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From skeptic to advocate: One parent’s perspective on teaming

Jennie Clausen, a parent of three kids at Hermosa Vista Elementary School in Mesa, Ariz., was once strongly opposed to the school’s move to team-based staffing models. Now, she’s a proud self-proclaimed “teaming convert.”

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Turning the chapter: The Next Education Workforce™ in ‘School Rethink 2.0’

“School Rethink 2.0” gathers insights and advice from nearly a dozen leaders, entrepreneurs and practitioners including Brent Maddin, executive director of ASU’s Next Education Workforce™.

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Collaboration, innovation, action: What we learned at the Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025

The two-day virtual Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025, hosted by ASU’s Next Education Workforce™ and now in its sixth year, had nearly 500 registrants and featured more than 100 presenters.

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Dr. Joseph Sirven to give keynote at the Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025

Dr. Joseph Sirven, the Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, is Arizona State University’s Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025 keynote speaker.

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Introducing the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation

The Next Education Workforce™ is the strategic school staffing initiative of Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, which, as of Jan. 13, 2025, will be known as the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. 

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Defining the ‘why’: How Leader Launchpad prepares school leaders to design and launch team staffing models

In this Q&A, Nick Carson, the assistant director of regional implementation support for the Next Education Workforce™, answers questions about the initiative’s Leader Launchpad workshop, including why it was created, what changes have been made to the offering and what he’s most excited about.

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