Teaching Conditions Toolkit: Using Data to Drive Teacher Retention
Transform Teaching Conditions Using Data
The Teaching Conditions Toolkit assists states and districts in understanding what teaching conditions are and how improving key aspects of teaching conditions can raise teacher retention rates, strengthen positive school culture, and create a more positive teaching and learning environment. The 5-part toolkit includes the following modules:
- Module 1: Understanding Teaching Conditions: An Overview
- Module 2: Collaborative Data Interpretation
- Module 3: Stakeholder Engagement
- Module 4: Root Cause Analysis and Action Planning
- Module 5: Monitoring
The GTL Center team offers customized services and supports for states and districts interested in facilitating all of the modules included in the Teaching Conditions Toolkit. For support with facilitation or access to modules 2-5, please contact us at gtlcenter@air.org.
Explore Module 1: Understanding Teaching Conditions
Module 1 contains materials to implement a work session that builds the knowledge and capacity of leaders and staff members from regional comprehensive centers (RCCs), state education agencies (SEAs), and local education agencies on how to use teaching conditions data to improve working conditions to recruit and retain educators. Module 1 includes a facilitator's guide, a slide presentation, and four supporting handouts.
- Facilitator's Guide
- Slide Presentation
- Handout 1: What Are Working Conditions
- Handout 2: Teaching and Learning Conditions
- Handout 3: Teaching Conditions Reflection
- Handout 4: Teaching Conditions Indicators-Abbreviated Rubric
