Blog posts by: Rachel Nguyen-Priest
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.
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.
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.
From coast to coast: More schools implement Next Education Workforce models in 2024-25
In the 2024-25 school year, 143 schools across 17 states embraced innovative Next Education Workforce™ models, a transformative step to improve outcomes for learners and educators through team-based strategic school staffing.
Seeing is believing: How Arizona site visits are driving expansion of Next Education Workforce models nationwide
Nearly 70 educators and school and system leaders attended the Next Education Workforce™ initiative’s November Site Visit, joining a growing number of out-of-state, and even out-of-country, educational innovators coming to Arizona to see team-based strategic school staffing models in action. And the reason they can come see these models in action can be attributed largely to the Mesa Public Schools district that decided to take a big step forward in transforming how it supports its students and educators.
Shaping a new generation of high-impact tutors
The Community Educator Learning Hub’s high-impact tutoring nanocourses and a new micro-credential are providing new career advancement and learning opportunities for tutors across the country.
‘No shortage of innovation’: A closer look at the Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025
The Strategic School Staffing Summit 2025, hosted by Arizona State University’s Next Education Workforce, will take place Feb. 5-6 and feature more than 40 sessions highlighting important topics relating to innovative team-based staffing.
School and system leaders on the shift to strategic school staffing
School and system leaders share their experiences launching team-based strategic staffing models in new Next Education Workforce™ Virtual Site Visits videos.
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.
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.