Unintended Impact: How the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program Affected Its Educators’ Job Satisfaction and Career Trajectories

While the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program has produced the intended results, such as enhancing how teachers use technology in the classroom to increase student engagement, we have also discovered some unexpected outcomes—teachers and coaches in participating schools have experienced improved job satisfaction and increased opportunities for career advancement. This white paper investigates how the program is resulting in this unintended impact.