By the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), April 2026
Traditional school staffing models have remained largely unchanged for decades. Strategic school staffing offers a path forward that is tailored to today’s instructional demands, labor market realities and the needs of the current generation of students.
This policy guide provides legislators, state boards of education, state agency leaders, governors’ offices and district policy leaders with a practical framework for addressing barriers, enabling high-quality implementation, and helping districts to scale up thoughtfully-designed strategic staffing models. [Report has focus on Opportunity Culture design]