Here're six ways to help new and veteran staff establish teams that they can rely on in order to
keep teacher retention rates up and increase student achievement.
Not exact matches
When we think about
retention in a remote Indigenous context, our first thought is often the students — how do we
keep them at school when high
teacher turnover is disrupting continuity of learning?
But maybe the problem is
retention — what's the point in putting effort into recruiting
teachers if we can't
keep them in the profession?
As reported by Tes, shadow secretary Angela Rayner has said that the failure of average wages to
keep up with inflation has made the crisis in
teacher recruitment and
retention worse.
It's part of the drive to help schools attract and
keep the best and brightest people working in their classrooms, and follows the education secretary's recent announcement of a strategy to drive recruitment and boost
retention of
teachers.
Anyone who has examined the issues for any significant period of time realizes that the real problem related to
teachers is addressing
teacher retention rates and
keeping better qualified and more experienced
teachers in tougher schools.
Teachers know that student engagement is the key to learning retention and having a great overall classroom experience, but they often don't have the time or energy to come up with some of the outrageous things that they see other teachers doing online to keep kids» i
Teachers know that student engagement is the key to learning
retention and having a great overall classroom experience, but they often don't have the time or energy to come up with some of the outrageous things that they see other
teachers doing online to keep kids» i
teachers doing online to
keep kids» interest.
We know from research that the main issue with regard to these shortages is
teacher retention and that factors such as high - quality preparation, good compensation and working conditions, the ability to exercise their judgment in the classroom, and access to high - quality professional learning opportunities responsive to
teachers» identified goals will help
keep good
teachers in the classroom.
This survey informs citywide and site - level discussions about
teacher retention and how to
keep the excellent talent here in Oakland.
One of the best ways to address the shortage is by increasing
teacher retention — if we
keep more of our great
teachers in Oakland classrooms, we will dramatically reduce the number of hires we need to make each year.
As we continue the conversation about
teacher quality, let's listen to the voices of educators who have a deep and nuanced understanding of teaching and learning: to Pam Grossman on the essential role of
teacher retention in the development of
teacher quality; to Linda Darling - Hammond on the importance of treating
teachers as professionals, providing them with opportunities to learn with one another: what
keeps good
teachers in schools; to Anthony Cody on the complex nature of learning, and of the relationship between great teaching and dynamic learning.
Or should we also try to address issues surrounding
teacher support and
retention, exploring promising efforts aimed at developing
teachers and
keeping them in the classroom?
By increasing
teacher retention and improving teaching effectiveness, we
keep talented
teachers longer and provide our students with a better overall education.
Speaking at the Birmingham event, Hinds will announce a strategy to «drive recruitment and boost
retention of
teachers», which will involve working with the unions and other professional bodies to «devise ways of attracting, and
keeping, the brightest and best graduates».
These regulations will require that schools
keep track of the performance and
retention rates of
teachers in their first three years after graduation.