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Attention Texas charter leaders: Join the WorkTogether team at this year's Texas Charter School Conference for two practical sessions designed to strengthen your leadership strategy:
October 8, 2025 - Leadership Succession Planning Workshop: In this session, the WorkTogether team will guide you through external executive searches - identifying your ideal candidate, building an effective search committee, and managing the whole process strategically. Learn our tactical approach to get it right the first time.
October 7, 2025 - "Wait, we offer that?" Making Benefits Sticky: Does your staff know about half the benefits you're paying for? Learn what educators actually value, when to communicate benefits effectively, and how to turn generic language into compelling benefits communication. See real Texas charter examples and make your benefits investment count.
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Employee retention isn't just about pay! Creating quality work experiences is especially crucial for education and nonprofit leaders who can't compete solely on salary. Here's the key insight: while compensation drives people to leave, work flexibility, career progression, culture, and belonging are what make them stay. It's called 'emotional salary’ – the non-financial factors that foster genuine engagement.
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What We’re Reading Right Now
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Want to know the secret to keeping your best people? Engagement. With 35% of workers planning to jump ship in the next six months, organizations need to move beyond just competitive pay. The research reveals three critical drivers that keep employees engaged and thriving: meaningful recognition, genuine work-life balance, and clear professional growth paths. It's called the engagement-retention connection, and it's transforming how smart leaders keep their teams intact
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Career Corner: Ask a Recruiter
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Reference checks can make or break your candidacy in a job search. If you are actively interviewing for roles, here’s how you can ensure you’re setting yourself and your references up for success:
- Identify up to five people in your professional network who you can call upon to provide a positive reference for you during your search. I suggest up to five because my clients are regularly reporting that employers have requested 3-4, and it’s better to be overprepared versus scrambling to identify folks at the last minute.
- Regardless of position, you should always include 1-2 current or former managers. Consider the nature of the role to determine additional references. For example, someone who works in partnerships may provide the contact information for a current/former external partner, or someone in cross-functional project management may want to provide contact information for peers on other teams. If this is a senior role where management of large teams is involved, a current or former direct report may also be strategic.
- Before sharing contact information for your references with hiring teams, request consent from those potential references (for whatever reason, they may not want to get involved, maybe because there’s a conflict of interest, they don’t have capacity, or they actually don’t feel confident that they can speak positively about your past performance).
- Set your consenting references up for success by sending them the job description for the role, insights you have from the hiring team about what they’re looking for in a strong candidate, and any talking points that may be helpful about some of your more recent work they may not know about.
- Lastly, if you have several potential references and are on the fence about which ones to submit to a hiring manager, just ask! Provide a sample of the kind of people you can share (i.e. managers, mentors, peers, project leads, direct reports, external partners, vendors, clients, etc.) and ask if there are ones in particular they’re eager to speak to during the process.
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The New TrulyHired Job Board is Here!
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Maya empowers opportunity and justice-involved youth to transform the trajectory of their lives. They do this by engaging each of their scholars in a restorative, relevant school experience that prioritizes personalized academic support, well-being, and preparation for the post-Maya pathway of their choice. Maya Angelou Schools is looking for a mission-driven School Psychologist to support two academies at New Beginnings Youth Development Center (NB) and the Youth Services Center (YSC). The School Psychologist will work with students, teachers, and families to help our scholars achieve the highest academic, emotional, and behavioral success. The ideal candidate has a Master’s degree from an accredited school or university in educational, clinical, or school psychology. They also must be eligible to acquire or must possess DC certification as a psychologist.
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Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is a free public charter school created in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education, following the Louisiana state curriculum and the French national curriculum. They are looking for a Founding Elementary Principal in Lafayette, who will launch LFNO's first expansion beyond New Orleans, serving as the architect of our newest campus and the key bridge between our network and the Lafayette community. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of school leadership experience in a PK–12 setting. Experience with dual-language or immersion education is preferred.
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Joseph Will Academy is a Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship program powered by Maroon Strategist, their mission is to equip people of all ages with the knowledge, confidence, and resources to make smart financial decisions, embrace entrepreneurship, and build resilient, thriving futures. Joseph Will Academy is seeking a dynamic and knowledgeable On-Call Financial Literacy Instructor to provide engaging financial education to diverse audiences across the tri-state area. This flexible position involves teaching financial concepts to elementary, middle school, and high school students, parents, and adults through various educational settings and formats. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Education, Business, or related field and a proven track record of teaching or training in financial concepts.
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TrulyHired is a quick, easy, and tailored job board that specializes in providing job seekers with educational equity roles at impact-driven education organizations. Here are a few of the amazing jobs we have available. Check them out and apply if you're interested!
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