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Mihaly, Kata; Master, Benjamin K.; Yoon, Cate – RAND Corporation, 2015
The Leading Educators Fellowship program selects promising mid-career teachers through a competitive application process and develops their skills as leaders of school improvement efforts. The specific objectives of the program are to (1) increase the leadership skills and capacity of teacher leaders in order to improve student achievement in…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Leadership Training, Academic Achievement, Teacher Persistence
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Amy Lannin; Angela Kohnen; Katie Kline; Nancy Singer; Valorie Stokes; Amy Knowles – English Journal, 2014
As districts continue to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), English language arts (ELA) teachers and content-area teachers may find themselves collaborating in surprising and welcome new ways. The CCSS's emphasis on reading and writing across all content areas provides an opportunity for ELA teachers to emerge as literacy experts in…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Literacy Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Vocational Education
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Liang, Guodong; Akiba, Motoko – Journal of Educational Administration, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the characteristics of teacher incentive pay programs used by midsize to large school districts in Missouri. Design/methodology/approach: This study primarily used the Teacher Compensation Programs (TCP) survey data. The TCP survey was developed by the authors to understand the nature and…
Descriptors: Incentive Grants, Program Descriptions, State Surveys, School Districts