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Leandro Action Plan:
Teachers & Leaders
Update for Governor Cooper’s Commission on Access to Sound
Basic Education
January 23, 2020 • Glenn Kleiman, NCSU Friday Institute
How are WestEd Action Plan and
the Commission recommendations
aligned? How do they differ?
A Qualified and Well-Prepared
Teacher in Every Classroom
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4
Increase the pipeline of well-prepared teachers who meet the needs of
the state’s public schools, while increasing the racial-ethnic diversity of
the teacher workforce.
Alignment
Strengthen the capacity of NC public and
private TPPs and increase number of newly
prepared teachers to 5,000 per year.
Diversify the teacher workforce to better
match the diversity of NC’s student
population.
Differences
Commission: Recommends grants to IHEs to
and IHE-LEA partnerships to improve TPPs
and attract students to teaching.
WestEd: Specific recommendations about
funding for minority-serving institutions;
teacher residency programs; specific content
and data requirements for TPPs; clinical
training; support for LEAs to develop diverse
workforces; and increased mentoring and PD
for teachers who are not yet fully licensed.
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5
Expand the North CarolinaTeaching Fellows Program.
Alignment
Increase funding from current 200 to at
least 1,000 within 3-4 years, while
keeping the program prestigious.
Increase the number of eligible TPPs
from the current five to include programs
in all regions and to include minority-
serving universities.
Differences
Commission: Expand TF program to include all
areas of certification; ensure payback period is
not more than 1 year of teaching for each
scholarship year; and provide a statewide
network and supplemental programming for all
TFs.
WestEd: Reinstate additional leadership
training on areas such as culturally responsive
teaching; provide shorter pay-back period for
all teachers in high poverty schools; recruit
more candidates of color.
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6
Provide funding to support “Grow-Your-Own” and “2+2” community
college/university programs to help recruit teachers for high-poverty
communities.
Alignment
State grant program to incentivize and support
grow-your-own and 2+2 programs.
Differences
Commission: Recommends five-year grants
with required external evaluations.
WestEd: Recommends increased efforts to
attract high school students to these program
through career academies and access to
college education courses. Also support TAs to
become teachers.
6
7
Increase teacher compensation.
Alignment
Increase teacher salaries to make them
competitive with other states and with other
career options that require similar levels of
preparation, certification, and experience.
Differences
Commission: Conduct an NC-specific wage
comparability study to determine how to match
salaries of other college graduates. Also
increase compensation for teachers who
obtain advance credentials that are correlated
with more effective teaching, such as National
Board Certification and master’s degrees in the
content area taught.
7
8
Enable low-wealth districts and high poverty schools to offer salaries,
benefits, and incentives that will make them competitive with more
advantaged districts.
Alignment
Increase funding allotments to low-wealth
districts to enable them to offer competitive
teacher salary supplements.
Differences
Commission: Specific recommendations for
state-provided bonus amounts depending on
county wealth level.
WestEd: Adds that compensation should be
consider broadly to include benefits such as
subsidized house, loan repayment, childcare,
PD supports, and recruitment and retention
bonuses.
8
9
Expand the NewTeacher Support Program.
Alignment
Expand the program to serve more novice
teachers.
Differences
Commission: Expand to include all novice
teacher in low wealth districts and high poverty
schools, with state funding provided on a
sliding scale depending on LEA resources
WestEd: Expand first to all 1st-year teachers
and then, within 5 years, to all novice teachers.
Provide novice teachers with reduced teaching
loads and time to collaborate with peers.
Recruit NBPTS and other highly qualified
teachers as mentors and provide them with
time and compensation for the role.
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10
Ensure that all teachers have opportunities for continued professional
learning (PL).
Alignment
Provide all teachers with access to high-
quality programs that meets their individual
professional growth needs.
Provide teachers with paid time to participate
in professional learning during non-class
times.
Differences
Commission: Provide adequate funding to
each LEA to provide relevant, integrated PL for
their teachers.
WestEd: Create statewide system that
implements the Learning Forward PL
Standards to ensure all teachers have high
quality, personalized PL opportunities. Expand
role of PEPSC to guide this system. Provide
funding to IHE-LEA partnerships to provide PL
on-site and virtually, with targeted grants for
low-wealth districts.
10
11
Invest in addressing working conditions that affect teacher retention
and effectiveness.
