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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.

Who’s in your neighborhood? Leveraging your community to empower educators and learners

How can school systems leverage their communities to create deeper and more personalized learning for all students? One answer is to empower families, tutors, mentors and other community members with teaching and learning strategies that are easy to access and immediately put into practice with children.

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Team teaching model is associated with higher job satisfaction for educators

Compared to other teachers in the same district, teachers that participate in Next Education Workforce™ team-based staffing models are more likely to say they would recommend teaching as a profession and plan to still be teaching in five years. These teachers on teams also received higher teacher evaluation ratings than non-teamed teachers.

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Introducing the Community Educator Learning Hub

Community educators, the professionals and volunteers who assist with instruction, can now turn to this award-winning catalog of short, interactive nanocourses to access training designed to help them more effectively engage learners.

Crossing the chasm: How one district is moving its innovative staffing model from pilot to mainstream

To transition pilot programs into core school system operation, leaders need the support of staff members who may not jump at the chance to innovate.

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