ERIC ED511881: State Teacher Policy Yearbook pdf

ERIC ED511881: State Teacher Policy Yearbook

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This Kansas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality’s (NCTQ’s) 2009 “State Teacher Policy Yearbook” is the third annual look at state policies impacting the teaching profession. It is hoped that this report will help focus attention on areas where state policymakers can make changes that will have a positive impact on teacher quality and student achievement. The 2009 “Yearbook” presents a comprehensive analysis of state teacher policies. This evaluation is organized in five areas encompassing 33 goals. Broadly, these goals examine the impact of state policy on: (1) delivering well-prepared teachers; (2) expanding the teaching pool; (3) identifying effective teachers; (4) retaining those deemed effective; and (5) exiting those deemed ineffective. Kansas has an overall “Yearbook” grade of D for 2009. Kansas’s major policy strengths include: (1) Ensuring that middle school teachers are prepared to teach appropriate grade-level content; (2) Requiring that all new teachers pass a pedagogy test; and (3) Maintaining full authority to approve teacher preparation programs.

Kansas’ major policy weaknesses include: (1) Awarding tenure virtually automatically; (2) Failing to make evidence of student learning the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations; (3) Lacking an efficient termination process for ineffective teachers; (4) Not ensuring that elementary teachers are well prepared to teach reading or mathematics; and (5) Offering a disingenuous alternate route. Goals for each area are appended. (Contains 124 figures.) [For the national summary, see ED511872

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2009
• Year: 2009
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Recruitment, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Effectiveness, Labor Turnover, Salary Wage Differentials, Teacher Dismissal, State Government, State Standards, Government School Relationship, Educational Policy, Teacher Certification, Compensation (Remuneration), Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Tenure, Guidelines, Yearbooks, Retirement Benefits, Best Practices, Teacher Competencies, Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction, Rosen, Kelli M., Madden, Trisha M., Maltz, Stephanie T., Myers-Preston, Tracey L

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