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.
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Transformation Continues at Belmont
June 6, 2011 by
By Len Paolillo, NEA Executive Committee A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of going back to Belmont High School in Dayton, Ohio. I first visited Belmont back in November and was instantly struck by the excitement and change evident at…
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Focus on Retaining Effective Educators
June 6, 2011 by
NEA Executive Committee Member Christy Levings recently wrote an editorial for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Concerned about recent discussions amongst “education reformers” about ignoring experience as a factor in retaining teachers, Levings related the argument to the medical…
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The Mitchell Twenty
May 25, 2011 by
By Kathy Wiebke, PhD, Executive Director of the Arizona K12 Center and National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) “In every school and in every classroom, every student deserves to be taught by an accomplished teacher. In ‘those schools’ they deserve to…
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Power in Numbers
May 10, 2011 by
It sounds like a script out of Hollywood: a group of teachers at a high-needs school voluntarily band together to pursue the most demanding, difficult, and time-consuming professional development experience in teaching. But this isn’t fiction. Despite what the media…
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Kill Stress Before It Kills You
April 28, 2011 by
By Nora Howley and Jerry Newberry, NEA Health Information Network There’s no getting around it, stress is everywhere. And if you are an educator working in a priority school (or anywhere, actually) you can’t avoid feeling stressed. It may feel…
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Using Data to Inform Instruction
April 25, 2011 by
By Dr. Gale Sookdeo, National Board Certified Teacher. She is a full-time classroom teacher and part-time mentor at the The Susan B. Anthony Academy in New York City. How do you use data in selecting the appropriate instructional strategies to match your…
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How Are Unions Working on Education Reform?
April 22, 2011 by
Over on the Education Writer’s Association blog Ed Beat, education reporter Matt Franck (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) recently wrote a guest post about his experience at the EWA National Seminar. Franck attended a conference session on union-led school reform, where Director of NEA’s…
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Get Funding for Classroom Projects
April 15, 2011 by
By Edneka Haynes Focusing on teachers as the key to their students’ academic success, the NEA Foundation has partnered up with DonorsChoose.org for an exciting project. Issues have been identified and solutions applicable to every grade level have been created. This partnership asks educators…
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Boston Globe Op-Ed: Teacher Evaluation Flaws
April 13, 2011 by
By Lakisha Eason A recent op-ed in the Boston Globe, titled “Visit Classrooms Early and Often, and Give New Tools To Principal,” examined the issue of teacher evaluations. The writer, Kim Marshall, believes that pay based on teacher evaluations could…
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NCLB Doesn’t Measure Miracles
April 11, 2011 by
By Jennifer Skellet, a National Board Certified Teacher and active member of the California Teachers Association. She teaches 4th grade in Oceanside, California. I’ve been struggling professionally for the past few months, not with my students who are amazingly bright…
