This Playbook offers a comprehensive set of strategies that work together to recruit, prepare, develop, and retain high-quality teachers and bring greater racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity to the profession.
Read it cover to cover or, depending on your local or state circumstance, explore a single chapter or strategy. Additional resources include examples of legislation; a curated list of publications, by topic, for further reading; a guide to talking about teacher shortages and strengthening the profession; and examples of research-based policies.
Acknowledgements
The Teaching Profession Playbook was produced for the Partnership for the Future of Learning by the Learning Policy Institute and the Public Leadership Institute in collaboration with 27 organizations and five individual experts.
We are grateful for the contributions of the following organizations and individuals who reviewed the Playbook in its draft stages and provided editing, resources, research, case studies, and policy examples highlighted throughout the book.
Design: Jenni Kotting, jkotting.com
Photography: Allison Shelley for EDUImages
Organizations
AACTE's Holmes Program
American Federation of Teachers
Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, American Institutes for Research
Californians for Justice
Center for Innovation in Education
Center for Youth & Community Leadership in Education (CYCLE) at Roger Williams University
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Economic Policy Institute
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
FrameWorks Institute
Institute for Educational Leadership
Lead by Learning (formerly Mills Teacher Scholars)
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
National Education Association
National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
National PTA
National Public Education Support Fund
National Urban League
New America
Parent Teacher Home Visits
PDK International
Prepared To Teach, Bank Street College of Education
Public Advocates, Inc.
Teach Plus
The Education Trust
Individuals
Barnett Berry, University of South Carolina
Shadiin Garcia, Shoreline Consulting
Thelma Melendez, Retired Superintendent
Katherine Schultz, University of Colorado Boulder
Kenita Williams, Southern Education Foundation
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