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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 »

  Publications Tools COVID-19 Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders State Leaders Teaching Leadership Toolkits
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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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  August 16, 2022

  How to Enable Transformational Change in K-12 School Districts Through a "Do Now, Build Toward" Approach

  "Do Now, Build Toward" (DNBT) is a sustainable approach to transformation that builds on research, incorporates practical limitations, and uses a community-driven, iterative framework. More »

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  Sep 29, 2021

  Organizing Resources to Support Inclusion Models for Students With Disabilities

  Across the country, roughly one in five students with an IEP spend most of their time receiving individualized services and supports in a “self-contained” or “substantially separate”... More »

  Publications Special Education District Leaders
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  June 2018

  Low Teacher Salaries 101

  In 40 states, the real value of teacher salaries declined from 2010 to 2015. How we got here, why it matters, and how we can pay teachers fairly and strategically. More »

  Compensation District Leaders State Leaders
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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 Funding & Portfolio Student-Based Budgeting School Leaders School Design Teaching Leadership School Support & Accountability Turnaround
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  Education Resource Strategies

  Teacher Compensation Calculator

  Explore your options for designing a more effective teacher compensation system within your existing district budget. More »

  Tools Compensation District Leaders 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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  August 2015

  Data Decisions Brief #3: Investing in Teachers in the Age of Common Core

  Learn how districts can target resources to better support teachers through job-embedded professional growth More »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders
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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 »

  Publications Compensation District Leaders Professional Learning School Leaders School Design Teaching
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  June 7, 2011

  Restructuring Resources for High-Performing Schools

  Millions of education dollars are trapped each year. At this time of continued budget shortfalls when every dollar spent on education must yield maximum returns in student... More »

  Publications Special Education State Leaders States