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21 Practices for Effective Principal Leadership

What leaders do in schools can have a significant impact on student learning. If you can only use a few leadership practices, which ones are likely to have the best results?

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Addressing the Teacher Shortage: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers—Q&A with WestEd’s Gretchen Weber

“We continue to organize and staff schools with a model of asking teachers to fill multiple professional roles for all learners with a staffing model that has looked pretty much the same for decades, while the job has changed, and the demands have significantly increased.”

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Back-to-School Spotlight: Strategic Resource Management to Support the Whole Child, Person, and Community

These Spotlight resources and events aim to assist educators with managing funds to boost teacher compensation, improve outcomes for students who are and have been underserved, address learning loss, and more.

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Busting the Myths About Teacher Compensation and the Teaching Profession  

In this blog post, the second in the Money Matters: Conversations About Teacher Compensation Series, Gretchen Weber and Ellen Sherratt address some of the myths around teachers’ compensation.

Busting the Myths About Teacher Compensation and the Teaching Profession
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Connecticut Experiences Influx of Teacher Talent, Moves to Double Number of States With Qualified Educator Reciprocity

With protocols to maintain high talent standards developed by the Region 2 Comprehensive Center, Connecticut is expanding the channel to educators in 10 Midwestern and Southern states.

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Deepening Functional Leadership Capacity Within State Education Agencies

Leaders and managers in four Southwestern states are taking advantage of a new opportunity to better serve their state education agencies by developing their own leadership skills, capacity, and peer networks across state lines.

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Education Leaders Learn from “Bright Spot” Mathematics Classrooms in Utah

Discover how a dedicated team of REL West researchers and Utah educators are working on mining and getting teachers to adopt promising math practices.

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Evidence-Based Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Teachers

REL West has been working in the West Region to understand teacher recruitment and attribution issues and help schools and districts address the issues with evidence-based practices.

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Five Principles for Transitioning to Physically Distanced, In-Person Learning

Last year, WestEd’s Jennifer Folsom offered five principles to guide educators through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this post, Jennifer describes how the same principles can guide the reopening process.

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Five Strategies School Leaders Can Use to Create Supportive Environments for Teachers

These five strategies are a great place for school leaders to begin building supportive environments for teachers.

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