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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 »
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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 »
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Teachers – Use Your Competitive Advantage
On May 10th at 1:00 p.m. SchoolSpring is offering a webinar, “Using Your Competitive Advantage to Find a Teaching Job”, held by Tracy Brisson, Founder and CEO of The Opportunities Project (http://opportunitiesproject.com), She will coach teachers on how to make themselves stand out from the crowd when searching for a job. She will also discuss how to boost your resume, use effective interview strategies, and network your way to a job. Sign up at http://eepurl.com/dFbNsn … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hiring, Recruiting, Teacher motivation, Teacher skills
Criticizing Educators:
Why do you think it has become so acceptable to criticize educators and other public employees? Comments? … Read entire article »
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SCHOOL RESOURCES
Restructuring Teaching Self-Assessment by ERS, December 2010 Targeted Action: The Teaching Job It takes more than a passionate commitment to successfully improve the lives of struggling students. This guide and its accompanying online self-assessment show district leaders how to fundamentally restructure the job, including strategies for evaluation, hiring, support, compensation, and career path. The guide and online self-assessment are part of a series from Education Resource Strategies presented in partnership with Editorial Projects in Education. Part of the … Read entire article »
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