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Problem of Practice: Build Internally vs. Buy Externally
This guide unpacks the relative benefit of buying external resources and services versus building internal capacity and offers examples of the way systems across the country have managed this tension.
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Building a Direct Channel Between Teachers, Coaches, and Academic Leadership
Liberty Public Schools district leadership established communication channels with school-based practitioners. This allowed teachers and instructional coaches to share insights into day-to-day challenges with district leadership. This also provided...
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Ongoing Central Office Staff Support to Schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools redeployed central office staff one day per week to dedicated school sites.
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Advice: Considerations for Creating a Homegrown Residency Program
This report aims to provide K-12 systems with a means to identify and align on the ideal outcomes and expectations for a residency program, as well as to recognize specific characteristics that serve as indicators for success.
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District Leadership Gets Feedback Directly from School-Based Practitioners
Dr. Jeanette Westfall, Assistant Superintendent- Instructional Design, Liberty Public Schools, explains how she established a two-way channel between herself at the district leadership level and with coaches and teachers at the school level so that...
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Flexibly Redeploying Classified Staff to Student Support
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District creatively leveraged personnel, particularly staff whose capacities were freed up, to address various student and family needs, such as attendance and engagement when shifting to distanced learning.
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Hopkins Public Schools Student Support Specialist (Paraprofessional) Job Description
A document outlining a job description for a Student Support Specialist, also listed as a Paraprofessional, at Hopkins Public Schools.
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How Schools Can Redeploy Teachers in Creative Ways During COVID-19
EdWeek interviewed district and school leaders around the country to see how they are experimenting with different staff arrangements to provide support for the deep academic and emotional needs of children who are returning to school—physically or...
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Tackle Teacher Shortages with Online Learning
Julia Freeland Fisher uses this blog post to make the case for online learning as a solution to teacher shortages.
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Rethinking Compensation in Innovative Learning Models
Fully virtual and hybrid learning contexts present an incredible opportunity to rethink educator compensation as a tool for recruiting and retaining effective, high-quality teachers and responding to a call for greater professionalization in the...
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Going Beyond the Traditional: Next Gen Credentials and Flexible Learning Pathways
The new world of work demands not only academic knowledge and skills but also transferable skills such as communications, creativity, and collaboration—skills that are rarely captured formally. Meeting that demand will require a new approach to the...
