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Leading Teaching and Learning Together: The Role of the Middle Tier. What is the Middle Tier and Why is it Important for Improved Learning? Research Brief. Instructional Leaders at the Middle Tier. No. 1
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Tournier, Barbara; Chimier, Chloé; Childress, David; Jones, Charlotte – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023
To improve teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and enhance their practice. Roles at the middle tier of education systems, or those professionals working between the school and central level, offer unique capacities to facilitate collaboration, broker knowledge, scale…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality
Designing Teacher Career Structures and Evaluating Staff Performance. Teacher Career Reforms: Learning from Experience. IIEP Research Brief. No. 3
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Chimier, Chloé; Tournier, Barbara; Childress, David – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2019
When designing attractive teacher career structures, policymakers have to take a series of complex decisions. These decisions are related not only to the number of steps within the career ladder and their associated responsibilities, but also to how these positions are articulated with the salary scale and to opportunities for professional…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Evaluation, Faculty Development, Incentives
Leading Teaching and Learning Together: The Role of the Middle Tier. How Do Education Systems Enable Instructional Leaders to Be Effective? Research Brief. Instructional Leaders at the Middle Tier. No. 3
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Tournier, Barbara; Chimier, Chloé; Childress, David; Jones, Charlotte – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023
To improve teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and enhance their practice. Roles at the middle tier of education systems, or those professionals working between the school and central level, offer unique capacities to facilitate collaboration, broker knowledge, scale…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Teaching Methods, Middle Management, Educational Quality
Change Agents: Emerging Evidence on Instructional Leadership at the Middle Tier
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Childress, David; Chimier, Chloé; Jones, Charlotte; Page, Ella; Tournier, Barbara – Education Development Trust, 2020
A major concern for policymakers around the world is how to design an entire system of education that provides high quality teaching and learning outcomes. This paper aims to make a significant contribution to this debate by looking closely at the middle part of education systems -- the regional, district, and sub-district level -- as a critical…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Agents, Instructional Leadership, Instructional Improvement
How Do Teachers Perceive Career Structure Reforms and How Does This Affect the Profession? Teacher Career Reforms: Learning from Experience. IIEP Research Brief. No. 2
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Chimier, Chloé; Tournier, Barbara – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2019
An increasing number of countries are moving to second-generation teacher career models, where differentiation is made between teachers on the basis of their performance rather than on their qualifications or length of service. Career structures that widen the opportunities available to teachers appear to be the most promising for teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Mobility, Educational Change, Teaching (Occupation)
Leading Teaching and Learning Together: The Role of the Middle Tier. What Do Effective Instructional Leaders at the Middle Tier Do? Research Brief. Instructional Leaders at the Middle Tier. No. 2
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Tournier, Barbara; Chimier, Chloé; Childress, David; Jones, Charlotte – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023
To improve teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and enhance their practice. Roles at the middle tier of education systems, or those professionals working between the school and central level, offer unique capacities to facilitate collaboration, broker knowledge, scale…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Instructional Leadership, Case Studies, Foreign Countries