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This analysis explores the challenges facing the teaching profession and proposes actionable recommendations to elevate its status. Key strategies include implementing performance-based salary increases, creating a career ladder with differentiated rewards, and introducing incentives to attract high-caliber individuals into teaching. Additionally, emphasis is placed on continuous education for salary increments, local staff development programs, and merit pay systems. The document outlines the essential qualities of effective leaders who can inspire, engage, and drive improvement within educational contexts.
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C&S 563: Class #2 Leadership
Nation at Risk (1983): spiraling into mediocrity • Recommendations to improve teaching profession to make it more rewarding and respected: • Increased salaries based on performance • Differentiated rewards: career ladder • Incentives to attract outstanding students to the profession
A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (1986) • Lead teachers • Base salary increments on continuing ed: (Master’s plus) • Staff development: local programs • Research in teaching • Advanced teaching certification • Merit pay
10 Qualities of Good Leaders • Gross, S. (1998). Staying centered: Curriculum leadership in a turbulent era. VA: ASCD.
Experienced but still growing • Centered on students and family • Willing to experiment but not reckless • Highly engaged but not overwhelmed • Trusting but not naïve
Powerful but not overbearing • Visible but quiet • Dignified but informal • Demanding but understanding • Highly ambitious for their group, not for themselves