Shaping Tennessee's Career Ladder Program [microform] / Janet R. Handler
- Bib ID:
- 5468206
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Handler, Janet R
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED270846
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 21 p.
- Summary:
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This paper highlights selected key findings and discusses several issues emerging from an extended case study of the development and operation of a statewide teacher career ladder enacted into law in Tennessee in 1984. Data for the study were gathered through interviews, observations, elimination of documents, and a survey of selected teachers. The report first describes the origins of the career ladder proposal in Tennessee and the history of the development of the enabling legislation. Major issues raised during the legislature's deliberations are identified. These issues involve the proper roles of the agencies concerned, the characteristics appropriate for a teacher salary and evaluation system, and suitable processes for implementing and maintaining the program. The second section of the report discusses implementation of the career ladder system. The teacher survey found that attitudes concerning the quality of communication about the program were mixed, that those concerning "fast-tracking" to place established teachers higher on the ladder were generally favorable, and that those concerning the teacher evaluation processes used were generally unfavorable. The report concludes with a discussion of the findings and with recommendations addressed to those considering implementing statewide career ladder programs. (PGD)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: A Report to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (70th, San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1986).
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
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- Publication date:
- 1986
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