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Search and download resources developed by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. These PDFs, videos, slides and more support teams, schools, districts and educators seeking to learn about or help build the Next Education Workforce.
Elements brief: Teams of educators with distributed expertise
Dive deeper into one of the big ideas highlighted in the Elements of the Next Education Workforce: teams of educators with distributed expertise. This brief asks three questions: “What does […]
Topics:
What is the Next Education Workforce?
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
5 tips for community educators preparing to enter the classroom and other learning spaces
These five tips will help community educators prepare and feel ready to enter any learning space, have a successful experience and make lasting, meaningful connections with learners. This resource expands on helpful tips around translating industry expertise, managing the learning space, working with students during the visit and more.
Topics:
Community educators
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
5 tips for creating an inclusive secondary school learning model
Leverage special educators’ knowledge and skills to increase the effectiveness of educator teams.
Advice for educators interested in adopting a team-based approach
Clinical Assistant Professor and Senior Program Strategist Kelly Owen shares two pieces of advice for educators interested in adopting a team-based approach.
Topics:
Team culture
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
Aspects of teacher roles
This organizer breaks down aspects of how teachers experience their roles, starting with workday, collaboration, and duties. These aspects are the result of decisions about school system elements, or “levers.” This framing allows teachers and leaders to discuss how those decisions about school levers create aspects of the teacher experience that are enabling or constraining.
Benefits of Teaming: Support, Complementary Strengths, & Multiple Mentors
In this clip, MLFTC Resident Jordan Dick describes what she sees as the benefits of working on a team of educators with distributed expertise.
Topics:
Teacher candidates
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
Building & Maintaining Healthy Teams: Team Culture & Self-Improving Teams
Clinical Assistant Professor and Senior Program Strategist Will Butler shares recommendations for creating healthy, stable and sustainable teams.
Topics:
Team culture
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
Building schedules for remote community educators in 5 steps
We define community educators as talented adults from the broader community who bring additional capacity, insight and expertise to classrooms. They include working professionals, retirees, veterans, former educators, family members […]
Topics:
Community educators
COVID-19
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
Connecting with Community Educators
Community educators can be found simply by asking around your own social networks and community. However, there are also resources made specifically to locate and connect with industry experts who are ready to support your learning environment.
Topics:
Community educators
Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
Creating shared and flexible learning spaces: A continuum for rethinking space
Space matters, but not having the money to invest in learning space design shouldn’t stop you from launching team-based models. This continuum is a tool to support decision-making for a […]
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Grade:
Elementary & Secondary
Distributed expertise staffing matrix
This protocol helps educators make strategic decisions around how to best leverage the distributed expertise of team members. Additionally, it can help to identify other educators who may need to […]
Dynamic student groupings at Kyrene de las Manitas
At Kyrene de las Manitas, teams of educators incorporate dynamic student groupings into a shared roster of students.