Teacher deployment

Definition

An effective deployment strategy finds ways of allocating teachers to appropriate posts,  balancing the needs of schools, and the well-being of teachers.

Source :

UNESCO. 2019. Teacher Policy Development Guide. Paris: UNESCO.

Example of use

While in many countries teacher allocation officially depends directly on student enrolment numbers, with minimum and maximum class sizes per school, actual teacher deployment often does not match student numbers (UNESCO, 2014: 249).