Evelyn Gould, MS | 10/06/2011

The dramatic increase in the incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) among children and the current economic climate presents an increasing challenge to both families and schools. Budget cuts mean schools are faced with larger class sizes, decreased access to training and resources, and fewer staff at a time when they are seeing more children with autism in their classrooms. With states scrambling to save more money in coming months and years, the situation in education is set to worsen. Essentially, schools are finding themselves increasingly “on their own” when it comes to accessing the training and tools they need to provide an effec... Read More...

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Stephen Murphy | 08/09/2011

Camilla Benbow, Dean of Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development , talks about the role of the Education School in shaping the future of education. SEEN Magazine: Peabody College has been ranked #1 for graduate education for the third consecutive year. What do you think makes Peabody stand out among your peers? What makes the school unique? Dean Benbow: Relative to many of our peers, our small size means that our graduate and professional students benefit from strong mentoring relationships with faculty. And our faculty is among the best in the nation, with a history of national excellence in areas of specia... Read More...

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Katy Farber | 08/09/2011

How much time have you spent on interview committees? Time when you could have been grading papers, contacting parents, or preparing for your next class? If you have been teaching for more than a few years, you’ve undoubtedly sat in on countless interview committees. That’s because too many of your most talented colleagues have quit teaching — some suddenly — many for preventable reasons. It’s likely that many of them were outstanding teachers, and our schools spend tens of thousands of dollars hiring new ones, only to repeat this cycle in a few short years. It’s a waste of money, time, and resources (all which we know are increasingly scarce... Read More...

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Jeanne Harmon | 08/09/2011

Every day, moment by moment and decision by decision, thousands of teacher leaders nationwide are working to improve the quality of education. As they fill an ever-expanding array of roles — mentors and coaches, curriculum reformers, advocates, staff developers — their leadership development journeys are most often a process of trial and error. Teacher leadership is defined in many ways. It does not come with a user’s manual, and few teacher leaders receive specialized training and support for their new roles. Instead, they must learn how to guide changes in learning environments while negotiating a complex obstacle course of district politic... Read More...

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BARNETT BERRY | 08/09/2011

To dramatically improve America’s public schools, we must ensure that every student learns from an effective, well-prepared teacher in every classroom, every day. Read More...

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Anna L. Martin | 08/09/2011

In my seven years in the classroom, I have watched more than a third of my colleagues leave within their first three years of teaching. I have also seen highly qualified and motivated teachers move out of the classroom, due to a lack of professional growth opportunities. In today’s teaching profession, if you don’t leave the classroom for administration, your first day on the job may look pretty much the same as the day you retire. Our Bay Area New Millennium Initiative team members work in a range of traditional public and charter schools, and we’ve all seen this teacher “drop-out” syndrome. Read More...

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Stephen Murphy | 08/09/2011

SEEN Magazine interviewed Debbie Baldwin Pearson, Director of Sales for Kelly Educational Staffing (KES), Kelly Services. The Kelly Educational Staffing ® program was rolled out in 1997 in Gulfport, Miss. From 1997 to 1999, they piloted their program in the Gulfport school district and then, in 1999, rolled it out nationally to all of their staffing services’ markets. SEEN Magazine: You’ve been working on educational staffing for almost 15 years — what are some of the major shifts in education that you’ve seen over that time? Pearson: There have been several. From an educational standpoint, we are seeing a major shift in teacher performance ... Read More...

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Monnie Leigh S. Meads | 08/09/2011

Imagine you are precariously balanced on the edge of a high platform, and behind you, with arms laced together, stand a group of people that have been instructed to catch you. Your heart beats faster as you shut your eyes, cross your arms over your chest, take a deep breath and tip backwards, hoping that group of people who say they will catch you really know what they are doing. If you have ever been in a Team Building experience you might be familiar with this activity. It is called the Trust Fall, and it has the potential to be either one of the most influential developmental experiences or, unfortunately, one that has faint impact and is ... Read More...

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