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K-12 Talent Manager Blog
Emily Douglas discusses different behavioral and motivational theories that she says can help understand and predict job candidates' potential.
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The out-of-school field is trying to identify the training instructors need to be effective yet not just like classroom teachers.
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The new position may be the first in the country dedicated solely to building and overseeing a district’s social-media efforts, observers said.
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One-fifth of new principals leave within a year or two, and their schools continue on a downward academic slide, according to the RAND Corp.
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Many in the School Improvement Grant program have yet to overhaul teacher rating and reward systems.
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A quiet, sub-rosa fear is brewing among supporters of the Common Core State Standards Initiative: that the standards will die the slow death of poor implementation in K-12 classrooms.
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Teacher Voices
A high school teacher charges that her school's newly implemented teacher-evaluation system is based on a "series of artificial gestures" and jeopardizes professional morale.
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Commentary
Teacher pay should reflect a multidimensional evaluation system, write Gerald Tirozzi, Marian Hermie, and Wayne Schmidt.
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Commentary
The constant reassignment of teachers hurts kids in inner-city schools, Robert Boruch, Joseph Merlino, and Andrew C. Porter write.
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Report Roundup
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Principals are second only to teachers in their impact on student achievement, according to a report on principal effectiveness.
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A cash incentive appears to have helped seven school districts attract effective teachers to low-income schools.
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When teachers leave schools, overall morale appears to suffer enough that student achievement declines.
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Three Florida alternative-certification programs attracted teacher-candidates who were more qualified on paper, but varied in how effective their graduates were in the classroom, concludes a study.
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Even as there are an increasing number of novice teachers in the ranks of the profession, states' teacher-induction policies are generally piecemeal.
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Career Corner
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Be Prepared! Keep Up with Current Events.
While it's impossible to keep up to date on every piece of news related to your career, it's important to keep abreast of trends and newsworthy items for discussion in interviews, says a career center director at St. John's University.
Read the post.
Got a question about recruiting or school HR management you'd like to see addressed on our Career Corner blog? Send it to us at HREdVantage@TopSchoolJobs.org and members of the American Association for Education Employment will answer it on our Career Corner blog.
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PD Webinar Series: Reading the Future
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Thursday, May 3, 4 to 5 p.m. ET
2010 National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling will take you inside the documentation for the common core English/Language Arts standards and explain what the standards mean in practical instructional terms. Wessling will explore ways teachers can begin integrating the language arts standards into their planning and contextualizing them in relation to the specific learning needs of their own students. Get your questions answered in an extensive Q&A segment.
Register for this webinar now. View the complete series,
Reading the Future: New Directions in Literacy and Language Arts Instruction.
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Upcoming Webinar
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Tuesday, May 8, 3 to 4 p.m. ET
Content provided by Apex Learning
Join Gov. Bob Wise, the president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, and Apex Learning as we discuss how digital learning connects high school students with individualized learning experiences. This webinar will also address the three major challenges facing the nation’s education system: access to good teaching, tight budgets, and boosting student achievement.
Click here to register for this free live event.
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