The Benwood Plan: A Lesson in Comprehensive Teacher Reform

Autor/in	Silva, Elena
Titel	The Benwood Plan: A Lesson in Comprehensive Teacher Reform
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 90 (2008) 2, S.127-134 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Recruitment; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Elementary Schools; Merit Pay; Mentors; Disadvantaged Youth; Grade 4; Grade 5; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schulleistung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Leistungszulage; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05
Abstract	Hamilton County, Tennessee, engaged in a multi-year effort to improve teaching in a group of eight central city elementary schools. This reform, known as the Benwood Initiative, was funded with $5 million from the Chattanooga-based Benwood Foundation. Student achievement improved dramatically as a result of this initiative. The Benwood successes were not due to just new recruitment strategies but a host of efforts that enabled existing teachers to improve the quality of their instruction. Using "value-added" teacher effectiveness data, the author shows that existing teachers at the Benwood schools improved steadily. In addition, a multitude of other factors were at play in the Benwood success, including strong district leadership, collaborative union-district relations, and shifts in central office and school staffing roles. (Contains 2 figures and 20 endnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10