Topic: Teacher Workforce Policy
Teacher Workforce Policy
State Policies for a Strong Teacher Workforce
The most important thing a school can do for a student’s education is to ensure she has a good teacher. And states need a strong teacher workforce to increase student achievement. SREB helps state leaders address teacher shortages and improve policies for:
Rethinking Teacher Workforce Solutions Webinar Series
On-Demand Recordings Available
This three-part series explores how states can rethink teacher workforce solutions for the short-term, while the pandemic challenges state economies, and for the long-term, to combat teacher shortages holistically.
In each webinar, panelists share innovative policy ideas developed by SREB’s Education Human Capital Roundtables.
State Education Human Capital Roundtable Reports
Education human capital roundtables in several states are having challenging conversations on how to improve the quality of their teaching workforce through targeted recruitment, preparation, retention and professional growth strategies. To support them, SREB:
- tracks policies, actions and research across the continuum to help policymakers with decisions
- convenes leaders to examine promising policies and decide together what will work in their own states
- provides assistance with planning as states put policies into action
Teacher Compensation Dashboard
SREB brings together a collection of data to help policymakers see teacher compensation as a whole ─ not just salaries, but healthcare benefits, retirement plans and take-home pay. Approaching policies with a bigger-picture view can help states reverse teacher shortages.