The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center) is a national resource to which the regional comprehensive centers, states, and other education stakeholders turn for strengthening the quality of teachingespecially in high-poverty, low-performing, and hard-to-staff schoolsand for finding guidance in addressing specific needs, thereby ensuring highly qualified teachers are serving students with special needs.
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Phone: 877-322-8700
E-Mail: tqsource@learningpt.org
Addresses:
Chicago, Illinois Office:
20 North Wacker Drive
Suite 1231
Chicago, IL 60606-2901
Naperville, Illinois Office:
1120 East Diehl Road
Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563
Washington, D.C., Office:
Learning Point Associates
1100 17th Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
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What's New
ARCC to Host Free Webcast on Highly Effective Teachers
The Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC) will host a free webcast "Highly Effective Teachers: More Than Highly Qualified" on June 26, 2008. Visit www.arcc.edvantia.org to register.
New TQ Source Tips & Tools Key Issues
The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality recently published two new TQ Source Tips & Tools key issues that fall under the topic area of Identifying and Supporting Highly Effective Teachers. These key issues, available on our website under publications and online resources, include the following:
Using Performance-Based Assessments to Identify and Support High Quality Teachers
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Adobe® Reader® PDF 540 KB)Using Value-Added Models to Identify and Support Highly Effective Teachers
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Adobe Reader PDF 189 KB)
These documents provide helpful definitions, strategies, and resources for states and others working to identify and support highly effective teachers.
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The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality was launched on October 2, 2005, after Education Commission of the States, ETS, Learning Point Associates, and Vanderbilt University entered into a five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to operate the teacher quality content center. The TQ Center is one of five national content centers that provide technical assistance for regional comprehensive centers in conjunction with their work with state departments of education and related agencies.
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