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| State Strategies for Addressing Teacher Quality in Hard-to-Staff Schools
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Michael Allen, Program Director, Teaching Quality Policy Center, Education Commission of the States
John Bennion, Director, Center for Competency-Measured Education, and Senior Fellow, Oquirrh Institute
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Moderator:
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Janet Phlegar, Director, Learning Innovations, WestEd
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Strand(s):
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Incentives to Attract High-Quality Teachers to Hard-to-Staff Schools
Preparation to Succeed in Challenging Settings
Retaining and Investing in High-Quality Teachers: Creating the Conditions that Support Success
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| Description: | Over the past decade, and now spurred by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), states have sought to revise policies to promote a larger, better prepared teacher workforce. They have established standards, selected or developed assessments, introduced a wider array of programs, and begun to track results more fully. These broad policy reforms have also addressed, to some degree, the inequities in distribution of highly-qualified teachers. Now, states must develop a plan that ensures poor and minority children are not taught disproportionately by inexperienced, uncertified, or out-of-field teachers. This session draws on studies of state policies to examine common, successful strategies.
Inquiry Questions:
- How are states changing their policies to promote a stronger teacher workforce?
- What policies are showing results for hard-to-staff schools?
- What systemic conditions and policies must be in place in a state to ensure that all teachers meet the state's definition of "highly-qualified" by 2005-06?
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