An additional benefit was that
improved staffing flexibility allowed improved balance of teacher load across these subjects.
Not exact matches
give the school sufficient operational
flexibility (such as
staffing, calendars / time, and budgeting) to implement fully a comprehensive approach to substantially
improve student achievement outcomes and increase high school graduation rates; and
Looking back, SIG assumed that schools could
improve by granting them autonomy and
flexibility (e.g.
staffing, budgeting, programming, or scheduling) from district policy.
Charter public schools provide school teachers, administrators, and board members the
flexibility to shape important decisions about working conditions; the mission, curriculum and instruction, programs and services, schedules, budgeting, and
staffing — with the goal of
improving educational outcomes for students.
They allow teachers and community groups to create their own public schools, giving them
flexibility to decide their own curricula,
staffing, and budgets, with the goal of
improving student achievement.
The state also has some policies that promote better use of resources, but could
improve fiscal transparency by linking student outcomes and taxpayer dollars spent and provide greater
staffing flexibility to school leaders.
In exchange for greater accountability, teachers and principals are given more
flexibility to customize their teaching methods and curriculum to
improve student learning, and have more
flexibility around things like
staffing and length of the school day and school year.
States, cities or school districts that allow for a great deal of
flexibility on school programs, schedules, calendar,
staffing, and funding and have a laser focus on
improving student learning are the programs that have the greatest positive impact on achievement.