Assignment 7 teacher workforce (state of mississippi)after revi

1. Assignment 7: Teacher Workforce (State of Mississippi)
After reviewing the provided course topic material the
candidate will discussing the following questions with support
from 5 scholarly references.
It will be organized as follows with the subtitles and content
description provided:
Title Page
Introduction:
This brief section will be an overview of the topic
Teacher Performance:
This section will discuss
how your district evaluates teacher performance and how do
those evaluations affect their salaries and tenure possibilities?
How are teachers who don’t teach subjects included in your
state’s standardized tests evaluated?
Teacher Training Programs:
This section will discuss
if your district works with alternative teacher training programs
as for example, Teach for America? If so, what schools are
those teachers assigned to, how does their performance compare
to teachers with traditional backgrounds, and how long do the
teachers with alternative certification stay with the district?
University Support:
This section will discuss
how many of the teachers in your district are graduates of the

2. education departments of the colleges and universities in your
region? How do principals and other administrators in your
district regard the education departments of those universities?
Are these university education departments changing their
admission criteria or any other aspect of their programs?
Teacher Turnover:
This section will discuss that although budget cuts due to the
economic crisis have limited school district’s ability to hire in
recent years, teacher turnover does continue to be a persistent
issue. What the average age of teachers in your district, how
many are likely to retire in the next few years, and on average
how many teachers does your district hire per year?
Teacher Unions:
This section will discuss
how the relationships are between the school districts in your
area and the teacher’s unions for your district? On which
policies do they disagree or agree?
Conclusion
References: 5 scholarly references minimum