Through a Task Force, this Web site, an Annual Conference, Case Studies and a National Reform Network, the SMHC action project will share and implement nationwide effective practices to recruit, train, retain and reward top teacher and school administrator talent. SMHC's core resources: The Odden/Kelly paper defining SMHC, a paper on talent management in the private sector, case studies on leading-edge SMHC practices (forthcoming) and a set of papers on teacher compensation.
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Those following the education reforms in Washington, DC will be interested in these end-of-year conversations on PBS’s special Leadership series between John Merrow and George Parker, the president of the Washington DC Federation of Teachers, and SMHC Co-Chair and Washington, DC Chancellor of Schools, Michelle Rhee.
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Guest post by Sir Michael Barber, SMHC Task Force Vice Chair; Partner, McKinsey & Company; and Former Chief Advisor on Delivery to British Prime Minister Tony Blair:
As a vice chair of the Task Force I hope to learn a lot and contribute to finding solutions. I also hope work I’ve been involved in over recent [...]
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A new report reflects deliberations of a group of about 40 national education policy leaders called together at Wingspread (Racine, WI) by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) on its 20th anniversary. The group was asked to look at both the progress and the future of the NBPTS in the context of the educational [...]
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Three SMHC Task Force members have been voted into higher positions in their national organizations. Dennis Van Roekel was elected President of the National Education Association at the recent NEA national convention in Washington, D.C., and at the American Federation of Teachers convention that just ended in Chicago, Antonia Cortese was elected as Secretary/ Treasurer and [...]
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Ed Lawler, SMHC Task Force member, and director of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, just published a book: Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage. He will be making a presentation on strategic talent management at the SMHC Task Force’s first meeting on July 21, 2008. His colleague [...]
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Charlie Rose’s interview Monday with SMHC Co-Chair and Washington, DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee shows how Rhee is trying to change the culture in that district to one of high performance and accountability, and is going all out to enhance teacher, principal and central office talent in the district. Rhee articulately argues that if a [...]
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Several districts responded with proposed plans for Utah’s new state supported program designed to get districts to create new ways to pay teachers based on performance. These events are additional evidence that efforts to alter how teachers are paid continue to move forward around the country.
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See Charlie Rose’s interviews with four teachers of the year, including SMHC Task Force members Kimberly Oliver and Jason Kamras, who is a special assistant to Washington, D.C. Chancellor and SMHC Vice-Chair Michelle Rhee. Listen to what these successful teachers say is required to be effective in classrooms, especially urban classrooms.
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Student test score’s just in for students in Washington, D.C. showed large gains across the board, providing empirical short-term support for the efficacy of the reforms the SMHC Co-Chair, Chancellor Michelle Rhee, has begun to implement in that district. Several principals attributed the results to initiatives the Chancellor suggested. Though there is more [...]
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Guest post from Sandra Chavez, Performance by Design:
The Beaufort County School District, South Carolina wanted seismic gains in student achievement and was determined understand the systemic factors that contribute or impede district and school success. As executive director for Organization Development in the Beaufort County School District, I worked in partnership with Dr. Laurie Bassi, [...]
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