We are thrilled to be included in an Ed Week collection of commentaries on improving teaching, released this week. It’s encouraging to see clear consensus that teaching is the most critical piece of education and that finding new strategies to improve teaching effectiveness must be at the forefront of any reform. The perspectives represented in this collection raise issues around teacher teaming, education, assessment, and adjusting to new realities. Our commentary focuses on broadening the conversation around teacher evaluation beyond just test scores and on how new evaluation systems can serve as a catalyst to transform teaching.
If you’re looking for ideas on how to transform teaching, please take a look at our recently published guide “The Teaching Job: Restructuring for Effectiveness.” This guide is designed to help district leaders take action now by assessing their districts’ practice in five principles:
Transforming teaching in our schools is complicated and requires difficult conversation, commitment to real change and contributions from many perspectives. This new collection of commentaries is a great overview of some of the more creative thinking on this critical topic. Please make comments and join this important conversation.
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