Tag: Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative

An illustration of educators teaching in teams with students.

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.

A blank page with the outline of the state of Michigan with four stars on it, depicting where Next Education Workforce models are being implemented.

Bringing team-based teaching to the Midwest with the Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative

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.