Alignment
Provide the positive working conditions that are
essential for teacher recruitment, retention,
professional growth, and effectiveness by:
addressing principal preparation; providing
adequate teaching and support staff; providing
professional learning, collaboration and
leadership opportunities; implementing
assessment systems that contribute to teaching
and learning; and providing social, emotional
and health supports for students so teachers
can focus on instruction.
Differences
11
12
Implement differentiated staffing models and career pathways that
include advanced teaching roles and additional compensation to retain
and extend the reach of high-performing teachers.
Alignment
Provide state grants for schools and districts
to implement differentiate staffing models that
include advanced teaching roles.
Provide ongoing evaluation to understand the
impact on students and teachers and to
support continuous improvement of these
staffing models.
Differences
Commission: Provide class size flexibility and
other waivers as necessary to implement
programs; provide ongoing funding to low-
wealth districts for sustained implementation;
support cross-district collaborations; support
teacher and principal leadership development
programs.
WestEd: Expand funding for current pilot
programs and use Title I and II funds to
support advanced teaching roles models.
Leverage expertise of NBPTS teachers.
12
13
Create an organizational structure to guide the work to recruit,
prepare, retain and support teachers to strengthen the teaching
workforce.
Alignment
An organizational structure is required to
guide and coordinate statewide efforts to
strengthen the teacher workforce.
Differences
Commission: A proposal process to select or
create a separate statewide entity charged with
strengthening and diversifying the teaching
workforce. Specific responsibilities are
provided in the report.
WestEd: Expand the role of the PEPSC to
include coordinate the statewide efforts.
13
A Qualified and Well-Prepared
Principal in Every School
14
15
Align principal preparation standards to the national standards.
Alignment
Align the school administrator preparation
standards with the National Education
Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standards
from the National Policy Board for Educational
Administration and ensure that all programs
meet these standards.
Differences
15
16
Provide internships and mentoring to new school administrators.
Alignment
Require that PPPs provide every student with
a paid full-time, year-long internship that
includes mentoring from experienced
principals and authentic opportunities to
engage in leadership work and connect theory
to practice.
Differences
16
17
Require essential areas of expertise be included in principals’
preparation programs.
Alignment
Requires that school administrators’
preparation and professional development
programs prepare candidates to address:
continuous school improvement; teacher
retention and support; roles of specialized
instructional support personnel (SISP);
instructional leadership and the use of well-
designed curriculum; creating a welcoming,
safe, and supportive environment for all
students; social-emotional needs of students;
and community engagement.
Differences
Commission: Also includes as essential topics
early brain development and practices to
support early childhood learning as essential
topics.
WestEd: Also includes as an essential topic
supporting students’ development across Pre-
K through high school. In addition, is specific
that instructional leadership requires expertise
in personalized, culturally responsive,
technology-enhance, data-informed, and
competency-based learning approaches.
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18
ExpandTP3 and Principal Fellows preparation programs.
Alignment
Expand TP3 and Principal Fellows to 300 new
principals each year.
Recruit diverse candidates that are more
representative of the students served,
Every LEA should have a partnership with at
least one PPP that meets the NELP standards
and provides full-time, year-long internships.
Differences
WestEd: Provides more specifics about the
need to prepare principals to serve as
transformation leaders in low-performing, high-
poverty schools in both rural and urban
communities.
18
19
Expand professional learning opportunities for current school and
district administrators.
Alignment
Provide funding to expand development
opportunities for district and school
administrators, supporting both the expansion
of existing programs, such as those offered by
NCPAPA, and the creation of new programs.
Create a formal statewide mentorship
program for beginning assistant principals and
principals; this program would provide
opportunities for veteran and retired principals
to coach beginning school administrators.
Differences
WestEd: Apply at least some of the optional
3% set-aside allowed under ESSA Title II to
provide professional development to school
and district leaders, as is being done in other
states.
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20
Revise salary schedules, incentives and working conditions.
Alignment
Revise the school administrator salary
structure to make these positions, especially
those in high-need schools, more attractive to
qualified educators.
Afford principals greater autonomy to make
resource decisions to address the needs of
their schools.
Differences
Commission: Revise the AP allotment formula
to increase the number of positions and
provide more flexibility in the use of the funds
to build school leadership capacity.
