As managing principal at ECM Holdings in Nashville, Tennessee, Morgan Barth leads one of the area’s emerging education brand organizations. His previous experience includes two years with Teach for America, as well as work in executive positions with several schools in the Achievement First (AF) charter school network. Morgan Barth’s career with AF includes service as a middle school and later a high school principal in Connecticut, and work as a regional superintendent based in Brooklyn, New York.
The AF philosophy, which has resulted in impressive student test scores and increased college attendance, centers on respect for study and learning, and a focus on building character and a desire to excel in all students.
As a 2013 PBS Newshour story profiling Mr. Barth’s AF Bridgeport Academy Middle School pointed out, charter schools have historically found it difficult to stem the loss of teachers looking for new positions elsewhere.
The AF network, then and now, has built a comprehensive plan for encouraging teacher retention. Called the Teacher Career Pathway, this model follows a teacher from introductory “intern” status, through the “master teacher” level, at which an educator can be said to be able to make numerous contributions to student progress.
The central goal of the Teacher Career Pathway is to provide attractive incentives for teachers to stay in the classroom, rather than to pursue administrative work. Thus, the “master teacher” level offers a notable increase in salary in order to keep the best teachers doing what they do best.
The AF philosophy, which has resulted in impressive student test scores and increased college attendance, centers on respect for study and learning, and a focus on building character and a desire to excel in all students.
As a 2013 PBS Newshour story profiling Mr. Barth’s AF Bridgeport Academy Middle School pointed out, charter schools have historically found it difficult to stem the loss of teachers looking for new positions elsewhere.
The AF network, then and now, has built a comprehensive plan for encouraging teacher retention. Called the Teacher Career Pathway, this model follows a teacher from introductory “intern” status, through the “master teacher” level, at which an educator can be said to be able to make numerous contributions to student progress.
The central goal of the Teacher Career Pathway is to provide attractive incentives for teachers to stay in the classroom, rather than to pursue administrative work. Thus, the “master teacher” level offers a notable increase in salary in order to keep the best teachers doing what they do best.
