Empowered Educators

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND, president of the Learning Policy Institute, is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She is the award-winning author of numerous books including Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning, and Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs (Jossey-Bass). DION BURNS is a senior researcher with the Learning Policy Institute and research analyst at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.

• Foreword vAcknowledgments xiAbout the Sponsoring Organizations xiiiAbout the Lead Authors xvOnline Documents and Videos xviiChapter 1 Teaching Policy Around the World 1What Kinds of Policies Affect Teaching? 3Why Study International Teaching Policy? 5Why Study These Jurisdictions? 8What We Found 12Developing Both Teacher Quality and Teaching Quality 17Organization of This Book 19Chapter 2 Contexts for Teaching and Learning Systems 21Australia 22Canada 26Finland 32Shanghai 36Singapore 43Summary 47Chapter 3 Recruiting and Preparing Profession-Ready Teachers 49Recruiting the Best 50Financial Compensation 50Attractiveness of the Profession 53Selection Practices 55Preparing Professionals 61Preparation That Enables Professional Practice 68Induction 88Lessons Learned 100Chapter 4 Developing High-Quality Teaching 105Incentives and Infrastructure for Learning 107Time and Opportunity for Collaboration 111Curriculum Development and Lesson Study 116Teacher Research 123Teacher-Led Professional Development 127Feedback and Appraisal 132Lessons Learned 146Chapter 5 The Teaching Career and Leadership for the Profession 149Career Pathways 150Opportunities to Lead Professional Learning 163Recruiting and Developing School Leaders 168Lessons Learned 182Chapter 6 Perseverance in the Pursuit of Equity 185Resourcing Student Learning 186Recruiting and Supporting Teachers in High-Needs Schools 193Lessons Learned 208Chapter 7 Global Learning for Ongoing Improvement 211Policy Borrowing: Learning From Success 212New Horizons 224Conclusion 232Appendix A Research Methodology 241Appendix B Qilun Elementary School Lesson Plan 243Appendix C Qibao Teaching Contest Evaluation Form 249References 253Index 271