Teachers and Teaching Policy

1 Course Unit

As teachers are the largest determining factor to a student's success in school, school districts set goals that all students have access to an effective teacher. This course will examine the local, state, and federal policies that can impact and/or support this goal. The course will review policies as seen through the life cycle of a teacher (recruitment through retention and retirement), including policies such as certification, evaluation, and tenure, as well as issues that impact retention such as compensation and work rules. Taught by a former district administrator who has worked on these issues directly with multiple large urban school districts, this course places teacher policy at the intersection of research and practice, using a policy lens. Fall or Spring 1 Course Unit