Recruiting expert teachers into high-needs schools - Leadership, money, and colleagues

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Teacher quality experts urge policymakers to identify and recruit expert teachers for high-needs schools, yet recruitment mechanisms remain insufficiently understood. Surveying expert teachers in Arizona, the study examines job-related preferences that can inform future recruitment policies. Key considerations include the principal’s quality, compensation through salary, bonuses, and benefits, and the extent to which expert teachers can assume multiple roles to enhance student learning. Findings aim to guide educational policymakers in staffing high-needs classrooms.

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Definition of high-needs schools

Definition of expert teachers

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aape | | --- | --- | | | Arizona State University | | Volume 20 Number 27 September 10th, 2012 ISSN 1068-2341 | | Recruiting expert teachers into high-needs schools: Leadership, money, and colleagues Audrey Amrein-Beardsley Arizona State University Citation: Amrein-Beardsley, A. (2012) . Recruiting expert teachers into high-needs schools: Leadership, money, and colleagues. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 20 (27) . Retrieved [date], from [http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/941](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/941) Abstract: Teacher quality experts are urging policymakers to identify and target expert teachers and entice them to teach in high-needs schools. To understand what this might take, expert teachers in Arizona were surveyed to understand their job-related preferences to inform future recruitment policies. Findings should inform others about the important factors educational policymakers might consider when thinking about recruiting expert teachers into high-needs schools. These factors include the quality of the principal; salary, bonuses, and benefits; and the degree to which expert teachers can work in multiple roles to enhance student learning. Keywords: teacher recruitment; urban schools; teacher attitudes; educational policy. Reclutamiento de docentes expertos en escuelas urbanas con necesidades educativas: liderazgo, dinero, y colegas. Resumen: Los expertos en calidad docente están instando a los responsables políticos para identificar y seleccionar profesores especializados (experts) para atraerlos a enseñar en escuelas connecesidades educativas. Para entender lo que esto podría significar, profesores expertos en Arizona fueron entrevistados para conocer sus preferencias relacionadas con el trabajo con el finde informar políticas de contratación en el futuro. Los resultados proporcionan una razón para considerar los factores que las autoridades en el ámbito de la política educativa deberían tener en cuenta cuando se piensa en la contratación de profesores especializados en escuelas connecesidades educativas. Estos factores incluyen la calidad de los gestores, los sueldos, Education Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 20 No. 27 2 bonificaciones y beneficios y en qué medida estos profesores podrían trabajar en diferentes roles para mejorar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Palabras clave: la contratación de docentes, escuelas urbanas; actitudes de los docentes; política educativa. Recrutando professores especializados em escolas urbanas com altas necessidades educacionais: Liderança, dinheiro e colegas. Resumo: Os especialistas em qualidade docente estão incitando os formuladores de políticas para identificar e selecionar docentes especializados (experts) para atraí-los para ensinar em escolas com altas necessidades educacionais. Para entender o que isso poderia significar, especialistas docorpo docente no Arizona foram entrevistados para saber suas preferências relacionadas com otrabalho nos sentido de informar as políticas de recrutamento futuras. Os resultados fornecem razões para considerar os fatores que autoridades na área da política educacional deveriam considerar ao pensar sobre a contratação de professores especializados nas escolas com altas necessidades educacionais. Esses fatores incluem a qualidade dos gestores, salários, bônus e benefícios e em que medida estes professores poderiam trabalhar em diferente papeis para melhorar a aprendizagem dos alunos. Palavras-chave: recrutamento de docentes; escolas urbanas; atitudes dos professores; política deeducação. Introduction Policymakers agree that in order to increase student achievement, the quality of the teacher placed into every classroom is of critical importance, but they do not fully understand how to go about placing a highly qualified teacher into

FAQs

Why are policymakers focused on placing highly qualified teachers in high-needs schools?

They aim to increase student achievement, and believe teacher quality is critical. The paper notes that staffing highly qualified teachers in required core classrooms is challenging, especially in America’s highest-needs schools.

How does the document define high-needs schools?

High-needs schools are those meeting NCLB criteria: high poverty rates in urban or rural areas, being in the top 25% of a state’s schools by unfilled teaching positions, or having high shares of uncertified or out-of-field teachers and high teacher turnover.

What factors are highlighted as important for recruiting expert teachers?

The study emphasizes principal quality, salary plus bonuses and benefits, and how far expert teachers can work in multiple roles to improve student learning.

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