Elevating the Teaching Profession
Cultivating Progressive Agency- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2023
Summary
Perhaps the most salient lesson learned from the pandemic was how much we still need teachers. Technology will not usurp the fundamental auspices of principals, master teachers, counselors, and other support staff. Students, as social learners, require guidance, structure, and reassurance from adults. The empirical evidence suggests economically disadvantaged students suffer the most from the restricted personal connection of over-reliance on technology.
The data indicate that teachers (1) cannot be replaced in the foreseeable future, and (2) are the most critical component for student realization of future readiness. The status quo is antiquated, faltering with crisis talent shortages, and only projected to intensify further. Preserving the U.S.’s global standing and expanding democratic principles for equality are inseparably coupled with the plight of teachers. Reinvigorating the teaching profession requires decisive action to reorganize the ecosystem and professional opportunities for educators.
Enticing growing pools of talent into the teaching profession involves establishing a vibrant academic structure and altering the perception of teacher value. My viewpoint is to start with teachers. The optimal approach for educational excellence is empowered teachers working in a tiered system for progressive leadership. Grounded in a supportive structure to earn increasing autonomy, teachers elevate their professional agency.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2023
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-7049-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-7051-0
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 212
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Notes No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Educational Equity and Economics No access
- Evolving Classrooms and Expectations No access
- Everyone Is Given the Same Ball . . . Not the Same Distance from the Goal . . . No access
- The Same Ball . . . Modifying the Odds . . . No access
- Individual Student Agency No access
- Purposeful Deployment of Teachers No access
- What Comes First? No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Why aren’t students interested in teaching? No access
- Substandard Remedy No access
- Teacher Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction No access
- Conclusion No access
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- The Next Generation No access
- Keeping the Current No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Lab Schools No access
- Lab School Collaboration of Institutions No access
- Raising the Level of Educational Research No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Quality Appraisal Tool No access
- Ongoing Calibration Training No access
- Comparative Data Analysis No access
- Collaborative Walk-throughs with Coaching No access
- Using Multiple Measures No access
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- Teacher Programs No access
- Pathway Roles No access
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- Master Teacher as Pedagogue No access
- Phase-In for Long-Term Efficacy No access
- Master Teacher as Researcher No access
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- Teacher Unions in the United States No access
- Teacher Tenure No access
- Local School Board Authority No access
- A Pragmatic Model No access
- Limiting Bargaining Topics No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Rationale for Teacher Professional Learning No access
- Integration of Professional Learning for Elevating Teachers No access
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- Substitute Teachers No access
- Substitute Pathways No access
- Instructional Assistant No access
- Recruiting Substitutes and Instructional Assistants No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Early Childhood Teachers No access
- Special Education Teachers No access
- Special Education Turnover No access
- Bilingual Teachers No access
- Languages Other Than Spanish No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Shortages and Recruiting-Retention Strategies No access
- Federal and State Incentives No access
- The University of Texas at Austin Initiatives No access
- As Systems Develop No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Succession Handbook for Talent Management No access
- Proposal for Procuring and Elevating Teachers No access
- Conclusion No access
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- Learning from the Past No access
- Extended Commitment No access
- Funding Formulas No access
- Sources of Funding No access
- CONCLUSION No access
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- Appendix No access Pages 187 - 188
- Bibliography No access Pages 189 - 206
- Index No access Pages 207 - 210
- About the Author No access Pages 211 - 212
