A4L Article Discussion by Yetunde Akinola

Senority & Tenure

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:40:29 UTC

Rehiring teachers who don't meet standards.

Capacity Building

mwylen — 2024-05-07 17:40:30 UTC

Mostly supported capacity building for instructional change.

Rebuttal (4)

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:41:39 UTC

There needs to be a systematic change rather than blaming teachers but ensuring that all parties are being held accountable.

Resources

mwylen — 2024-05-07 17:41:50 UTC

A lot of resources but the expectations to change overnight are unrealistic. Are they making good use of the resources? Are they aligned to a long term comprehensive strategy?

Teacher Shortages (4)

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:42:53 UTC

It's a hard job to do. There's a cycle of not enough people and those that are there aren't doing the actual work but they are in stressed schools and the demand is high. It needs to be a system level responsibility

Lack of Knowledge

mwylen — 2024-05-07 17:43:21 UTC

They don't know what is available or how to access what they need.

Incentives

ecrane15 — 2024-05-07 17:43:42 UTC

The $ incentives are to leave the classroom (for quality teachers or those who are ambitious to make change).

"I googled search..." (4)

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:44:09 UTC

At the basic level, school leaders shouldn't be in a position where they have to google things for their school improvement plans.

Misunderstanding of how to use research or evidence base.

mwylen — 2024-05-07 17:44:52 UTC

PD (4)

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:44:59 UTC

Some staff are in duplicate roles. They don't get the training or support to lead.

Dollars and morale

ecrane15 — 2024-05-07 17:46:19 UTC

Principals and policy makers need to make schools places where students and teachers want to be. It's not that hard.

Accountability Measures (4)

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:46:30 UTC

What is in place to hold the schools accountable?

Inequitable Funding Formulas

bhember — 2024-05-07 17:48:22 UTC

Building out reciprocal accountability

ecrane15 — 2024-05-07 17:48:52 UTC

For every indicator for which a school is held accountable, the system needs to be held accountable for providing the means, training, resources, and supports for schools' success.

Build alignment between state and local agencies

2024-05-07 17:49:26 UTC

How can we help build coordination between states, districts, and schools?

Funding (4)

professordocye — 2024-05-07 17:50:52 UTC

School funding policy

2024-05-07 18:02:53 UTC

States often have funding formulas memorialized in statute that grants little flexibility in how schools are funded. Even if a state wants to fund struggling schools at a higher level, it is often hard to deviate from these formulas to get the money where it is most needed.

+1 ⬆️

2024-05-07 18:04:07 UTC

+1 ⬆️

2024-05-07 18:05:49 UTC

How can SEAs, LEAs, and organizations like WestEd help develop supports that are actually useful for school leaders (especially considering the contexts in which they operate - overstretched, etc.)

Shifted and elevated role of states being in the drivers seat on policy making verses the feds

rsalley2 — 2024-05-07 18:19:55 UTC