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Maddin, Brent W.; Mahlerwein, Randy L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
During a time when teacher turnover is high, retention is low, and some positions go unfilled for years at a time, the conditions have never been more favorable to redesign the fundamental way we staff our nation's schools. Brent W. Maddin and Randy L. Mahlerwein describe how Arizona's Mesa Public Schools and Arizona State University are working…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Public Schools, College School Cooperation
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Karvelis, Noah – Berkeley Review of Education, 2019
In response to a need for increased engagement given the #RedForEd movement, this article draws upon my experience as an organizer and participant in the recent wave of teacher activism to provide implications for theories of teacher agency and political transformation. First, I conceptualize the Arizona #RedForEd movement's unique position beyond…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Activism, Power Structure, Social Change
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Miller, Michelle D.; Dickson, K. Laurie; Koch, Rachel L. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
While it is well-known that faculty-student interaction is key to student success, few institutions have directly leveraged faculty in supporting academic persistence. Many myths about persistence proliferate, and faculty can unwittingly hinder persistence by implementing the wrong kinds of practices. Faculty are most empowered to support student…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Academic Persistence
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Maranto, Robert – Journal of School Leadership, 2015
This article is based on a case study to explore a model of teacher governance and illustrate the distinct challenges of entrepreneurship in public education. In the Sedona Charter School, each classroom principal educator serves as instructional leader and resource leader. Principal educators adjust curricula, hire their teachers, determine…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Public Education, Charter Schools, Principals
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Grimm, Emily Dolci; Kaufman, Trent; Doty, Dave – Educational Leadership, 2014
If your professional learning seems stalled, maybe you could put yourself and your colleagues in the driver's seat of professional development. The authors describe a professional learning approach that gives teachers both a say in what they focus their learning on and a chance to practice and refine teaching strategies that they hope to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Peer Relationship, Coaching (Performance), Observation
Kaplan, Claire; Chan, Roy; Farbman, David A.; Novoryta, Ami – National Center on Time & Learning, 2015
This study looks deeply inside 17 schools that stand at the vanguard of the current revolution in teaching. This new National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) report reveals the substantive ways in which these schools are providing their teachers with more time to reflect on, develop, and hone their craft, by very explicitly leveraging an…
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Extended School Year, Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration
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Demski, Jennifer – T.H.E. Journal, 2011
Arizona's Vail School District won this year's Sylvia Charp Award because of its revolutionary--and truly collaborative--approach to standards-based curriculum development that it is sharing with the rest of the state. This article takes a look at how they did it.
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Standards, Effective Schools Research, Norm Referenced Tests
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Judson, Eugene – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This study reports on how an American Education System course, traditionally taught with broad objectives, was contextualized for science teachers. Using pre-assessment data, specific policy issues were targeted with the objective of increasing teachers' feelings of influence over issues. The approach used was adapted from exposure therapy, a…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Behavior Modification, Teacher Education Programs, Science Teachers
Berry, Barnett; Fuller, Ed – Center for Teaching Quality, 2007
Over the last two decades, researchers have presented convincing evidence that teachers are an important key to school improvement and to closing the student achievement gap. However, ensuring that all students are taught by quality teachers--those with the right talent, skills, and experience--is not enough. Teachers--even the best of them--must…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
Hirsch, Eric; Emerick, Scott – Center for Teaching Quality, 2006
Many schools across the country face persistent teacher working condition challenges that are closely related to high teacher turnover rates and chronic difficulties in recruiting and retaining teachers. Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) research examining working conditions survey results in both North Carolina and South Carolina demonstrates…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Educational Change, Teaching Conditions
Gresham, April; Hess, Frederick; Maranto, Robert; Milliman, Scott – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Arizona allows charters to be granted by local school boards, the state board of education, or gubernatorially appointed boards. Regulatory loopholes allow multiple campuses, private school conversions, and outside-of-district charters. Market-based choice depends on political support, a strong state government, and enormous parental and teacher…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Enterprise System