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SchoolSpring » Teacher skills

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

Teacher Leaders Partner with Principals to Improve School Culture

June 1st, 2011 | Add a Comment

Teacher Leaders Partner with Principals to Improve School Culture

Is your school using this strategy? If so, how is it working out? “Teacher Leaders Partner with Principals to Improve School Culture. Teacher leaders are teachers first. They aren’t going to abandon their classrooms for administrator roles, but simply want to foster a high-quality, cooperative environment among teachers.”  See full article in School Administrator Life http://ow.ly/57NrT … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education Reform, Recruiting, Teacher skills

Teachers – Use Your Competitive Advantage

May 10th, 2011 | Add a Comment

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

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

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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