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Teachers want collaborative and dynamic work environments

A new report highlights Next Education Workforce models as an example of strategic staffing that’s more attractive to teachers and more effective at meeting student needs.

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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.

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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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