Tools & Publications

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  Education Resource Strategies

  Reimagining the Teaching Job

  An illustration of what the teacher experience looks like now for many teachers, and what it could look like instead by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and... More »

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  Education Resource Strategies

  How School District Leaders Can Support Teachers and Drive Change

  This page highlights out-of-the-box strategies and investments make it possible for leaders to redesign the teaching profession. More »

  Publications Tools Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching Learn
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Resources to Help School Leaders Improve the Teaching Job

  Resources to Get Started in Your District   NEW RESOURCE: HOW TO SUPPORT PRINCIPALS  When principals get effective support from their central office, they’re more likely to... More »

  Publications Tools Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching Learn
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  Education Resource Strategies

  The Vision: Reimagining the Teaching Job

  How we can lift students and educators by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and sustainable profession More »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design State Leaders Teaching Toolkits
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  Spring 2022

  ESSER Guidance for School Staffing, Spending, and Scheduling

  The ESSER Guidance for School Staffing, Spending, and Scheduling guides provide a blueprint for organizing resources for a sustainable ESSER investment strategy—one that has an immediate... More »

  Publications Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Leadership School Support & Accountability Community Engagement Toolkits
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  Schools Start Here Series

  The Schools Start Here series dives into the resource side of ESSER strategy and planning. These guides offer a blueprint for how to organize resources as part of a sustainable ESSER... More »

  Publications Equity District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Professional Learning School Leaders School Design School Support & Accountability Community Engagement
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  Districts at Work: Tulsa Tales Mini-Podcast

  Real stories from real districts: How Tulsa Public Schools supported professional development for teachers — on a budget More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Leadership
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  Education Resource Strategies, April 9, 2019

  Districts at Work

  Profiles of eight school systems transforming how the central office supports schools, and seeing student results More »

  Equity District Leaders Professional Learning School Design Teaching Leadership
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  Toolkit: New Teacher Support

  All school and district leaders want to grow their new teachers into effective educators who stay at their schools - yet most feel constrained by limited budgets. But it is possible to... More »

  District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching Toolkits
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  ERS

  Growing Great Teachers: New Strategies to Support New Teachers

  Every year, school districts welcome—and then lose—thousands of promising new teachers. For too many, the job is overwhelming, which can lead to teacher shortage in schools. How can we... More »

  District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  March 28, 2018

  Shared-Content Teaching Teams Prototype

  Teacher teams are one of the most important strategies to promote teacher growth and ignite student learning—if done well. But how to make this crucial time as effective as possible? The... More »

  Publications Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  February 01, 2018

  Rigorous, Comprehensive Curricula and Assessments in Louisiana

  ERS studied school systems and states with improving student outcomes to learn best practices for teacher professional learning. We observed that these organizations connected... More »

  Professional Learning Teaching
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  January 19, 2018

  Finding Time for Collaborative Planning

  We share six practical strategies that schools can use to find more time for collaborative planning, using the resources they have today. More »

  District Leaders Professional Learning
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  August 15, 2017

  Professional Learning Diagnostic Tool

  How can your school system better connect professional learning to the everyday work of teaching—and to a systemwide strategy for student success? We studied four school systems that... More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  May 2017

  It Takes a System: A Case Study of Denver Public Schools (DPS)

  Over the last decade, Denver Public Schools (DPS) became one of the fastest-improving large districts in the country—achieving significant improvement across all student subgroups. Unlike... More »

  Publications Special Education Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching Leadership School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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  April 2017

  Toolkit: Connected Professional Learning for Teachers

  We studied 4 school systems that redesigned their approach to PL and have seen inspiring student growth. Their models are highly "connected" to what teachers do every day. More »

  Professional Learning Teaching Toolkits
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  Karen Hawley Miles, David Rosenberg, and Genevieve Quist Green

  Igniting the Learning Engine

  How school systems accelerate teacher effectiveness and student growth through Connected Professional Learning More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning
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  October 2016

  Building a Talent Decision Map for K-12 Human Capital

  School systems can empower all principals to be strategic talent managers—by mapping out the what, who, when, and how, and organizing data, support, and timelines around the most critical... More »

  Publications District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  June 21, 2016

  The TDP Toolkit

  If you're unfamiliar with the Talent Decision Planner, visit the "Building a Talent Decision Map" to learn more. You must be signed in to your ERS Account to access this tool. More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  April 20, 2016

  Strategic Teacher Teaming at UP Academy

  Explore the approach and results of strategic teacher teaming at UP Academy in Boston, MA More »

  Presentations Professional Learning School Design Teaching
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  April 20, 2016

  Teacher Support at Achievement First

  The number one factor impacting student achievement is teacher quality, and finding, developing, recognizing and retaining great educators is the key to the success of our students and... More »

  Presentations Professional Learning School Leaders
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  April 12, 2016

  Shared-Content Teaching Teams at UP Academy [Video]

  See how UP Academy in Dorchester, a neighborhood in Boston, MA, has made dramatic academic improvements by focusing on strategic collaboration among teachers. More »

  Videos Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  January 11, 2016

  Checklist: Creating Strategic Teacher Leadership Roles

  Too often, district efforts to create teacher leadership roles don’t last past the pilot phase. This checklist defines key steps to successful, sustainable, and scalable career... More »

  Tools District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  February 2015

  Do More, Add More, Earn More

  Effective teachers are the biggest in-school factor related to student success. Across the country, a diverse set of districts are pioneering innovative approaches to teacher compensation... More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
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  February 13, 2015

  Building Professional Development [Video]

  See what the individual professional growth process looks like at the Match Community Day Charter School in Boston. This video illustrates the training, observations, and coaching... More »

  Videos Professional Learning Teaching
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  July, 2013

  Professional Growth & Support Interactive Presentation

  A narrated PowerPoint presentation by ERS that introduces the key concepts and findings around teacher Professional Growth & Support. More »

  Presentations Videos District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  July 2013

  First Steps

  Part of a series of ERS publications on teacher compensation, this paper explores four steps districts can take now for sustained impact on teacher effectiveness. More »

  Publications Compensation Professional Learning Teaching
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  May 2013

  Professional Growth & Support Case Studies

  Four case studies exploring how school systems have implemented a strategic approach to improving teaching effectiveness. More »

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  May 2013

  Professional Growth & Support Spending Calculator

  The Professional Growth & Support Spending Calculator helps quantify all current spending aimed at improving teaching effectiveness. Part I provides worksheets to analyze total... More »

  Tools Funding & Portfolio Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
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  May 2013

  Professional Growth & Support System Self-Assessment

  The Professional Growth & Support System Self-Assessment helps school systems evaluate their current Professional Growth & Support strategy. The self-assessment is organized around the... More »

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