The RESPECT Project Transforming Teaching and Leading
What RESPECT means to us
A Vision to Transform Teaching to
How we got here o Recognizing the challenge ahead of us (preparing students)
Percentage of Adults Age 25-34 with Postsecondary Education (Associate Degree or Higher in U.S. per 2009 Current Popula<on Survey, U.S. Census Bureau) 70 63 60 56 56 55 50 48 47 47 45 45 45 44 43 43 42 42 40 41 40 40 39 38 37 36 35 35 30 30 29 26 25 23 21 21 20 20 20 20 10 17 12 0 Korea Canada Japan Russian Ireland Norway New Zealand Luxembourg United Kingdom Australia Denmark France Israel Belgium Sweden United States Netherlands SwiYerland Finland Spain Estonia Iceland Poland Chile Slovenia Greece Germany Hungary Portugal Austria Slovak Republic Czech Republic Mexico Italy Turkey Brazil OECD Educa<on at a Glance 2011 Table A1.3a Popula/on with ter/ary educa/on (2009)
US students in a global economy 1 Korea 2 Finland 3 Canada 4 New Zealand 5 Japan 6 Australia 7 Netherlands 8 Belgium 9 Norway 10 Estonia 11 Switzerland 12 Poland 13 Iceland Reading 14 United States 15 Sweden 16 Germany 17 Ireland 18 France 19 Denmark 20 United Kingdom 21 Hungary 22 Portugal 23 Italy 24 Slovenia 25 Greece 26 Spain 27 Czech Republic 28 Slovak Republic 29 Israel 30 Luxembourg 31 Austria 32 Turkey 33 Chile 34 Mexico 1 Korea 2 Finland 3 Switzerland 4 Japan 5 Canada 6 Netherlands 7 New Zealand 8 Belgium 9 Australia 10 Germany 11 Estonia 12 Iceland 13 Denmark 14 Slovenia 15 Norway 16 France 17 Slovak Republic 18 Austria 19 Poland 20 Sweden 21 Czech Republic 22 United Kingdom 23 Hungary 24 Luxembourg Math 25 United States 26 Ireland 27 Portugal 28 Spain 29 Italy 30 Greece 31 Israel 32 Turkey 33 Chile 34 Mexico 1 Finland 2 Japan 3 Korea 4 New Zealand 5 Canada 6 Estonia 7 Australia 8 Netherlands 9 Germany 10 Switzerland 11 United Kingdom 12 Slovenia 13 Poland 14 Ireland 15 Belgium 16 Hungary Science 17 United States 18 Czech Republic 19 Norway 20 Denmark 21 France 22 Iceland 23 Sweden 24 Austria 25 Portugal 26 Slovak Republic 27 Italy 28 Spain 29 Luxembourg 30 Greece 31 Israel 32 Turkey 33 Chile 34 Mexico
Racial Gaps 1 Korea 2 Finland 3 Canada 4 New Zealand 5 Japan 6 Australia 7 Netherlands 8 Belgium 9 Norway 10 Estonia 11 Switzerland 12 Poland 13 Iceland 14 United States 15 Sweden 16 Germany 17 Ireland 18 France 19 Denmark 20 United Kingdom 21 Hungary 22 Portugal 23 Italy 24 Slovenia 25 Greece 26 Spain 27 Czech Republic 28 Slovak Republic 29 Israel 30 Luxembourg 31 Austria 32 Turkey 33 Chile 34 Mexico U.S. white students. 29 countries U.S. Hispanic students. U.S. black students.
Income Gaps 1 Korea 2 Finland 3 Canada 4 New Zealand 5 Japan 6 Australia 7 Netherlands 8 Belgium 9 Norway 10 Estonia 11 Switzerland 12 Poland 13 Iceland 14 United States 15 Sweden 16 Germany 17 Ireland 18 France 19 Denmark 20 United Kingdom 21 Hungary 22 Portugal 23 Italy 24 Slovenia 25 Greece 26 Spain 27 Czech Republic 28 Slovak Republic 29 Israel 30 Luxembourg 31 Austria 32 Turkey 33 Chile 34 Mexico U.S. low-poverty schools. 31 countries U.S. high-poverty schools.
Recruitment: Bar for Entry 77% of teachers come from the bottom two-thirds of college students (86% in high-need schools). Nearly half come from the bottom third.
Advice from Top Nations: Recruit Talent Finland: Teachers are recruited from the top 20% of high school graduates. Singapore: Teachers are recruited from the top 30% of high school graduates. Canada: Teachers are recruited from the top 30% of high school graduates. South Korea: Primary school teachers are recruited from the top 5% of high school graduates. (South Korean teacher preparation programs are less selective in their recruitment of secondary school teachers.)
We were not prepared. - - U.S. Teachers 62% of new teachers say they graduated from their school of education unprepared for classroom realities. SOURCE: Arthur Levine, Educating School Teachers (Washington, DC: The Education Schools Project, 2006), 32. Primary data from the market research firm Synovate.
Prep Programs Lack Rigor Distribution of GPAs by Major Education Majors 12 Other Majors NOTE: data from the University of Missouri - Columbia SOURCE: Cory Koedel, Grading Standards in Education Departments at Universities, Education Policy Analysis Archives 19 (2011).
Teacher Evaluation: Everyone Passes Evaluation systems don t reflect differences in teacher effectiveness or give useful feedback to teachers and school leaders. Satisfactory 99%
Teacher Retention 7% 6% 5% 1987-1988 Mode: 15 years of experience. 7% 6% 5% 2007-2008 Mode: 1 year of experience. 4% 4% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 0% 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36
How we got to RESPECT o Recognizing the challenge ahead of us (preparing students) o Revisiting current policies/conversation about teacher evaluation o Emerging consensus: NEA CETT Report, NSTOYs forming, GATES teacher voice, International Summit, infusion of teaching reform groups. o Labor Management Conference: AFT, NEA, NSMBA, AASA, CCSO, Council of the Great City Schools, and Federal Mediation, and Conciliation Service
LMC Shared Vision o A culture of shared responsibility and leadership o Top talent, prepared for success o Continuous growth and professional development o Effective teachers and principals o A professional career continuum with competitive compensation o Conditions for successful teaching and learning o Engaged communities
How do we deliberately and systematically Recruit Select Prepare Develop Support Compensate Retain strong teachers & leaders?
RESPECT Roundtables Led by Teaching Ambassador Fellows 250+ groups, 3,500+ teachers (and principals) Contributed to continual revision of RESPECT Vision
What We Heard Teachers appreciated being asked and listened to. Teaching needs to be a respected profession. Points of agreement: higher pay, collaboration, career ladders, shared responsibility, meaningful evaluation, open classrooms, better teacher training, stronger principals, residency programs, paying teachers more for taking on tough assignments. Sticking points: low public perception of teachers, difficulty of reforming teacher prep, competition associated with merit pay, convincing the public to pay for anything new, fear that this is the next big thing.
Next Steps Publish RESPECT Blueprint Research, history, theory of action, vision, ED plans Align Existing Programs & Policies TIF, Title II, RTT, etc. Continue & Expand Discussions Implementation, multiple stakeholders
On the Horizon $5 billion competition teachers leading transformation