Research to Action Forum - Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice for Teacher Quality

The first Research to Action Forum developed by REL Midwest will bring together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from across the region to inform the individual and collective work around their own state teacher quality plans. The forum is a working session designed around three topical strands: teacher recruitment, teacher assignment, and teacher effectiveness. Participants will leave the forum equipped with specific ideas and strategies for improving their state's teacher quality policies and practices.

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Purposes of the Forum

To explore the policies that states are creating and implementing related to teacher recruitment, teacher assignment, and teacher effectiveness.
To present research and information about best practices in teacher recruitment, teacher assignment, and teacher effectiveness.
To determine research that could be conducted to better support policy and practice.
To develop concrete ideas for improving each state’s policies and practices related to teacher recruitment, teacher assignment, and teacher effectiveness.

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Benefits of Attending

The Research to Action Forum offers opportunities to review and improve your state’s teacher quality plan and conduct real work with peers and colleagues.

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Sponsors

State education agencies in the Midwest have a constellation of support available to them through the federally funded programs administered by Learning Point Associates and Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Learning Point Associates operates REL Midwest, the Great Lakes East Comprehensive Assistance Center (serving Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio), the Great Lakes West Comprehensive Assistance Center (serving Illinois and Wisconsin), and the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality. McREL operates the North Central Comprehensive Center (serving Minnesota and Iowa in the Midwest region). Together, these programs offer content expertise, technical assistance, and resources to meet individual state needs and priorities related to NCLB implementation.

All of these centers are supporting REL Midwest’s first regional event, the Research to Action Forum. This invitational forum will bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in a collaborative learning environment to determine how to improve state policy on teacher quality.