Explore Experience: Oct. 20
Join this live, virtual panel to learn from innovative educators and system leaders who are improving outcomes and experiences for students and educators through team-based strategic school staffing.
Better outcomes for students.
Better experiences for educators.
Next Education Workforce™ strategic school staffing models empower educators to work in teams to deliver better outcomes and experiences.
Teams make the job of teaching more sustainable and effective
Educators are burned out, unsatisfied and are leaving the profession. Fewer people are choosing to become teachers, leading to staffing shortages in U.S. schools. But, when schools are staffed by educator teams, teachers — and their students — thrive.
With support from ASU, schools across the country are launching successful team-based staffing models
Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation works with schools to design and implement strategic school staffing models that help address root causes of low and inequitable student outcomes, teacher shortages and burnout.
Team-based staffing models are better for students and educators
Early research shows promising results: lower turnover rates and more support for educators; and academic growth and greater levels of engagement for students. Learn how these models are improving outcomes and experiences for both students and educators.
We are all hard-wired as people to work together and yet, we ask our teachers to collaborate outside of the classroom absent of the children they’re serving. The model must change. A remedy exists in the Next Education Workforce, which is changing the design of how teachers work and how they’re supported. It could not have come at a more critical time.
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By the numbers
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School systems
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Schools
375
Educator teams
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Learners
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News and insights
CTE education pathways are empowering high schoolers to make a real impact in classrooms. Here’s how Arizona State University’s Community Educator Learning Hub can help
An upcoming webinar hosted by the leaders of the Community Educator Learning Hub, an award-winning online learning platform developed by the Next Education Workforce, will highlight resources relevant to CTE education professions pathways.
Dutch ingenuity in education: Building educator teams with purpose
Dating back to the early 20th century, the Dutch have approached schooling not as a fixed structure, but as something that can — and should — be shaped by purpose. Saxion University of Applied Sciences' partnership with ASU and the Next Education Workforce™ marks a new chapter: one where Dutch and American educators learn from each other.
How teaming helps freshman transition to high school
Team-based school staffing models at Mountain View High School are helping students succeed and attracting educators to the Arizona high school. Learn more in a short video from 12News.
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Resources
Resource
Elements of the Next Education Workforce
There is no one-size-fits-all Next Education Workforce model. The diverse contexts, assets and needs of each school inform the design and implementation of each model. However, all Next Education Workforce models share several common elements. This document describes the Elements of the Next Education Workforce found across dozens of schools that have launched successful team-based models.
School Spotlight
Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy
Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy creates new roles and staffing structures in an effort to attract and retain high-quality staff and reinvigorate teaching.
Collection
Dynamic student groupings
How do educator teams leverage dynamic student groupings, differentiate roles and responsibilities and facilitate fluid movement across flexible learning spaces? Explore snapshots of learning spaces to learn more.
Upcoming events
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Info Session: Oct 23
Discover the core ideas behind team-based strategic school staffing models and the Next Education Workforce. Ask questions, explore next steps and leave with a new understanding of how these models can transform teaching and learning for educators and students.
Info Session: Nov 13
Discover the core ideas behind team-based strategic school staffing models and the Next Education Workforce. Ask questions, explore next steps and leave with a new understanding of how these models can transform teaching and learning for educators and students.