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* TQ Tips & Tools Resources

All resources contained within the TQ Tips & Tools documents have been reviewed for their quality, relevance, and utility by TQ Center Staff and three content-area experts. These experts usually have a policy, practice or research background. The strategies and resources are provided to help regional comprehensive center and state education agency staff to be aware of the initiatives, programs or activities taking place in other settings. Our provision of the links to these resources should not be considered an endorsement but a qualified suggestion that they be considered as an option to study and/or pursue given the needs and context of the inquiring region, state, or district. Evidence of the impact of initiatives, programs or activities is provided where available or appropriate.

TQ Source Tips and Tools: Emerging Strategies to Enhance Educator Quality

The TQ Source Tips & Tools contains strategies and resources to support regional comprehensive center staff, state education agency personnel, and other education stakeholders as they address various aspects of educator quality. The TQ Tips & Tools is organized by Key Issues—these are searchable documents that allow a user to home in on specific approaches or targeted resources that support or provide evidence for strategies related to educator quality.

Each Key Issue includes the following:

  • A scenario to set the context.

     
  • A discussion of why the key issue is important to teacher and leadership quality in at-risk schools.

     
  • Tips and cautions to keep in mind before implementing strategies.

     
  • Strategies and resources, including scholarly literature and materials to support effective local and state-level policymaking and implementation. Resources* also may include links to states or programs where the strategies are being implemented.

     
  • A real-life example to see how strategies are being implemented in other areas.

 

New Key Issues

Increasing Teacher Retention to Facilitate the Equitable Distribution of Effective Teachers (Adobe PDF Icon Adobe Reader PDF 252 KB)
The term teacher retention refers to the ability to keep teachers on the job, thus reducing or eliminating teacher turnover. This Key Issue offers strategies to improve the retention of qualified and effective teachers in hard-to-staff schools.

Recruiting Teachers for Schools Serving English Language Learners (PDF Icon Adobe® Reader® PDF146 KB)
As the number of ELLs continues to grow in a more diverse range of districts, education leaders will have to develop creative and comprehensive recruitment strategies to ensure that all ELLs in the district can be served by highly qualified teachers. This Key Issue includes strategies and resources that can help.

Preparing Teachers Effectively for At-Risk Schools (PDF Icon Adobe Reader PDF 231 KB)
This Key Issue includes strategies used in the preparation of beginning teachers for at-risk schools.

 

View and download key issue documents for your area.

 

 

 

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