Great teachers and support professionals, with the right policy supports and resources, are the ideal agents of permanent change – the true education experts. That’s why NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign is partnering with educators in struggling schools to provide additional professional development, trainings and resources that will help teachers and support professionals be the leaders in their profession. Read the stories below to learn more about the professional educators working in priority schools.
Educators in the Romulus Education Association, working with district officials and school administrators, lead change in the district’s accountability system. Now there is a healthy dialogue on teaching and learning between teachers and administrators.
NEA president Dennis Van Roekel calls for performance assessments for prospective teachers and expanded teacher role in evaluation and school leadership.
Participants in NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign forum in New Orleans met with colleagues from across the country to share their challenges and best practices.
NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign has brought together more than 300 teachers, education support professionals, union leaders, district administrators, community members and parents, representing 36 Priority Schools from 17 states, in New Orleans for a three day forum to share lessons…
NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign reports live from New Orleans where more than 300 teachers, education support professionals, union leaders, district administrators, community members and parents, representing 36 Priority Schools from 17 states, are gathered for a three day forum to…
By Teal Ruland NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign recently partnered with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) to offer a virtual coaching pilot program for Intensive Support Sites. This pilot program features 41 accomplished teachers to serve as virtual coaches to…
The NEA Foundation announced a new partnership to help educators, who are faced with shrinking classroom budgets, enlist public support to acquire the teaching tools they believe will engage and inspire their students. Beginning on Sept. 22, the NEA Foundation will match…
The Evansville Courier & Press reports that Evansville is a national model in teachers union-school district collaboration, visiting union officials said Monday. Indiana State Teachers Association President Nate Schnellenberger and National Education Association Secretary-Treasurer Rebecca Pringle said Monday that initiatives crafted by…
The Summer 2011 issue of NEA Today magazine highlighted union-led efforts to help transform priority schools in some of America’s neediest communities. Here are the stories of five union leaders who were featured on the magazine’s cover and who are…
Instead of trips to the beach or a day at the ballpark, hundreds of teachers went to “summer school” to dive into professional development and to learn from their peers about what’s working—and what’s not—to improve education for needy students at priority schools.
Educators in priority schools are rising to a superhero challenge every single day. Nominate educators in your community and support others at classroomsuperheroes.com
Keith G. Pemberton is a social worker at Oak Hill Elementary School in High Point, N.C., where he has built a strong and steady pipeline for parental involvement, specifically among fathers and male mentors. Check out his Classroom Superhero profile and leave some words of encouragement.