Briefs

This brief outlines strategies to improve teacher retention and address shortages by providing teacher leadership opportunities to highly effective teachers.

This policy snapshot summarizes the literature regarding teacher leadership, including associated benefits and challenges, while also highlighting policy levers that can be used to improve teacher leadership opportunities.

This brief explores induction and mentoring as an effective strategy to retain teachers. A definition of induction and mentorship programs is provided, followed by a summary of supporting research on this strategy, state policy examples, and considerations for policymakers.

This policy snapshot highlights research about effective induction programs and strategies for setting effective policy related to induction plans. It also includes short spotlights on existing state induction programs, as well as sample regulatory language.

This brief helps state and district leaders make informed policy decisions that take into account the evidence base for mentoring and induction strategies in order to improve supports for and equitable access to great teachers and leaders. The snapshot describes mentoring and induction strategies, how states and districts have implemented these strategies, and the empirical studies and evidence demonstrating the strategy’s effect on educator and student outcomes.

This brief explores the characteristics of effective district leaders and shares considerations for setting evaluation policies for district leaders.

This policy snapshot focuses on how states can prioritize and fund studies of educator evaluation systems. It also highlights the importance of studying evaluation implementation and shares strategies for prioritizing and funding studies.

This brief explores ongoing feedback and targeted professional development following evaluations as an effective strategy to retain teachers. A definition of the evaluation feedback loop is provided, followed by a summary of supporting research on this strategy, state policy examples, and considerations for policymakers.

This policy and practice portrait describes how technical assistance tools and services from the CEEDAR Center can help educator preparation programs generate evidence in support of review and reporting requirements from CAEP and other accrediting organizations.

This policy synopsis presents information on the manner in which states license special education teachers. The first table presents information on licensure patterns for teachers of students with sensory impairments and teachers of preschool-aged children with disabilities. The second table describes how states license teachers to work with school-aged children with all other disabilities.