Tag: Brent Maddin
How the 2026 Strategic School Staffing Summit reflects a turning point in the field
The seventh annual Strategic School Staffing Summit, hosted by Arizona State University’s Next Education Workforce™ initiative, took place Feb. 4–5, 2026, and featured more than 30 virtual sessions on how schools, systems and states are building and sustaining team-based staffing models, reflecting a field gaining traction and moving toward scale.
Team-based school staffing expands across states, improving outcomes and experiences for students and educators
Across 16 U.S. states and two countries, educators are working in teams rather than alone, creating more student-centered learning environments while building careers that are collaborative, sustainable and satisfying. In just seven years, Next Education Workforce™ team-based staffing models have grown from a single school to 128 schools serving roughly 33,000 students.
Evolutionary or revolutionary: Contextualizing team-based staffing models in the context of ‘the three horizons’
Using the “three horizons” framework, Executive Director Brent Maddin reflects on how Next Education Workforce™ models are bridging today’s schools to a more student-driven future.
A Q&A with the authors of ‘Unlocking the Potential of Team-Based Staffing’
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.