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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 and a set of papers on teacher compensation.

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Allan Odden Offers Insights on How to “Fast-Track Rising Teacher Stars”

Posted on June 10th, 2009 by arodden

In this op-ed in Education Week, Allan Odden, SMHC Co-Director, offers insights on innovative ways to manage teacher-salary structures. SMHC advocates that schools and teachers be strategically managed around measures of student performance and measures of teaching performance. Odden argues that from adequate measures of teachers’ performance in the classroom, we can implement pay schedules that both reward excellent performance and increase teachers’ skills.