An important first step in having the best and brightest consider teaching as a career would be to raise salaries to make them competitive with other career opportunities available to top students. (educationworld.com)
A first challenge is to raise the status of teaching as a career choice, to attract more able people into teaching and to develop teaching as a knowledge - based profession. (teachermagazine.com.au)
I also want to do a plug for more gifted people choosing teaching as a career. (crushingtallpoppies.com)