serve students, families, and communities.
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