Join the movement to scale strategic school staffing
Help improve outcomes for learners and educators through strategic school staffing
Learn about the national movement to scale strategic school staffing to schools and systems nationwide; explore opportunities to engage with other leaders in the field who are building, researching and supporting team-based models; and be part of the movement to improve working conditions for educators and contribute to stronger outcomes for students.
What is strategic school staffing?
Learn more about this nationwide movement to redesign the teaching profession and how talent is organized within schools and districts
Strategic school staffing, often used interchangeably with “strategic staffing,” “team-based staffing” or “reimagined teaching roles,” redefines the teaching profession and how classrooms are staffed. When we move away from outdated one-teacher, one-classroom models, educators and leaders can develop innovative solutions to enhance student learning outcomes and ensure the sustainability of the teaching profession. These innovations frequently include educator teaming structures, new roles, advancement pathways and technology integration.
- Explore elements of strategic school staffing with the Education First strategic school staffing framework.
- Explore how state policies impact a district’s ability to reimagine teaching roles in a new National Landscape Snapshot from the National Council on Teacher Quality.
- Explore models and approaches to strategic school staffing highlighted by NCTQ and Education First.
- Explore results from schools and systems implementing Next Education Workforce team-based strategic school staffing models. Read more.
Interested in exploring strategic school staffing for your school or system? Explore how ASU’s Next Education Workforce supports schools and systems as they explore, prepare and launch team-based staffing models.
Credit: Education First Strategic School Staffing Framework (2023)
Convening leaders and experts at the Strategic School Staffing Summit
Meet with and learn from leaders in the field, researchers and educators from across the country who are redesigning how schools are staffed
The Strategic School Staffing Summit hosted by the Next Education Workforce™ initiative brings together hundreds of stakeholders from across the education ecosystem to share ideas, strategies, practices and conditions that enable a more diverse, team-based education workforce.
Join us for this annual two-day virtual event — or submit a proposal to share how your work is advancing strategic school staffing and team-based models.
Expanding impact through partnerships
AASA, The School Superintendents Association, has partnered with ASU to support system leaders as they explore strategic school staffing
AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and Arizona State University have teamed up to help school systems design and implement staffing structures that address the root causes of low and inequitable student outcomes, teacher shortages and burnout.
Next Education Workforce is one of five founding members of the Coalition to Reimagine the Teaching Role
The Coalition to Reimagine the Teaching Role works to create the conditions where all K–12 educators thrive in collaborative and sustainable roles so that all students realize their unique potential.
Connect with us
Reach out to connect with a member of the Next Education Workforce team
Are you interested in having a member of the Next Education Workforce team present at your conference or event? Do you have an idea or question to share? We want to hear from you.