Levels of Impact

*Levels of Impact*	Obstacles to Teacher Empowerment	*Institutional Response* (message:NEA working to improve classroom teaching and learning)	*Professional Response* (message: NEA working to improve professsional quality)	*Community Response* (message: NEA working for community developmnent )
PERSONAL	loyalty hiring promotion discrimination lack of mobility	reasonable nepotism policies anti-discrimination policies professional diversity as institutional benchmark improve state-level certification reciprocity agreements improve state-level pension fund and benefit portability	expand new entrant programs with teacher ed institutions NEA-nationally accredited teacher ed programs national job placement service/help coordinate w/regional, national teacher training program alumni networks personal supplemental pension, health benefits plans/funds	media campaign to promote quality through diversity in democracies and free markets
PROFESSIONAL	lack of access to professional development opportunities	working discounts with regional ed institutions negotiated fair share policies for career development district/state/federal funding for teacher professional and cultural exchanges within and across districts	regional and Internet-based, 'collegial networks' for professional renewal association sponsorship of highly competitive professional development scholarships	promote media portrayal of professional associations on the generational front lines visibility for teacher exchange programs
CLASSROOM	lack of /diverted learning resources and opportunities misaligned authority and accountability	signed parent-teacher discipline agreements through school councils	Internet-based professional worksites for teachers	promote media portrayal of teachers as ordinary people making extraordinary generational efforts
SITE	weak institutional leadership	school councils control of budget for professional standards implementation-improving educational quality within the community context school council sponsor greater inclusion of local community materials and expertise in curricula school council budget to implement recruitment, selection, induction, development standards at the site level school council-selected 'instructional leaders' at site level	NEA-sponsored professional network of site-based/ community context indicators of teaching and learning with state, federal and private sector partners association-sponsored workshops and forums to improve assessment and evaluation with sensitivity to community context	democracy building activities-get out the vote programs-with community partners such as League of Women Voters economy-building activities such as sponsorship of Junior Achievement sponsorship of service learning activities
DISTRICT	weak institutional leadership culture of patronage	locally negotiated, reasonably funded, time-limited plans for the implementation of state and federal mandates	national professional quality standards	sponsorship of community services directory with local partners radio bulletin board for local activities or "Yankee Trader" radio program to 'swap self-help skills' promote 'clean up' local corruption stories with sensitivity to local context
*REGION/* SECTOR	weak regional economy misaligned district boundaries	association representation on regional development boards regionally-pooled taxing authorities for income, sales, non-residential property regional school boards	national/intl network of indicator of education sector contribution to regional development greater analysis of on state pension fund investment impact on local schools	media promotion of education as economy and democracy generator
STATE	mandates budget absorption displaced competition overdelegation	direct state representation on local/county/regional school boards
FEDERAL	competing interpretations of legitimacy			nationally syndicated local sponsor American Memory curricula development with Library of Congress
NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL	growing interdepedence of regional economies growing		'world class' International Teaching Certificate program