WestEd: Ensure APs and principals receive
higher salaries than they would as teachers;
provide incentives to lead high-need schools;
broaden the indicators used to assess school
progress; improve school leader working
conditions; and provide funding for SISP to
address students’ needs.
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WestEd Leandro Report: Teachers and School Leaders

  • 1. Leandro Action Plan: Teachers & Leaders Update for Governor Cooper’s Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education January 23, 2020 • Glenn Kleiman, NCSU Friday Institute
  • 2. How are WestEd Action Plan and the Commission recommendations aligned? How do they differ?
  • 3. A Qualified and Well-Prepared Teacher in Every Classroom 3
  • 4. 4 Increase the pipeline of well-prepared teachers who meet the needs of the state’s public schools, while increasing the racial-ethnic diversity of the teacher workforce. Alignment Strengthen the capacity of NC public and private TPPs and increase number of newly prepared teachers to 5,000 per year. Diversify the teacher workforce to better match the diversity of NC’s student population. Differences Commission: Recommends grants to IHEs to and IHE-LEA partnerships to improve TPPs and attract students to teaching. WestEd: Specific recommendations about funding for minority-serving institutions; teacher residency programs; specific content and data requirements for TPPs; clinical training; support for LEAs to develop diverse workforces; and increased mentoring and PD for teachers who are not yet fully licensed. 4
  • 5. 5 Expand the North CarolinaTeaching Fellows Program. Alignment Increase funding from current 200 to at least 1,000 within 3-4 years, while keeping the program prestigious. Increase the number of eligible TPPs from the current five to include programs in all regions and to include minority- serving universities. Differences Commission: Expand TF program to include all areas of certification; ensure payback period is not more than 1 year of teaching for each scholarship year; and provide a statewide network and supplemental programming for all TFs. WestEd: Reinstate additional leadership training on areas such as culturally responsive teaching; provide shorter pay-back period for all teachers in high poverty schools; recruit more candidates of color. 5
  • 6. 6 Provide funding to support “Grow-Your-Own” and “2+2” community college/university programs to help recruit teachers for high-poverty communities. Alignment State grant program to incentivize and support grow-your-own and 2+2 programs. Differences Commission: Recommends five-year grants with required external evaluations. WestEd: Recommends increased efforts to attract high school students to these program through career academies and access to college education courses. Also support TAs to become teachers. 6
  • 7. 7 Increase teacher compensation. Alignment Increase teacher salaries to make them competitive with other states and with other career options that require similar levels of preparation, certification, and experience. Differences Commission: Conduct an NC-specific wage comparability study to determine how to match salaries of other college graduates. Also increase compensation for teachers who obtain advance credentials that are correlated with more effective teaching, such as National Board Certification and master’s degrees in the content area taught. 7
  • 8. 8 Enable low-wealth districts and high poverty schools to offer salaries, benefits, and incentives that will make them competitive with more advantaged districts. Alignment Increase funding allotments to low-wealth districts to enable them to offer competitive teacher salary supplements. Differences Commission: Specific recommendations for state-provided bonus amounts depending on county wealth level. WestEd: Adds that compensation should be consider broadly to include benefits such as subsidized house, loan repayment, childcare, PD supports, and recruitment and retention bonuses. 8
  • 9. 9 Expand the NewTeacher Support Program. Alignment Expand the program to serve more novice teachers. Differences Commission: Expand to include all novice teacher in low wealth districts and high poverty schools, with state funding provided on a sliding scale depending on LEA resources WestEd: Expand first to all 1st-year teachers and then, within 5 years, to all novice teachers. Provide novice teachers with reduced teaching loads and time to collaborate with peers. Recruit NBPTS and other highly qualified teachers as mentors and provide them with time and compensation for the role. 9
  • 10. 10 Ensure that all teachers have opportunities for continued professional learning (PL). Alignment Provide all teachers with access to high- quality programs that meets their individual professional growth needs. Provide teachers with paid time to participate in professional learning during non-class times. Differences Commission: Provide adequate funding to each LEA to provide relevant, integrated PL for their teachers. WestEd: Create statewide system that implements the Learning Forward PL Standards to ensure all teachers have high quality, personalized PL opportunities. Expand role of PEPSC to guide this system. Provide funding to IHE-LEA partnerships to provide PL on-site and virtually, with targeted grants for low-wealth districts. 10
