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 Explore strategies to adapt educator evaluation and support system policies and practices to support virtual learning. |
 What road bumps are preventing your state from having effective teachers in every classroom? |
 Ground your state's micro-credential implementation efforts in emerging best practices and explore our forward-looking research agenda. |
Consider the short-term and long-term implications that COVID-19 will have on the educator workforce and explore guiding principles for addressing the challenges.
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 Explore guidance on how to ensure career changes recruited into the teaching profession are selected based on their potential to succeed. |
 Discover concrete ways teacher candidates can be leveraged to better support veteran teachers during the shift to distance learning, or new education models as schools reopen.
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 Discover ways of supporting student well-being that includes an array of trauma-informed strategies for fostering student well-being and resilience during these unprecedented times. |
 District and school leaders can use this tool to select trauma-informed strategies to foster trust, well-being, and resilience in their unique contexts. |
 Explore potential funding that can be leveraged by states, districts, and educator preparation providers to address talent development across the full educator career continuum. |
 Proactively and purposefully address educator shortages and talent challenges in your local context. |
 Use this self-care self-assessment to select key strategies for fostering resilience and identify areas of strength and growth related to self-care and developing self-care plans. |
 Support teacher wellness under COVID-19 by understanding teacher stress levels in various contexts. |
 Discover concrete ways to modify teacher quality programs, such as mentoring and induction programs, to succeed in high-need contexts. |
 Explore 10 strategies to address 10 common challenges that rural schools face when implementing mentoring and induction programs. |
 Explore four key decision points states should consider in measuring equitable access to effective educators. |
Other Publications
This innovation configuration is included in Chapter 2 of the biennial report, America’s Challenge: Effective Teachers for At-Risk Schools and Students, and was developed as a tool for... Read more »
This innovation configuration identifies the components of inclusive services that should be incorporated in teacher preparation at the preservice and inservice levels.
Explore practical resources to help educators integrate social and emotional learning into daily practice.
Learn why teacher leadership matters and explore policy levers to increase and improve opportunities for teachers to lead.
The term teacher retention refers to the ability to keep teachers on the job, thus reducing or eliminating teacher turnover.
This report, issued by the National Council on Teacher Quality, presents a summary of the current research that characterizes the attributes of effective teachers.
Recognizing that evidence-based practices account for at least part of the effects of teachers on achievement and the critical role of teacher preparation, the National Comprehensive Center for... Read more »
This document describes the content and purpose of innovation configurations, outlines their intended use as syllabus evaluation tools, and provides scoring guidelines and examples for clarification.
Teachers and leaders can find examples, strategies, and resources to strengthen their district’s teacher evaluation system to support professional learning.
