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North Dakota has become the first state to secure approval from the U.S. Department of Labor for a new apprenticeship program for teacher leaders, a project developed with the support of Arizona State University’s Next Education Workforce™ initiative.

In this Q&A, co-authors Brent W. Maddin, Lennon Audrain, Lisa Maresso Wyatt and Kaycee Salmacia share the experiences that helped shape the book and their work with the Next Education Workforce; what they hope school and system leaders will take away from the book; and why this book is important, especially now. 

Every year, the Strategic School Staffing Summit brings together hundreds of educators, leaders, policymakers and advocates who are rethinking how schools are staffed. The Call for Proposals to present at the Summit is now open.

In a short video, educators and leaders at the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences share how they’re redesigning roles, collaborating in new ways and building stronger support systems for students and teachers alike through Next Education Workforce™ team-based models.

New research from the Center for Reinventing Public Education highlights the promise of team-based staffing models in tackling one of education’s most persistent challenges: teacher retention.

Pilot teams at schools in Concord, Michigan, and the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences are part of a broader initiative supporting schools as they explore, design and implement team-based staffing models, through a partnership between Arizona State University’s Next Education Workforce™ and the Michigan Education Workforce Initiative, launched in spring 2024.