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30 Apr 2014
Report

From Good to Great: Exemplary Teachers Share Perspectives on Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Across the Career Continuum

Ellen Sherratt, AIR
Katherine Bassett, National Network of State Teachers of the Year, 2000 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year
Derek Olson, Stillwater Area (Minnesota) Public Schools, 2009 Minnesota State Teacher of the Year
Catherine Jacques, AIR

Recognizing that teachers are the single most important school-level factor influencing student achievement, policy leaders have invested tremendous public resources in new systems to both assess and address teacher effectiveness. Yet the research that informs teacher effectiveness policy leaves many important questions unanswered. These questions relate to the professional experiences and supports that effective teachers themselves view as critical for equipping teachers with the skills and knowledge they need to help their students succeed.

From Good to Great: Exemplary Teachers Share Perspectives on Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Across the Career Continuum helps to fill these gaps through a first-of-its-kind exploratory survey of National and State Teachers of the Year. These teachers are chosen by their states as among the best, and one teacher each year is selected as among the best in the nation. The report provides insight into the professional experiences and supports that these effective teachers believe most contributed to their growth and eventual excellence as a teacher. Reflecting back on their careers, from preparation through mastery and even into retirement, the National and State Teachers of the Year surveyed in this study provide education leaders and policymakers with needed information about the professional experiences that help teachers move from good to great.

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Center on Great Teachers and Leaders

The Center on Great Teachers and Leaders is a national content center funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The Center is dedicated to supporting state education leaders in all 50 states in their efforts to grow, respect, and retain great teachers and leaders for all students, including English Language Learners and students with disabilities.

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Blog Post

Supporting Teachers as They Grow From Good to Great

How do good teachers transform into great ones? This blog post refers to a study from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, which surveyed more than 300 top teachers, to advise state education agencies about how to enhance teacher development.
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Report

Great to Influential: Teacher Leaders’ Roles in Supporting Instruction

For years, education leaders have sought to pinpoint how teachers become effective in order to better leverage teachers’ impact on student learning and improve student outcomes. This report describes the characteristics of teacher leaders, the roles teacher leaders take in improving teacher practice, and the supports and barriers to teacher leadership, concluding with specific policy recommendations for supporting teacher leadership in state and local contexts.
Topic: 
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Further Reading

  • Great to Influential: Teacher Leaders’ Roles in Supporting Instruction
  • First Survey of Teachers of the Year Stresses Role of Peer Support
  • Client Services: Teacher Leadership and Career Pathways
  • Teacher Leaders: Many Titles, Big Impacts
  • Supporting Teachers as They Grow From Good to Great
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