It asks what factors influence the career decisions then affect
the overall teacher workforce, the distribution of teachers across schools, and students» educational opportunities.
In a review of California's «last in, first out» process conducted over four years ago, the state's own Legislative Analyst Office concluded that seniority - based layoffs lead «to lower quality of
the overall teacher workforce» and recommended that «the state explore alternatives that could provide districts with the discretion to do what is in the best interest of their students.»
In the past year,
overall teacher workforce trends in California have worsened, with especially severe consequences in special education, math, and science, and significant threats in bilingual education.
Not exact matches
Policymakers must weigh these costs against the substantial educational and economic benefits such systems can create for successive cohorts of students, both through avoiding the career - long retention of the lowest - performing
teachers and through broad increases in performance in the
overall teaching
workforce.
Ultimately, Ms. Johnstone says, a balanced
workforce should not be prioritised above the quality of
teachers overall.
The
overall numbers of unqualified
teachers is on the rise, from 3.7 per cent in 2013 to 4.5 per cent last year,
Workforce Census figures show.
«These
teachers make up a small proportion of the
overall workforce in England with the overwhelming majority in state - funded schools holding qualified
teacher status.»
This policy brief details why increasing diversity in K - 12 school leadership can improve
overall diversity in the
teacher workforce and work to support empowered schools.
Students of all racial backgrounds can benefit from a diverse
teacher workforce that represents the nation's
overall demographics.
Policymakers reason that evaluating
teachers based on their students» performance will lead to the removal of under - performing educators and an improvement in the
overall quality of the
teacher workforce.
From 2000 onward, the proportion of underprepared
teachers declined every year, even as the
overall size of the
teacher workforce in the state grew significantly — from 292,000 in 2000 to 310,000 in 2008.
This report finds that while the population of
teachers of color
overall is growing, Black and Native American
teachers are a declining share of the
teacher workforce and the gap between the percentage of Latinx
teachers and students is larger than for any other racial or ethnic group.
And the reality of comparatively low salaries and minimal retirement benefits in many school districts coupled with the fact that most
teachers are not covered under Social Security has implications for stability and longevity in the
teacher workforce overall.