My presentation as part of the Teacher Pathways presentation on April 11, 2011 at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in New Orleans.

1. Making Sense of Empirical Data to Improve Teacher Selection April 2011 AERA Symposium Tracy Brisson, Founder and CEO The Opportunities Project

2. Research Questions How can school districts use data to improve the recruitment and hiring of effective teachers? Do school districts have a role in assisting teacher applicants in the hiring process to make them more effective and desirable employees?

4. Consumer AND gatekeeper for graduates of education schools

6. Decreasing enrollment

7. Out of 16 majors tracked in the class of 2010, education graduates had the lowest job offer rate- 23.7%Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

8. Sense-making of Multiple Roles

9. Sense-making Steps Applicant Support

10. Synthesize Information Research Policy Demands Best Practices Principals

12. Content Knowledge

13. Communication Skills

15. Application screening

18. Combined, Added and Removed

19. Added better evaluation tools

20. Math assessment and role plays

24. 13 Questions Contact http://opportunitiesproject.com tracy@oppsproject.com You can also connect with The Opportunities Project via social media. http://twitter.com/oppsproject http://linkedin.com/in/tlbrisson http://facebook.com/oppsproject http://youtube.com/oppsproject Thank You!