Teachers Matter Attracting Developing And Retaining Effective1 Teachers Matter: Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers Paulo Santiago Education and Training Policy Division Directorate for Education, OECD
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Text Previews (text result may be not accurate) Focus is on teacher policy, not the practice and performance level
Study did not address teaching/classroom strategies
per se
Comm.), Canada (Quebec), Chile, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel,
Developing teachers’ knowledge and skills
Largest source of variation in student learning is attributable
differences in what students bring to school
– their abilities
Of those variables which are potentially open to policy
teachers and teaching
are the
It is difficult to predict who is going to be a good teacher
measurable characteristics
of
• Ability to convey ideas in clear and convincing ways;
• To create effective learning environments for different types of
• to foster productive teacher-student relationships;
• to be enthusiastic and creative;
• to work effectively with colleagues and parents.
composition of the teaching workforce e.g. fewer “high achievers”,
Almost all countries report concerns about “qualitative” shortfalls:
• Initiating and managing learning processes;
• Responding effectively to the learning needs of individual learners;
• Integrating formative and summative assessment.
• Teaching in multicultural classrooms;
• New cross-curricular emphases;
• Integrating students with special needs.
• Working and planning in teams;
• Evaluation and systematic improvement planning;
• ICT use in teaching and administration;
priorities: Developing teachers
priorities: Developing teachers
Provide incentives for lifelong learning of all
teachers
priorities: Developing teachers
priorities: Developing teachers
Schools need to have more responsibility – and accountability –
Developing school leaders’ skills in personnel management;
Opportunity for teachers’ work to be recognised and celebrated and help
career ladder
based on skills,
Other relevant policy priorities
Teachers should be
, and take
The
research and data base
at national and
Essential to successful policy implementation
to engage all
. Teachers need a sense of “ownership”