Steven Malick
About
Steven Malick leads the REL Mid-Atlantic training, coaching, and technical support efforts and a partnership focused on enhancing a multi-tiered system of supports. Malick specializes in working with districts, states, and other organizations to understand and apply evidence in service of improving educator effectiveness and student achievement. An experienced facilitator of adult learning experiences, Malick often employs human-centered design principles and continuous improvement framework to help educators unpack the challenges they face and realize evidence-informed approaches to tackle those challenges. This work has included consulting with clients to help them apply data and research; designing and facilitating workshops, webinars, and communities of practice; assembling expert feedback to inform clients’ efforts; and distilling research on complex topics into easy-to-read briefs. These technical assistance activities have helped clients increase the diversity of the teacher workforce, develop social-emotional competencies in children, and accelerate implementation of research-based strategies. Malick can be contacted at RELMidAtlantic@mathematica.org.
Associated IES Content
About REL Mid-Atlantic
Regional Educational Lab (REL) Mid-Atlantic partners with key stakeholders in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice.
Blog
Five Findings on Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) partnered with REL Mid-Atlantic to better understand teacher turnover in the district and to examine how effective teachers are distributed across its schools. Having developed a strategic plan that set goals for retaining effective teachers, the district thought a deeper study of teacher turnover and access to effective teachers could yield insight on strategies to improve students' achievement through improved access to effective teachers and lower ...
Date published:
Oct 09, 2020
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Descriptive Study
Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia
Concerned about the expense of teacher turnover, its disruption to schools and students, and its potential effect on students' access to effective teachers, the School District of Philadelphia partnered with the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic to better understand students' access to effective teachers and the factors related to teacher turnover. This analysis of differences in teacher effectiveness between and within schools in the district found that teachers of economically di...
Sep 01, 2020
Publication number:
REL 2020-037
Blog
Three Steps for Using Culturally Responsive Practices to Support Equity During Remote Learning
This blog post, the third and final in a series examining equity and culturally responsive practices in light of COVID-19, is part of a collaboration between REL Mid-Atlantic and REL Pacific. The first post provided an overview of using culturally responsive practices in online learning. The second post described strategies for building collaborative relationships with students and their families and ways to explore social justice and community issues. The COVID-19 pandemic and the need for ...
Date published:
Aug 31, 2020
Blog
Instruction in the Age of COVID-19: Exploring the Evidence on Remote Learning
As schools across the country closed their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, educators sought answers to questions about how to make the most of remote instruction. To support our educators, REL Mid-Atlantic reviewed the existing research to identify promising practices that educators could implement quickly. This review revealed that the existing research base does not precisely address our situation--most studies compare remote learning strategies against traditional face-to...
Date published:
May 28, 2020
Blog
Using Culturally Responsive Practices to Foster Learning During School Closures: Challenges and Opportunities for Equity
With the closure of school buildings fundamentally disrupting the way students receive services, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the national conversation about education. But even acknowledging the enormous challenges that face students and teachers in remote teaching and learning, it is worth keeping our eyes open for the new opportunities that learning from home might make available. One such opportunity is the potential of remote learning to increase the connection between schools and f...
Date published:
Apr 23, 2020
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Training Material
Improving Educational Equity through Cultural Responsiveness in Schools and Educator Preparation Programs
The series will cover (1) understanding educational equity, defining culturally responsive pedagogy, and describing how culturally responsive pedagogy can be embedded in broader efforts; (2) research on culturally responsive pedagogy and how to implement it; (3) district and school policies that support culturally responsive pedagogy; and (4) initiatives to implement culturally responsive pedagogy in pre-service training programs for teachers and administrators. Speakers: Heather Bennett, Eq...
Sep 17, 2019
Blog
Plugging Leaks in the Teacher Supply Pipeline to Increase Diversity
A growing body of research is beginning to confirm what many stakeholders in the mid-Atlantic region already recognize: teacher diversity matters. Research shows that increasing the racial diversity of teachers benefits students. Students of color in particular may benefit from having a same-race teacher. Researchers found that black students from low-income households in North Carolina who had one black teacher in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade were less likely to drop out of high school and...
Date published:
Oct 08, 2018
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