Coalition to Reimagine the Teaching Role

NEW from our partners at CityTutor DC - findings from their work "transforming #teaching" in our nation's capital. h/t and gratitude to the team at CityTutor DC and to Catherine Peretti and Rachel Evans for your leadership, present and past!

"Rethinking support and roles for #teachers requires: ⚡ Disrupting the status quo 🧠 Creativity, persistence, a willingness to try something different 📈 The commitment to evaluate the results and change accordingly "Most importantly: it can improve teacher hiring and retention and may lead to better outcomes for #students. "Why not start now?" From Heather Peske of National Council on Teacher Quality: https://lnkd.in/eAtazWRY

Losing great #teachers is bad for #students. It can also divert valuable resources away from the core work of teaching and learning. Here an updated tool for calculating the financial cost of teacher turnover in your school district, from our partners at Learning Policy Institute.

Time to submit your proposals for the 2025 #StrategicSchoolStaffing Summit! Are you passionate about reimagining how we staff schools to ensure better outcomes for students and educators? Do you have insights or success stories that could inspire districts across the nation to reimagine their staffing models? The Strategic School Staffing Summit, hosted by Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Next Education Workforce™, is now accepting proposals for live, virtual sessions on Feb. 5–6, 2025. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, Oct. 13. Join us in leading the charge to improve educator working conditions and student outcomes nationwide!   Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gSq9TScY   #StrategicSchoolStaffing #StrategicStaffing #NextEducationWorkforce #K12 #Education 

A powerful window into the world of team-based #teaching, from Chad Aldeman in The 74 Media. "From a #teacher's perspective: ➡ Teams replace isolation with collaboration and make the job more sustainable. ➡ Team members work together to identify student needs and plan instruction. ➡ This helps beginners transition into the classroom... ➡ ...and gives team members time to compare notes, which can also help if the district is pursuing some large initiative such as adopting a new curriculum.  📢 Most importantly, the team-based staffing models can boost student outcomes." With observations from Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel of Public Impact, Education Consultants, Brent Maddin of Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and Kristan Van Hook of NIET: National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. https://lnkd.in/eMrzJDBn

Could generative #AI help address teacher burnout? In this paper, Jean-Claude Brizard and Pati R. of Digital Promise show how AI is already being used to support teachers in lesson planning, differentiation, coaching and grading. "AI should augment and elevate human #teaching and enable more informed decision-making by #teachers." The section on teacher-supporting tools starts on page 35.

“It’s really important to reimagine the teaching role by tapping into the expertise and the possibility that multiple roles at multiple stages of the teaching career could provide,” said National Council on Teacher Quality President Heather Peske. “The focus is on really trying to use all the available resources and all the available personnel to support students, to strengthen student outcomes, and also to improve the efficacy of teachers themselves.” Read more from Heather and Brent Maddin of Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in this Education Week piece: https://lnkd.in/eizxZM5j

Reimagining the #teaching role means building and sustaining a #diverse teaching force, including hiring, developing and retaining more Black men. We're looking forward to this annual convening hosted by our steering group member Center for Black Educator Development in November!

TODAY: Check out this webinar on innovations in #teacher compensation, featuring Kelly Meadows of the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and Secretary Mark Holodick of the Delaware Department of Education. Hosted by WestEd. Registration link below.

The future of school CAN be different: 👥 Top-notch teachers CAN lead teams that work together to maximize student achievement 📆 Teachers CAN have more flexible scheduling 🎓 Novice teachers CAN get regular coaching and support from the most effective teachers  ⬆️ Those most effective teachers CAN advance into higher-paying leadership roles without leaving the classroom Learn how strategic staffing models come to life in the National Council on Teacher Quality’s (NCTQ) new resource.