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School Finance and Teacher Quality : Exploring the Connections.
The yearbook is organized around four issues, each of which can be viewed as representing an important focal point to improve teacher and teaching quality and having important implications for school finance. The issues are (1) teacher recruitment, induction, and retention; (2) the ongoing professio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Editors and Contributors; Table of Contents; 1 School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections; Section I Teacher Recruitment, Induction, and Retention; 2 Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of Academically Talented Urban School Teachers: Evidence from New York City; Teacher Supply and Demand in Urban Areas; New York State's Articulation of the Urban Teacher Supply and Quality Problem; Why Focus Specifically on New York City?; Data and Methods; Findings; Preparation; Recruitment and Hiring Process; Induction, Support, and Evaluation.
- CompensationShort-term and Long-Term Career Forecast; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Sample Interview Instrument for Use with Novice Teachers in Urban Schools; Introduction; Background Information; Sample Questions; Appendix 2. The Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education; 3 The Impact of Teacher Turnover on Teacher Quality: Findings From Four States; The Role of Educational Reform; Teacher Quality at the Center of Education Reform; The Project; Teacher Turnover; Teacher Recruitment and Retention; Findings; Tracking Teacher Turnover; Understanding Teacher Turnover; Influencing Teacher Turnover.
- Policy RecommendationsInfluencing Labor Market Behavior of Teachers in Specific Subject Areas in All Districts; Influencing Labor Market Behavior of All Teachers in Specific Districts; References; 4 Understanding Teacher Labor Markets: Implications for Educational Equity; Background; Distribution of Teacher Qualifications; Educational Equity; Teacher Labor Markets; Data; Analysis of Teacher Labor Markets; Distribution of Teacher Qualifications Among Schools; Factors Related to the Sorting of Teacher Qualifications; Career Paths of Teachers; Geography of Teacher Labor Markets.
- Teacher Salaries And Other Working ConditionsSummary; Appendix A. Workforce Database; References; Section II Professional Development; 5 Rethinking District Professional Development Spending to Support School Improvement: Lessons From Comparative Spending Analysis; Approach and Methodology; Defining the Components of Cost; Coding for Target, Purpose, and Delivery Strategy; Collecting the Data; Including School-Level Professional Development Spending; Findings; Conclusion; Appendix: Delivery Strategies; References.
- 6 The Incidence and Impact of Teacher Professional Development: Implications for Education Productivity IllLiterature on the Incidence and Impact of Teacher Professional Development; Data and Methodology; Professional Development Variables; Independent Variables; Teacher Background Variables; Teacher Control in the School; Recent Policy Changes in the School; Rewards and Incentives for Good Teaching; Support for Professional Development Activities; Other Control Variables; Outcome Variables; Teachers' Perceptions; Measures of Student Achievement; Findings.