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Tools Student-Based Budgeting Standards & Instructional Resources Professional Learning State Leaders Take Action COVID-19

February 2015

Six Opportunities to Restructure Education Resources in Georgia

From 2012 to 2013, ERS partnered with the Georgia Department of Education to address how the state and a few districts manage their resources. These reports highlight three opportunities... More »

Presentations Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting State Leaders States
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
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
December 2014

Spinning Straw into Gold

K–12 education resources are often allocated non-strategically, with schools spending time and money on activities that have little relationship to student outcomes. States can help... More »

Publications State Leaders School Support & Accountability States
November 2014

Tools for California Districts

With the enactment of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in 2013, California districts face an unprecedented opportunity to make big changes. With increased budgets and more... More »

Tools District Leaders School Leaders
June 2017

School Scheduling Tools

Making school schedules is something district and school leaders must do every year — but during COVID-19, that job has just gotten harder. We've created a set of COVID Comeback Models... More »

Tools School Leaders School Design
April 15, 2014

Student-Based Budgeting Webinar

The following is a video recording of our April 3 webinar on student-based budgeting, based off our recent publication, "Transforming School Funding: A Guide to Implementing Student-Based... More »

Presentations District Leaders Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting
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
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
June 2013

Student-Based Budgeting Video

This short video was created to offer advice to principals considering implementing a student-based budgeting system, also known as weighted-student funding. More »

Videos Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting
May 2013

Professional Growth & Support Case Studies

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

Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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
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 »

Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
May 2013

A New Vision for Teacher Professional Growth & Support

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... More »

Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
April 18, 2013

Teacher Compensation Workshop

This page contains links for the electronic materials to complement the Teacher Compensation Workshop. Additional information need for download is located on your Teacher Compensation... More »

Tools District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders
April, 2013

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... More »

Presentations Videos Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
April 2013

Misfit Structures & Lost Opportunities

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 »

Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning Teaching
March 23, 2013

DREAM

You can do less with less, or you can change your district's cost model by rethinking how schools and systems are structured. DREAM allows you to adjust key cost levers in your district... More »

Tools District Leaders Student-Based Budgeting Teaching Turnaround
March 18, 2013

Standards and Instruction District Story: Washington, D.C.

Ten years ago, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) had 65,000 students. Today it has fewer than 45,000. The severe enrollment decline was a wake-up call for the district. Starting in 2007, DCPS... More »

Videos District Leaders School Leaders Standards & Instructional Resources
March 2013

Why Now?

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... More »

Videos District Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources
February 28, 2013

School System 20/20 Infographic

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,... More »

Presentations District Leaders Leadership School Support & Accountability Standards & Instructional Resources
December 19, 2012

The Teaching Job Analyses and Worksheets: Section 2

The Teaching Job worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure teaching effectiveness. These analyses can help identify your... More »

Tools School Leaders Teaching
December 19, 2012

The Teaching Job Analyses and Worksheets: Section 3

The Teaching Job worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure teaching effectiveness. These analyses can help identify your... More »

Tools Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
December 19, 2012

The Teaching Job Analyses and Worksheets: Section 4

The Teaching Job worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure teaching effectiveness. These analyses can help identify your... More »

Tools School Leaders Teaching School Support & Accountability
December 19, 2012

The Teaching Job Analyses and Worksheets: Section 5

The Teaching Job worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure teaching effectiveness. These analyses can help identify your... More »

Tools Compensation School Leaders Teaching
December 18, 2012

The Teaching Job Analyses and Worksheets: Section 1

The Teaching Job worksheet series includes worksheets with step-by-step instructions to help you calculate and measure teaching effectiveness. These analyses can help identify your... More »

Tools School Leaders Teaching
December, 2012

Rethinking the Value Proposition to Improve Teaching Effectiveness

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... More »

Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
November 2012

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,... More »

Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders Teaching
November 2012

Transform Now Video

Our 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... More »

Videos District Leaders School Leaders State Leaders Leadership
April 18, 2012

Budget Hold'em Facilitator Guides

These instructions will help leaders organize and play Budget Hold'em. Use the Budget Hold'em for Districts Facilitator's Guide to play the in-person version of the game, using decks of... More »

Tools Publications District Leaders School Leaders Funding & Portfolio

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