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TEACHING JOBS NOT AS SCARCE AS WE HAVE BEEN MADE TO THINK

July 20th, 2011 | Add a Comment

TEACHING JOBS NOT AS SCARCE AS WE HAVE BEEN MADE TO THINK

You’ve probably seen many headlines over the last year that have frightened educators as they hear about schools decreasing staff. Headlines like “Providence, RI pink slips ALL their teachers,” “CA sends out thousands of pink slips this year”; and “Green Country school districts cutting teacher positions”.  Educators are asking: Where are all the teaching jobs? What is the status of being an educator in the future?   According to an article by Cheri Carlson, in The … Read entire article »

Filed under: Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, Teacher motivation

Every politician who micromanages education today should visit a PAR meeting.

June 10th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Every politician who micromanages education today should visit a PAR meeting.

HELPING TEACHERS HELP THEMSELVES (NY Times)… COULD THIS WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL? The Montgomery County Public Schools system here has a highly regarded program for evaluating teachers, providing them extra support if they are performing poorly and getting rid of those who do not improve. The program, Peer Assistance and Review — known as PAR — uses several hundred senior teachers to mentor both newcomers and struggling veterans. If the mentoring does not work, the PAR panel … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education Reform, Firing Teachers, Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, teacher evaluation, Teacher motivation, Teacher skills

Education Recruiting – Turnover Costs Districts on 2 Levels

April 12th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Education Recruiting – Turnover Costs Districts on 2 Levels

1) The central office expends resources when recruiting, hiring, processing, and training teachers; and 2) schools incur costs when employees interview, hire, process, orient, and develop new teachers. • Calculate Your Own District’s Cost of Teacher Turnover Cost: Using the data collection and analysis protocol from this study, NCTAF has created a Teacher Turnover Cost Calculator to make these findings accessible to school leaders and members of the public. Using the NCTAF Teacher Turnover Cost Calculator, educators and members of the public … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education Reform, Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, teacher evaluation, Teacher skills

Education Recruiting – The High Cost of Teacher Turnover

April 11th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Education Recruiting – The High Cost of Teacher Turnover

The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) estimates that the national cost of public school teacher turnover could be over $7.3 billion a year. “In 2007, the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) completed an 18-month study of the costs of teacher turnover in five school districts – Chicago Public Schools (Chicago, Illinois), Milwaukee Public Schools (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Granville County Schools (Granville, North Carolina), Jemez Valley Public Schools (New Mexico), and Santa … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education Reform, Featured, Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, teacher evaluation

Criticizing Educators:

April 6th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Criticizing Educators:

Why do you think it has become so acceptable to criticize educators and other public employees? Comments? … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Future of Education, Student Performance, teacher evaluation, Teacher motivation, Teacher Pay, Teacher skills, Teacher Strikes

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