Cadre Early Hiring Program

To be considered for the Cadre Early Hiring Program, candidates must submit an application. The application for our 24-25 school year will open October 15!

Confidential References

Highline requires two confidential references from your current supervisors. Examples may include your mentor teacher, Principal, Assistant Principal, Department Head, Field Supervisors, etc. Supervisors will receive Confidential Reference forms directly from our application tracking system. These must be returned to consider your application as complete.

Phone references

The recruitment team will also contact two supervisors for phone references. Please feel free to include additional contacts' information, beyond those who may not be listed in your materials.

Selected candidates will be invited for interviews, based upon endorsement area(s) and district hiring needs. Each interview is scheduled for 45 minutes.

Interview Questions

Candidates will have approximately 30 minutes to answer the interview questions. Interview questions will be provided 10 minutes prior to the scheduled interview time. Candidates are expected to arrive at the interview sites at least 10 minutes before scheduled interview time.

Teaching Demonstration

During the interview, candidates will demonstrate a 10-minute teaching lesson. The lesson should fit the intended subject area and grade band. The interviewers, acting as "students" should have opportunities to engage with the candidate during the teaching demonstration.

Cadre hires have opportunities to get to know schools and communities. This can occur through district-hosted "Meet and Greets" with building leaders in late spring. Placement recommendations from building leaders will be sent to Human Resources. 

• Human Resources will contact Cadre hire with placement offer(s)
• Cadre hire chooses placement location, if more than one placement is offered
• Cadre hire may be placed into a specific position if only one vacancy exists throughout the system