Who’s in your neighborhood? Leveraging your community to empower educators and learners
How can school systems leverage their communities to create deeper and more personalized learning for all students? One answer is to empower families, tutors, mentors and other community members with teaching and learning strategies that are easy to access and...
Team teaching model is associated with higher job satisfaction for educators
At a glance Compared to other teachers in the same district, teachers that participate in Next Education Workforce™ team-based staffing models are more likely to say they would recommend teaching as a profession and plan to still be teaching in five years. These...
Introducing the Community Educator Learning Hub
Strong connections between schools, school systems and communities enhance student experiences. But how do we create and strengthen those connections? Community educators can help. Community educators are the professionals and volunteers who assist with instruction,...
Crossing the chasm: How one district is moving its innovative staffing model from pilot to mainstream
Scaling up innovations within school systems is a notoriously difficult process. While new instructional approaches or staffing strategies may catch on within a few classrooms or schools, they often fail to become integrated system-wide. Leaders promoting change can achieve early wins by gaining the support of staff willing to leave behind old practices and try something new, but then can hit a wall when seeking buy-in from those who are more entrenched or risk-averse.
Momentum builds around new school staffing models
Around the world, educators are breaking from traditional structures used to staff classrooms. A movement is building as schools and systems pursue transformational changes to meet the needs of all students and make the job of teaching more attractive and sustainable....Re-designing the role of a special educator through team-based staffing
At a glance This study, conducted in the 2022–23 school year, aimed to examine the impact of team-based staffing models on the working conditions of special educators and their job performance. Key findings underscore the effectiveness of teaming as a strategy to...The Next Education Workforce podcast is back
What are experts from across the education landscape saying about strategic school staffing? We invited three experts to join us on the Next Education Workforce™ podcast for a miniseries on strategic school staffing as we prepare for the virtual 2024 Strategic School...
How are schools leveraging classified staff roles and community partnerships? Explore the Community Educator Lab
Classified staff — including paraprofessionals, custodians and bus drivers — are crucial members of school communities. How can school leaders best leverage them to support students and educators? Arizona State University’s Community Educator Lab helps educators and...
Providing equitable instruction through team-based models
Carole Basile, Dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, joined the Remaking Tomorrow podcast to discuss the future of the educator workforce and the importance of recognizing the structural challenges that educators face within the current one-teacher, one-classroom model.