Beyond Career Ladders: Structuring Teacher Career Development Systems.

Bacharach, Samuel B.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ336869

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Beyond Career Ladders: Structuring Teacher Career Development Systems.

Bacharach, Samuel B.; And Others

Teachers College Record, v87 n4 p563-74 Sum 1986

This article examines why many career ladder proposals are opposed by teachers, and outlines a framework for career development that could be supported by both teachers and administrators. This framework emphasizes the expansion of teachers' decision-making skills, not the delineation of jobs. (MT)

Descriptors: Career Ladders, Decision Making Skills, Professional Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Promotion, Teaching (Occupation), Tenure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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