States conduct a statewide survey of new teachers with comparable questions across all programs¶

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Description¶

The brief recommends that states conduct a survey of new teachers to alleviate the burden on EPPs and produce comparable data, since "states are uniquely positioned to do this work at scale, asking the same questions of all teachers in the state to have comparable data across programs." Recommended survey topics include teacher training and professional development needs, teachers' feelings of preparedness, and teachers' job satisfaction. States can also survey new teachers' employers so administrators face one common form, and make program-level findings publicly available.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Common questions asked of all teachers in the state so data are comparable across programs
• Sharing results with programs to encourage improvements that meet the needs of future candidates

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• new teachers statewide
• EPP program leaders
• state policymakers

Target Learning Goals¶

• identifying graduates' training and professional development needs, preparedness, and job satisfaction to improve preparation

Claims¶

Related Strategies¶

• Embed data-driven continuous improvement criteria into state EPP program approval
• Use TPA results and completer-survey data to target programmatic support and continuous improvement
• Conduct a larger-scale, statewide study of mentoring features and retention to detect small or moderate relationships

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Data Quality Campaign. (2017). Using Data to Ensure That Teachers Are Learner Ready on Day One. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED586474