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The
Education Workforce Shortage
(631k  )
- OSBA's Winter 2001 edition of Critical
Issues explores how Oregon fits into the national picture,
our unique challenges and what we're doing to "get and keep
the keepers" we need in our classes and in the principal's
office. (Requires Adobe
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 Is
the National Crisis A Reality in Our Schools? |
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The
3 Rs Take on New Meaning |
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Vacancies
in the Principals Office |
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What's
On the Table? Are Higher Salaries Really the Answer? |
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Human Resource
Director Survey Results
- Summary of
OSBA’s February 2001 e-mail survey of human resource directors
on the recruiting and retention challenges they face. |
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Regional
Resources |
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Growing
Great Teachers
- Summer 2000 edition of Northwest
Education published by the Northwest
Regional Educational Laboratory. |
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National
Resources |
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The
Truth Behind the Teacher Shortage
- article noting national statistics published in the Wall
Street Journal on Jan. 28, 1998. |
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A
Sense of Calling: Who Teaches and Why
- Learn what motivates teachers in this report by the Public
Agenda, a national public opinion firm. |
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Lawmakers
Plunge Into Teacher Pay
- Feb. 21, 2001, Education Week
story. Also read related teacher shortage stories in Education
Week from this link. |
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Finding
the Principal Within
- from the July 25, 2000 Christian
Science Monitor. |
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Nation’s
Schools Struggling to Find Enough Principals
- from the New York Times. (free registration required) |
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Teachers
say: Pay us more money and respect
- from CNN news service, May 9, 2000. |
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School
Reform, TURN and Teacher Compensation
- from the January 2000 Phi
Delta Kappan Magazine |
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Other
Organizations |
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Teacher
Standards and Practices Commission
(TSPC) - Issues teaching certificates, establishes rules for
teacher and administrator certification, takes appropriate
disciplinary action against educators and districts found to be in
violation of Oregon statutes or performance standards. |
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Oregon
Education Association
(OEA) - Statewide union that represents the majority of teachers,
community college instructors and education support personnel in
Oregon. An affiliate of the National
Education Association (NEA). |
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Mentor
Advocacy Partnership
(MAP) - The
Mentor Advocacy Partnership is a coalition of Oregon educational
organizations supporting the use of mentors as part of a teacher
induction program. |
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National
Commission on Teaching and America’s Future -
A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing every child with competent, caring, qualified teachers in schools organized for success. |
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American
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- Provides services to help schools, colleges, and departments of
education effectively prepare teachers. |
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