Tag: team-based models
McKinley Elementary and the ‘Power of Four’: How one Colorado school is embracing a team-teaching model
Jamie Davis and Cortney Richardson first explored team teaching at McKinley Elementary School when they were early career educators. Now, close to two decades later, Davis and Richardson are finding success launching and scaling a team teaching model in their school as the district’s human resources director and school principal, respectively — this time, in partnership with Arizona State University’s Next Education Workforce™ initiative.
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.
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.