Richard “Lennon” Audrain (enrolled member of the Shawnee Tribe and Cherokee Nation) is a research assistant professor in Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. He leads the educator pathways, innovation and policy initiatives for the Next Education Workforce Initiative. Previously, he led an $8.2 million U.S. Department of Education Teacher & School Leader grant, awarded to ASU in partnership with Mesa Public Schools, to redesign human capital management systems to support the design, building, and scale of team-based staffing models across the district.
As schools across the nation struggle with teacher shortages, a new study from Richard Ingersoll, Lennon Audrain, and Mary Laski points to a promising solution: redesigning the structure of classrooms and the role of teachers.
Introduction Key Findings Data and Methods Implementation of the Next Education Workforce Elements Teacher Decision-Making Influence Relationship between Team Membership and Decision-Making Influence with Teacher Turnover Conclusion Introduction For over a century, the “egg-crate model of schooling,” which isolates each teacher in an individual classroom, has shaped the teaching profession.
