[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Teacher study

[Lesley Farmer]

Teachers Seen as Making Difference in World's Top SchoolsThe world’s
top-performing school systems and those coming up fast have a lesson to
teach the others: Put high-quality teaching for every child at the
heart of school improvement. School system success hinges on getting
the right people to become teachers, helping them learn to teach, and
crafting a system that ensures every child will get access to the
teaching he needs. Neither resources nor ambitious reforms have been
the answer to the need for school improvement. Top-performing systems
are typically both restrictive and selective about who is able to train
as a teacher, recruiting their teachers from the top third of each
group leaving secondary school. Teachers are offered good starting
compensation, usually on a par with other college graduates, but the
status of the profession is at least equally important in maintaining
quality. Once the right people are secured, the top-performing systems
help them become first-class teachers by enabling them to learn from
each other, widespread coaching of their practice in the classroom, and
developing strong school leaders skilled in instruction. Some
high-performing systems, the report notes, focus greatly expanded
resources on teachers’ first year. Barber, M., & Mourshed, M.(2007).
How the world's best-performing school systems come out on top. New
York:
McKinsey.http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/socialsector/resources/pdf/Worlds_School_Systems_Final.pdf

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