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A New Vision for Teacher Professional Growth & Support
Six Steps to a More Powerful School System Strategy
In this publication, ERS expands the traditional definition of teacher Professional Development to Professional Growth & Support, which includes any use of people, time, and money that targets improvement of teaching. More »
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Video: Strategic Resources in Action
Georgia's Vidalia City Schools shows how to leverage people, time, and money.
Vidalia City Schools is one shining example of a district that strategically leverages its people, time, and money in the face of low funding levels and has seen steady growth in... More »
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ERS' Teacher Compensation Workshop
School districts have the responsibility to design a compensation structure that maximizes their ability to meet teacher recruitment and retention goals within the context of long-term fiscal sustainability. ERS has created this Teacher Compensation Workshop to help leaders bring together... More »
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Misfit Structures & Lost Opportunities
The urgent case for restructuring teacher compensation and career paths
One out of a series of three ERS publications on teacher compensation, this paper explores how to rethink compensation and career paths to attract and retain the most effective teachers. More »
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District leaders express why we need to make bold changes today.
Hear from: Sam Franklin, Executive Director of the Office of Teacher Effectiveness, Pittsburgh Public Schools Brian Pick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer, D.C. Public Schools Alyssa Whitehead-Bust, Chief of Innovation and Reform, Denver Public Schools José M. Torres, Superintendent of... More »
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School System 20/20 Infographic
Re-envision School Systems for Great Schools at Scale
The School System 20/20 infographic lets you see the possibilities for system transformation through ERS' seven-strategy framework. It illustrates the challenges to reallocating people, time, and money, so that every school succeeds for every child, and it shows what's possible. View the... More »
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Assess your District’s Resource Use
This web-based tool is designed to help you dive into the transformational strategies that lead to better resource use. Resource Check is a questionaire that tallies and analyzes your responses to show how close you are to best practices and where you need improvement. More »
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Rethinking the Value Proposition to Improve Teaching Effectiveness
One of a series of four publications on rethinking teacher compensation. Rethinking the Value Proposition to Improve Teaching Effectiveness explores the complete set of offerings and experiences provided by a school system to a teacher. We explore what the Value Proposition is... More »
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Strategic Design of Teacher Compensation
This paper explores typical goals of compensation redesign and implications for five main design considerations, including: base salary, district priority incentives, school roles, rewards and responsibilities, and fiscal sustainability. More »
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Our new video illustrates why now is the time to take bold action to transform our school systems. Please share it and join the movement of district leaders dedicated to transforming school systems through restructuring resources. And check out ERS' latest tools that can help... More »
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The Trade-off Game to Transform Districts and Meet Budget Challenges
School Budget Hold'em is more than a game, it’s an interactive exploration of the thoughtful trade-offs school administrators have to make in these challenging budget times. More »
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Spare Some Change: Smarter District Resource Use for Transformational Schools
A Roadmap for Education Reform
As a part of Pathways to Success for Milwaukee Public Schools, a project of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, the authors identify characteristics of an effective funding system in Milwaukee and beyond. More »
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Professional Growth & Support Case Studies
Promising Practices at Achievement First, Agile Mind, Teach Plus, and Aspire Public Schools
Four case studies exploring how school systems have implemented a strategic approach to improving teaching effectiveness. More »