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Investing in Teachers: An Overview of Policy Alternatives

Investing in Teachers: An Overview of Policy Alternatives. Jennifer King Rice University of Maryland. Costs and Effects of Class Size Reduction. Sources: Finn & Achilles (1999); Nye, et al. (1999); Krueger (1999); Molnar, et al. (1999); Brewer, et al. (1999).

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Investing in Teachers: An Overview of Policy Alternatives

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  1. Investing in Teachers: An Overview of Policy Alternatives Jennifer King Rice University of Maryland

  2. Costs and Effects of Class Size Reduction Sources: Finn & Achilles (1999); Nye, et al. (1999); Krueger (1999); Molnar, et al. (1999); Brewer, et al. (1999)

  3. Issues affecting the costs and effects of class size reduction: • Targeting the policy to particular grades, subjects, types of schools/students • Duration of the treatment • Availability and cost of facilities • Supply of qualified teachers

  4. Teacher Quality: Dimensions of the Problem • Definition of teacher quality • extensive literature review • Quality of preparation • Adequate pool of qualified teachers • Recruitment of teachers to shortage areas • Retention of teachers • Ongoing professional development

  5. Approach used here: • Examine what teacher attributes are linked with teacher performance (literature review) • Conduct scan of policy strategies being used in the field • Develop typology of strategies that links them with specific dimensions of the problem • Construct prototypes of “packages” of strategies that reflect multi-dimensionality of the problem • Estimate the costs of prototypes

  6. Data: Multi-level case studies • Documents on teacher recruitment and retention policies • Interviews with state, district, and school administrators about investments in teacher policies • Focus groups with teachers in selected schools to understand critical issues related to their decisions about where to work, and to assess their perceptions of the impact of state and district teacher policies

  7. Typology of Teacher Recruitment & Retention Strategies

  8. Prototypes of policy configurations to invest in teacher quality • Prototype I • Significant and sustained salary boost for qualified teachers willing to work in high need schools • Professional development module for teaching in this type of school • Streamlined hiring process • Job banks

  9. Prototypes of policy configurations to invest in teacher quality (cont.) • Prototype II • Signing bonus • Intensive induction program • Better leadership (increased principal salary) • Incentive for National Board certified teachers • Streamlined hiring process • Job banks

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