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30 Minutes to Apply, 30 Days of Silence: Fixing the Candidate Experience in K-12

4.30.26 / 2:00pm
45 minutes

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About this webinar

In many K–12 districts, the distance between “we posted the job” and “we now have a great teacher in the classroom” is fraught with places things can go wrong: long applications abandoned halfway through, status updates that never come, hiring decisions stuck waiting on a principal who didn’t know they were next in the process.

At a time when certified educators have options, a poor candidate experience can mean the difference between welcoming an outstanding new teacher and starting the whole process over again. This session looks at the potential hiring pitfalls — and how to avoid them.

What you’ll learn:

  • Why lengthy applications screen out qualified candidates before your team ever sees them — and what a faster apply experience looks like in practice
  • Where engagement breaks down after a candidate clicks submit, and how communication silence drives them to competing districts
  • How decentralized hiring across buildings creates delays and blind spots for HR teams
  • What shared visibility between HR and principals looks like — and how it reduces reactive hiring work
  • How a single continuous workflow can move a candidate from job posting to onboarding and being ready for day one, without re-entering data or switching systems

Featured Speakers

Jennifer Schachtner

Sr. Solutions Consultant

Jennifer Schachtner is a Sr. Solutions Consultant at Frontline Education, specializing in Human Capital Management solutions for K-12 education. With a background in educational technology and change management, Jen partners with schools and districts to streamline HR processes, enhance efficiency, and support educators. A skilled communicator and strategic thinker, Jen is passionate about leveraging technology to drive meaningful improvements in education.

Mike Teson

Solution Architect, Frontline Education

Discover the Frontline Difference

Frontline Education is a leading provider of school administration software, supporting more than 10,000 K-12 organizations nationwide. Our solutions span four key areas — Human Capital Management, Student Solutions, Business Operations, and Data & Analytics — helping school systems operate efficiently and deliver better outcomes for students and staff.

The New Frontline Recruiting & Hiring

The new Frontline Recruiting & Hiring connects every step of the K-12 hiring process — from job posted to day-one ready employee — on a single platform built specifically for how districts operate. Jobs go live faster, candidates stay informed through stage-based communications, hiring teams collaborate inside the same workflow, and the handoff to onboarding happens seamlessly. See what one continuous K-12 hiring workflow looks like in practice. 

  • Reach more of the right candidates — a native K-12 job board and a friction-free apply experience mean more qualified applicants in your pipeline 
  • Keep candidates from going dark — applicants stay informed and engaged as they move through your process, so fewer drop off before you can make a decision 
  • Get new hires ready faster — when a hiring decision is made, onboarding starts automatically — no re-entry, no manual handoff, no delay 
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