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Peer reviewedHansen, J. Merrell – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Outlines a career ladder program developed in the Provo (Utah) School District to identify and train teacher leaders. (MD)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Educational Change, Leadership
Bennion, John W. – School Administrator, 1987
Describes Salt Lake City (Utah) schools' five instructional improvement goals, including clearly developed learning objectives, effective teaching and evaluation models, appropriate assessment tools, an energized classroom environment, and career leaders to attract and retain superior teachers. Discusses career ladder systems, focusing on teacher…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Download full textKauchak, Don; Peterson, Ken – 1986
Utah's involvement with career ladders grew out of the nationwide educational reform movement. The plan was to improve learning by improving the quality of teachers. This could be done by retaining superior teachers, attracting higher quality recruits, and improving teachers' working conditions. In 1984 the Utah Legislature focused on…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Rowan, Brian; And Others – 1984
Designed to help school administrators and board members promote instructional excellence, this publication reports survey results involving over 35 school districts in Northern California, Utah, and Nevada engaged in instructional improvement efforts. Specifically, the report describes alternative strategies used to organize and manage three…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peterson, Ken; Kauchak, Don – 1986
This volume, the first of two reports on development of teacher incentive structures, focuses on implementation of a career ladder design and teacher evaluation experiment in four Utah school districts. The report has five sections. Section 1 describes study background and implementation of an evaluation-reward system that featured data collection…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Murphy, Michael J.; And Others – 1984
This report analyzes the content and development of the 45 school district career ladder plans submitted in 1984 to the Utah State Office of Education. Descriptive commentary and data tables are used to examine (1) the structure and composition of planning committees; (2) teacher evaluation provisions, including changes in evaluation methods, the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Budgets, Career Ladders, Competitive Selection
Peterson, Ken; Kauchak, Don – 1986
This volume, the second of two reports on development of teacher incentive structures, presents case studies of a career ladder design and teacher evaluation experiment in four Utah school districts. Case studies examined relationships among career ladder features, process variables, and career ladder effectiveness, which is defined in terms of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Educational Innovation
