Kazakhstan Teachers
A new tool, systems approach for better education results (SABER) teachers, aims to help fill the gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating comprehensive information on teacher policies in primary and secondary education systems around the world. SABER teacher's collects data on 10 core teacher policy areas to offer a comprehensive descriptive overview of the teacher policies that are in place in each participating education system. To offer informed policy guidance SABER teachers analyzes the information collected to assess the extent to which the teacher policies of an education system are aligned with those policies that research evidence to date has shown to have a positive effect on student achievement. SABER teachers analyzes the teacher policy data collected to assess each education system's progress in achieving eight teacher policy goals: (1) setting clear expectations for teachers; (2) attracting the best into teaching; (3) preparing teachers with useful training and experience; (4) matching teachers' skills with students' needs; (5) leading teachers with strong principals; (6) monitoring teaching and learning; (7) supporting teachers to improve instruction; and (8) motivating teachers to perform. By classifying countries according to their performance on each of the eight teacher policy goals, SABER teachers can help diagnose the key challenges that countries face in ensuring they have effective teachers.
Summary: | A new tool, systems approach for better
education results (SABER) teachers, aims to help fill the
gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and
disseminating comprehensive information on teacher policies
in primary and secondary education systems around the world.
SABER teacher's collects data on 10 core teacher policy
areas to offer a comprehensive descriptive overview of the
teacher policies that are in place in each participating
education system. To offer informed policy guidance SABER
teachers analyzes the information collected to assess the
extent to which the teacher policies of an education system
are aligned with those policies that research evidence to
date has shown to have a positive effect on student
achievement. SABER teachers analyzes the teacher policy data
collected to assess each education system's progress in
achieving eight teacher policy goals: (1) setting clear
expectations for teachers; (2) attracting the best into
teaching; (3) preparing teachers with useful training and
experience; (4) matching teachers' skills with
students' needs; (5) leading teachers with strong
principals; (6) monitoring teaching and learning; (7)
supporting teachers to improve instruction; and (8)
motivating teachers to perform. By classifying countries
according to their performance on each of the eight teacher
policy goals, SABER teachers can help diagnose the key
challenges that countries face in ensuring they have
effective teachers. |
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