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Before considering the recommendations below, we recommend that toolkit users first read the introduction explaining why facilities & resources matter for improving teacher working conditions and student learning conditions.
Recommendation One: Provide clean, safe, well-maintained school environments that promote learning. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Two: Provide more convenient and consistent access to instructional technology, communication technology and office materials. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Three: Ensure adequate professional space for teachers and paraprofessionals within school facilities. - Resources for related strategies
Recommendation Four:
Ensure sufficient access to support personnel—tutors, family specialists, mental health professionals, nurses, psychologists and social workers. - Resources for related strategies
Throughout these recommendations, you will see resources represented as three distinct categories:
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"Seeing It Work" represents real world examples of actual schools and communities implementing the reform strategies prescribed in the toolkit. |
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"Action Tool" represents a specific strategy, checklist of items to address, plan for immediate activity or targeted instruction on how to implement reform around teacher working conditions. |
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"Knowledge Tool" represents background research, academic studies, or relevant articles that may inform your work and help you better understand the broader context for your work on teacher working conditions. |
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