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Most Recent Resources April Update Added: 2 weeks 2 days ago Article Creating a College-Going Culture Added: 9 weeks 2 days ago Article Teaching Science Teachers to be Leaders Added: 14 weeks 33 min ago Article Senate Hearing to Delay Reading as a Requirement for the K-12 Diploma to be Held on Monday Added: 16 weeks 1 hour ago Article The Tough Get Going: Seattle U and Renton Partner to Increase Math Teacher Capacity Added: 21 weeks 2 days ago Article Find More Resources >>	Teacher Training Reframing Teacher Recruitment and Retention By maureen on 08 Apr \| 0 comments From a thought-provoking Ed Week article today debunking teacher recruitment and retention assumptions for the millenial generation: "For too long the concept of retention has been framed around the fallacy that retention means forever...The goal of retention efforts should not be creating a 'lifetime' teacher. That does not fit this generation, nor will it yield the type of teacher students need, if they are to compete in a knowledge economy." Read more... Topics: Teacher Retention \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| How Do We Make (and Pay) Better Teachers? By maureen on 19 Feb \| 0 comments That’s the question this week’s TIME cover story asks, while doing a fabulous job covering the often-thorny subject of teacher pay and performance. Providing balance on this issue is difficult for journalists because while most folks would love to see their best, most unforgettable teachers paid more than the average lot, our nation simply hasn’t devised a sure-fire method for measuring teacher performance—or a pay system that supports it. Read more... Topics: K-12 Education Reform \| Teacher Retention \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Molly Berger: Conversations Make the Conference By maureen on 06 Feb \| 0 comments I’ve just returned from OSPI’s January Conference, Meeting Diploma Challenges, in Spokane where, despite challenging travel, thousands of teachers gathered. As I walked through the convention center inadvertently picking up on snipits of conversations, I couldn’t help note that, despite the piles of snow just outside the doors and the forecasts of more of the same, the talk was teaching and learning, not weather. Read more... Topics: OSPI \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Teaching Science Teachers to be Leaders Posted on 01 Feb \| 12 comments A big part of teaching is about knowing how to ask the right questions. Topics: Teacher Training \| Science Teachers \| Math Teachers \| Math \| Legislature \| Type: Article Pamelia Valentine: Taking Time to Reflect By maureen on 23 Jan \| 1 comment A new year with all the angst and shiny promise is upon us! Well, O.K. it actually began in September as all “teacher-years” do. But for teachers, the new start is a new semester and many of us have already got it planned out. Reflection-it’s how we work. Read more... Topics: In The Classroom \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Hats off to Vancouver School District By allisonm on 10 Jan \| 0 comments This week we tip our hats to the Vancouver School District for their innovation and insight in recruiting and retaining the next generation of teachers. Read more... Topics: Teachers \| Teacher Training \| Teacher Retention \| New Teachers \| K-12 Education Reform \| Washington needs top teachers! By maureen on 20 Dec \| 0 comments Educators and administrators across the nation have long debated how to attract top students into careers in teaching, and a new fellowship affiliated with our own University of Washington might just be the ticket. Read more... Topics: Colleges \| Education Funding \| High Demand Careers \| New Teachers \| Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Universities \| Good news/Bad news for teacher quality By maureen on 17 Dec \| 0 comments We’ve all been asked the foreboding question, “Which do you want first, the good news or the bad news?” To increase the interactivity of this post on the state of our nation’s teacher quality, I’ll say this: Choose your own adventure, read whichever section you would like first: The Good News, The Bad News, or The Conclusion. Read more... Topics: Teachers \| Teacher Training \| Math Teachers \| Math \| Teacher qualifications improve in the past decade Posted on 12 Dec USA Today View this article >> Topics: Teacher Training \| Teachers \| Targeting math teacher shortages By melissa on 25 Oct \| 1 comment At the beginning of this school year, the Renton School District had a tough choice. Due to a shortage of qualified teachers, the district had three unfilled math teaching positions. Equally short-staffed were the surrounding districts, scrambling to fill their own math teaching positions with substitutes, principals and under-qualified teachers. Read more... Topics: Teacher Training \| Math Teachers \| 12 3 4 5next ›last »	Recent News Schools try to close an achievement gap with single-sex classes Posted on 09 May Boston Globe View this article >> Seattle Public Schools drops controversial office Posted on 09 May Seattle Post-Intelligencer View this article >> Sad failure of teachers and their union chiefs Posted on 08 May Seattle Times View this article >> Find More News >> Tag Cloud Achievement Gap College & Work Readiness Graduation Rates Legislature Math Math Curriculum Science Standardized Tests Students Teachers Washington WASL more tags What is a Tag Cloud?