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One way to keep teachers enthusiastic about their jobs is to provide new ways for them to improve their craft. Better yet, pay them to engage in professional development that fits into their busy lives.
New Hampshire districts are getting three potentially transformative teaching tools at no cost for five years, and the PD to power them.
The rapid transformation of K-12 education during COVID is refocusing educators on professional development priorities that may be shifting just as quickly.
With millions of dollars of ESSER funding still available, the smartest ed-tech investments are the ones that come with flexible and ongoing professional development.
The stats contributing to teacher shortages are glaring: the average teacher salary is so low in 38 states that even some mid-career educators qualify for government benefits based on income.
A large majority of teachers in one western state say they would quit if they could. But elsewhere, a much smaller percentage of educators are thinking about leaving the profession.
Aspiring principals are getting more training on supporting diverse learners but still lack job-based learning opportunities such as internships and mentoring, a new analysis finds.
"It's bad," is how an assistant high school principal in Tennessee characterizes the level of teacher turnover the nation is grappling with after more than two years of COVID.
When a teacher in New Castle County, Delaware, had to get reading materials to her English learners during the lockdown in 2020, she used a brand new funding tool to turn her car into a bookmobile.
But as some CIOs and administrators have learned, it's not as simple as buying new instructional technology tools and installing them on your teachers' devices.
The facilities department at Dallas ISD had built up a reputation for poor service over the years. It consistently ranked near the bottom on the district's annual culture surveys.