  • 11. 11 Invest in addressing working conditions that affect teacher retention and effectiveness. Alignment Provide the positive working conditions that are essential for teacher recruitment, retention, professional growth, and effectiveness by: addressing principal preparation; providing adequate teaching and support staff; providing professional learning, collaboration and leadership opportunities; implementing assessment systems that contribute to teaching and learning; and providing social, emotional and health supports for students so teachers can focus on instruction. Differences 11
  • 12. 12 Implement differentiated staffing models and career pathways that include advanced teaching roles and additional compensation to retain and extend the reach of high-performing teachers. Alignment Provide state grants for schools and districts to implement differentiate staffing models that include advanced teaching roles. Provide ongoing evaluation to understand the impact on students and teachers and to support continuous improvement of these staffing models. Differences Commission: Provide class size flexibility and other waivers as necessary to implement programs; provide ongoing funding to low- wealth districts for sustained implementation; support cross-district collaborations; support teacher and principal leadership development programs. WestEd: Expand funding for current pilot programs and use Title I and II funds to support advanced teaching roles models. Leverage expertise of NBPTS teachers. 12
  • 13. 13 Create an organizational structure to guide the work to recruit, prepare, retain and support teachers to strengthen the teaching workforce. Alignment An organizational structure is required to guide and coordinate statewide efforts to strengthen the teacher workforce. Differences Commission: A proposal process to select or create a separate statewide entity charged with strengthening and diversifying the teaching workforce. Specific responsibilities are provided in the report. WestEd: Expand the role of the PEPSC to include coordinate the statewide efforts. 13
  • 14. A Qualified and Well-Prepared Principal in Every School 14
  • 15. 15 Align principal preparation standards to the national standards. Alignment Align the school administrator preparation standards with the National Education Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standards from the National Policy Board for Educational Administration and ensure that all programs meet these standards. Differences 15
  • 16. 16 Provide internships and mentoring to new school administrators. Alignment Require that PPPs provide every student with a paid full-time, year-long internship that includes mentoring from experienced principals and authentic opportunities to engage in leadership work and connect theory to practice. Differences 16
  • 17. 17 Require essential areas of expertise be included in principals’ preparation programs. Alignment Requires that school administrators’ preparation and professional development programs prepare candidates to address: continuous school improvement; teacher retention and support; roles of specialized instructional support personnel (SISP); instructional leadership and the use of well- designed curriculum; creating a welcoming, safe, and supportive environment for all students; social-emotional needs of students; and community engagement. Differences Commission: Also includes as essential topics early brain development and practices to support early childhood learning as essential topics. WestEd: Also includes as an essential topic supporting students’ development across Pre- K through high school. In addition, is specific that instructional leadership requires expertise in personalized, culturally responsive, technology-enhance, data-informed, and competency-based learning approaches. 17
  • 18. 18 ExpandTP3 and Principal Fellows preparation programs. Alignment Expand TP3 and Principal Fellows to 300 new principals each year. Recruit diverse candidates that are more representative of the students served, Every LEA should have a partnership with at least one PPP that meets the NELP standards and provides full-time, year-long internships. Differences WestEd: Provides more specifics about the need to prepare principals to serve as transformation leaders in low-performing, high- poverty schools in both rural and urban communities. 18
  • 19. 19 Expand professional learning opportunities for current school and district administrators. Alignment Provide funding to expand development opportunities for district and school administrators, supporting both the expansion of existing programs, such as those offered by NCPAPA, and the creation of new programs. Create a formal statewide mentorship program for beginning assistant principals and principals; this program would provide opportunities for veteran and retired principals to coach beginning school administrators. Differences WestEd: Apply at least some of the optional 3% set-aside allowed under ESSA Title II to provide professional development to school and district leaders, as is being done in other states. 19
  • 20. 20 Revise salary schedules, incentives and working conditions. Alignment Revise the school administrator salary structure to make these positions, especially those in high-need schools, more attractive to qualified educators. Afford principals greater autonomy to make resource decisions to address the needs of their schools. Differences Commission: Revise the AP allotment formula to increase the number of positions and provide more flexibility in the use of the funds to build school leadership capacity. WestEd: Ensure APs and principals receive higher salaries than they would as teachers; provide incentives to lead high-need schools; broaden the indicators used to assess school progress; improve school leader working conditions; and provide funding for SISP to address students’ needs. 20