Developing Highly Qualified Teachers: A Handbook for School Leaders [Paperback]

This handbook clearly explains the concept of highly qualified teachers as described by No Child Left Behind, and discusses how to recruit, develop, and retain such teachers.

This handbook clearly explains the concept of highly qualified teachers as described by No Child Left Behind, and discusses how to recruit, develop, and retain such teachers.

If you want to attract, reward, develop, and retain a highly qualified, cohesive faculty, this is the text for you. The authors provide administrators with a workable blueprint for faculty development. Aware of the need for differentiation, this text provides guidelines for developing new teachers, methods to work with marginal teachers, and a process for challenging highly qualified staff members. Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. The Foundations
1. Understanding and Owning the Concept of Highly Qualified Teachers
Understanding the Concept of Highly Qualified Teachers
Owning the Concept of the Highly Qualified Teacher
Using Guidelines for Leadership
A Final Note
2. Recruiting Highly Qualified Teachers
Understanding the Need for Recruitment
Using General Strategies
Using Strategies That Respond to System Needs
Recruiting Graduates From Alternative Programs
Expanding the Sources
A Final Note
3. Selecting Highly Qualified Teachers
Strategies to Use in the Preliminary Stage
Strategies to Use in the Middle Stage
Strategies to Use in the End Stage
Appendix: Overview of Employment Law
Part II. The General Strategies
4. Designing Your Own Model of Faculty Development
How Differentiated Supervision Works
Evaluation of the Differentiated System