Resources Filtered by: Human Capital + Resource Center

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Evaluating Charter School Principals

Originally produced by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality with support from the U.S. Department of Education, this toolkit has been updated and tailored for the charter school sector in November 2011 by the National Charter School Resource Center. The toolkit includes a scenario, tips and cautions for implementing a principal evaluation system, and several research-based strategies.

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Using Performance-Based Value-Added Models to Identify and Support High-Quality Teachers in Charter School Contexts

This toolkit, originally written by Jane Coggshall, Ph.D., Jeffrey Max, and Katherine Bassett for the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, was updated by Jenni Fetters of the American Institutes for Research in November 2011 specifically for the National Charter School Resource Center.

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Enhancing Teacher Leadership in Charter Schools

Originally produced by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, this toolkit of resources for developing teacher leadership has been updated as of November 2011 and adapted specifically for charter schools. The document has tips and tools for implementing a teacher leadership program in a charter school and includes a scenario, research-based strategies for developing teacher leadership, and a list of specific resources for each strategy.

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Developing Education Talent: A Citywide Approach

In May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full-day conference to explore emerging city-based movements that embrace high-quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies. To continue the discussions from that day, Public Impact authored a series of white papers that take a deeper look into three of the topics raised at the conference—city-based funding strategies, building a robust pipeline of talented teachers and leaders, and innovation in incubating new charter schools.

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Incubating High-Quality Charter Schools: Innovations in City-Based Organizations

In May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full-day conference to explore emerging city-based movements that embrace high-quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

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Recruiting Teachers for Urban and Rural Charter Schools

This National Charter School Resource Center toolkit provides a range of strategies, tips, cautions, and real-life examples to guide effective recruitment of teachers to urban and rural charter schools. Links to additional resources on this topic are embedded throughout the document.

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Teacher Hiring and Assignment Practices in Charter Schools

This toolkit from the National Charter School Resource Center was originally a publication of the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, and was updated specifically for the charter school community. Teacher Hiring and Assignment Practices in Charter Schools includes a scenario all too common to charter school leaders, a list of research-based tips and tools to address hiring and assigning teachers, and detailed explanations of several strategies supported by the literature.

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Recruiting STEM Teachers for Charter Schools

This National Charter School Resource Center toolkit provides a range of strategies, tips, cautions, and real-life examples to guide effective recruitment of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers for charter schools. Links to additional resources on this topic are embedded throughout the document.