Better outcomes for students.
Better experiences for educators.
Next Education Workforce™ strategic school staffing models empower educators to work in teams to deliver better outcomes and experiences.
Teams make the job of teaching more sustainable and effective
Educators are burned out, unsatisfied and are leaving the profession. Fewer people are choosing to become teachers, leading to staffing shortages in U.S. schools. But, when schools are staffed by educator teams, teachers — and their students — thrive.
With support from ASU, schools across the country are launching successful team-based staffing models
Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College works with schools to design and implement strategic school staffing models that help address root causes of low and inequitable student outcomes, teacher shortages and burnout.
Team-based staffing models are better for students and educators
Early research shows promising results: lower turnover rates and more support for educators; and academic growth and greater levels of engagement for students. Learn how these models are improving outcomes and experiences for both students and educators.
We are all hard-wired as people to work together and yet, we ask our teachers to collaborate outside of the classroom absent of the children they’re serving. The model must change. A remedy exists in the Next Education Workforce, which is changing the design of how teachers work and how they’re supported. It could not have come at a more critical time.
Superintendent
By the numbers
29
School systems
98
Schools
200
Educator teams
20000
Learners
News and insights
Experience innovative team-based staffing firsthand with Virtual Site Visits
Next Education Workforce’s Virtual Site Visits allow participants to watch three innovative, team-based school staffing models in action.
How strategic staffing can attract and retain effective teachers
In a recently published guide from the National Council on Teacher Quality, the Next Education Workforce™ was highlighted as one of four approaches to transforming the teaching role through strategic staffing.
How teams are improving teacher job satisfaction and student academic support in Mesa, Ariz.
What happens when leaders and educators implement innovative, team-based staffing models in their schools and systems? Next Education Workforce™ models fundamentally redesign the one-teacher, one-classroom model to deepen and personalize learning for all students and improve working experiences for educators.
In the news
ASU News
September 30, 2024
Education Week
September 26, 2024
The 74
September 24, 2024
ABC News, Denver 7
August 30, 2024
Resources
Resource
Elements of the Next Education Workforce
There is no one-size-fits-all Next Education Workforce model. The diverse contexts, assets and needs of each school inform the design and implementation of each model. However, all Next Education Workforce models share several common elements. This document describes the Elements of the Next Education Workforce found across dozens of schools that have launched successful team-based models.
School Spotlight
Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy
Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy creates new roles and staffing structures in an effort to attract and retain high-quality staff and reinvigorate teaching.
Collection
Dynamic student groupings
How do educator teams leverage dynamic student groupings, differentiate roles and responsibilities and facilitate fluid movement across flexible learning spaces? Explore snapshots of learning spaces to learn more.
Upcoming events
Explore Experience
Join the Next Education Workforce™ Explore Experience to learn about the elements of team-based models and consider if this approach is right for your school or system context.
- Who is it for? System-level leaders, school leaders, educators or community members
- What is the time commitment? 2.5 – 3 hours (1.5-hour virtual session + 1-1.5-hour prework to see educator teams in action)
- What is the format? Virtual
- What is the cost? $200
Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025
The Strategic School Staffing Summit hosted by the Next Education Workforce™ initiative brings together hundreds of stakeholders from across the education ecosystem to share ideas, strategies, practices and conditions that enable a more diverse, team-based education workforce.
- Who is it for? The Strategic School Staffing Summit is for anyone interested in thinking differently about how we staff schools, including educators, researchers, school and system leaders, policymakers, funders, edtech professionals and others who are helping build strategic school staffing models and a more diverse, team-based education workforce.
- What is the time commitment? 2 days
- What is the format? Virtual
- What is the cost? $150 early-bird through Dec. 20; $250 general admission