Supporting Local Equity Planning to Achieve Equitable Access to Excellent Educators

Saturday January 30, 2016
1:00 - 2:00 PM
General Assembly Theater C

In 2015, each State developed a State Plan to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators that identified gaps in students’ access to excellent educators across each State and outlined strategies the State will use to ensure that all students have access to excellent teachers and leaders.  However, States cannot act alone and will require committed partnership and engagement of local communities and school districts to ensure equitable access across all their schools.  During this session, participants will learn about emerging strategies for States to partner with LEAs to support equity plan development at the local level from the Equitable Access Support Network State work group on “Supporting Local Equity Planning” and will explore ways to use new tools from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders to support LEA implementation of equity strategies, including strategic planning guidance, templates for LEA equity planning, and a research and best practices resource bank.

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Alex Berg-Jacobson

Alex's work at AIR focuses on educator quality issues such as equitable access, and educator supply and demand. At the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders he provides technical assistance to states and districts and supports development of resources and tools.
Bill Horwath

Bill provides strategy and policy consulting support to local, state and national clients in the area of teacher and leader effectiveness. Through the Equitable Access Support Network, he helps states develop and implement educator equity plans to ensure every classroom is lead by excellent teachers
Cheryl Krohn

Cheryl Krohn, PhD, is a program specialist at the Ohio Department of Education and has worked at the department for over two years. She is the Educator Equity Project Director and also works on various federal projects and equity-related state programs within the Center for the Teaching Profession.
Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith is the Technical Assistance Team Lead for the U.S. Department of Education Office of State Support and leads the Equitable Access to Excellent Educators initiative and Equitable Access Support Network technical assistance support to States for implementing equity plans.
theme:
policy
audience:
223
topics:
program collaboration & coordination, effective program development, effective leaders