Posts in Leadership
Why is New Teacher Induction Important?

Research shows about 50% of new teachers leave within their first 5 years. This number increases to about 75% turnover within the first five years for teachers in high-poverty communities.

The natural instinct is to place additional focus on recruitment efforts to replace those that leave.

But what would happen if the thought processes changes from focusing on recruitment efforts and instead school leaders focus on increasing new-hire retention? What would that mean for their current teachers, how much time is spent interviewing, and the relationships built with students?

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Why You Should Do Pulse Surveys In Your Schools

Have you ever wondered how your staff really feel about working at your school? While school administrators have done a remarkable job over the years in gathering and sharing feedback relative to performance management for staff (e.g., teacher observations), the same can’t be said for gathering and sharing feedback from staff regarding their employer. It has never been more important to have an accurate pulse on your staff with clear feedback on how you can improve as an organization. The stakes are simply too high. Implementing an employee net promoter score survey (eNPS) is a very proactive, cost-effective way to continue measuring your staff’s sentiment and devise specific tactics for progress.

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Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching

After more than 20 years of use and research, Charlotte Danielson took the original framework’s 4 domains and 22 components and also synthesized them into 6 clusters and 6 common themes. Why? To pull the big ideas from the 22 framework components and improve the quality of focused conversations for professional growth and development among teachers, administrators, and instructional coaches.

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