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Teaching & Learning: Teacher Quality

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Teacher Quality	6/10/04 5:20 AM
Author: Bob Montgomery

Nothing is more important in the classroom than a caring, knowledgeable, and effective teacher. High-quality teachers can make a significant difference in how well students learn. How can charter schools effectively recruit and retain a highly qualified faculty?

Discussion Thread:

Teacher Quality
Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/10/04 5:20 AM
- Recruitment plan
  Submitted by Patricia Bradley on 6/10/04 5:38 AM
  - Alternative "Carrots"
    Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 6:24 AM
    - Choice
      Submitted by Patty Dump on 6/10/04 7:09 AM
    - Schooling on a Human Scale - Data?
      Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/10/04 7:10 AM
      - Small size
        Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 7:43 AM
- Teacher Quality
  Submitted by Jim Cowardin on 6/10/04 5:45 AM
  - Alternative to Adminstrative Oversight
    Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 6:17 AM
  - Teacher quality
    Submitted by Don Crawford on 6/10/04 6:25 AM
- Selecting Teachers
  Submitted by Linda Benware on 6/10/04 6:09 AM
  - Teacher's ability to embrace parental involvement
    Submitted by Patricia Bradley on 6/10/04 11:17 AM
- Develop New Teacher-training Programs
  Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 6:31 AM
  - Student/Teacher Interns & Charter Schools
    Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/10/04 7:25 AM
    - Student/Teacher Interns
      Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 8:04 AM
    - Internships at high need schools
      Submitted by Rebecca Akporiaye on 6/10/04 2:36 PM
  - Mentoring new teachers
    Submitted by Mark Sorensen on 6/10/04 8:00 AM
  - Teacher training reform
    Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 10:15 AM
- Teacher Quality
  Submitted by Carole Mottaz on 6/10/04 6:38 AM
  - Staffing
    Submitted by Gail Srebnik on 6/10/04 7:17 AM
  - Highly Qualified Teachers?
    Submitted by Patty Dump on 6/10/04 7:31 AM
    - Thirst For Knowledge
      Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 1:21 PM
- Teacher Quality
  Submitted by Dorothy Wood on 6/10/04 7:04 AM
  - Hiring teachers
    Submitted by Carmen Rivera on 6/10/04 8:23 AM
  - What really matters
    Submitted by Mark Sorensen on 6/10/04 11:04 AM
- Find teachers' needs and fill them
  Submitted by Dorothy Wood on 6/10/04 7:09 AM
  - Teacher problems
    Submitted by Patty Dump on 6/10/04 7:42 AM
  - Retaining and sustaining teachers
    Submitted by Cliff Chuang on 6/10/04 7:47 AM
    - Streamlining the "hero" factor
      Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 7:54 AM
      - Thoughts for 'streamlining the "hero" factor'
        Submitted by Cliff Chuang on 6/10/04 8:15 AM
      - Breaking the Teacher Mold
        Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 8:17 AM
        
        Hero teachers
        Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 10:32 AM
        
        Secondary School Teachers Like College Professors?
        Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 10:48 AM
        
        Sabbaticals , support
        Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 11:37 AM
        
        Teacher Burn-out
        Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 2:22 PM
    - "wrung out"
      Submitted by Dorothy Wood on 6/10/04 8:32 AM
      - Still no answer
        Submitted by Patty Dump on 6/10/04 3:26 PM
- Without vision the people perish
  Submitted by Mark Sorensen on 6/10/04 8:15 AM
  - 30 years experience in retaining teachers
    Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/10/04 8:53 AM
- "Growing our own" - very helpful strategy
  Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/10/04 9:00 AM
  - Growing our own -- thinking big
    Submitted by Bryan Hassel on 6/10/04 11:28 AM
- Attracting and Retaining High Qualified Teachers
  Submitted by Marsha Ratzel on 6/10/04 9:18 AM
  - School Culture
    Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 10:41 AM
    - Cultivating Cultures for Quality Teaching
      Submitted by Marsha Ratzel on 6/10/04 11:39 AM
      - establishing culture
        Submitted by Lauren Morando Rhim on 6/10/04 1:50 PM
        
        Post Script
        Submitted by Mark Sorensen on 6/10/04 9:22 PM
- Teachers with noneducation backgrounds
  Submitted by Aaron North on 6/10/04 2:06 PM
  - New Roles for Teachers
    Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/10/04 2:37 PM
- Can't disagree
  Submitted by Mike Clem on 6/10/04 3:43 PM