With the first major thrust of The Center for Better Schools in the area of Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention, we have produced several documents on the topic. 

What Teachers Want From a New Masters Program, Spring 2010

Results of an online survey and Focus Groups with classroom teachers conducted for The Center for Better Schools by the FDR Group (Excerpts From Full Final Report). 

Teacher Training University Executive Summary, Fall 2009

Summary of new approach to Advanced Teacher Training: Cost free advanced degree for high performing classroom teachers in return for years of service in high poverty classrooms – The West Point of Teacher Training. 

Teacher Training Concept Paper, Fall 2009

Detailed concept description for a new approach to Advanced Teacher Training: Cost free advanced degree for high performing classroom teachers in return for years of service in high poverty classrooms – The West Point of Teacher Training. 

Teacher Assessment and Compensation, Spring 2009

A primer and reference document on issues related to differential pay schemes and teacher assessment, originally prepared (pro bono) for the Portsmouth RI Public Schools.