Sentences with phrase «minority teacher recruitment and retention»

«We want to express our appreciation to the Education Committee for their strong support of viable actions to increase minority teacher recruitment and retention in our state.

Researchers examined trends in minority teacher recruitment and retention over 25 years and found that the number of Hispanic, black, Asian and Native American teachers has more than doubled since 1987, which is twice the rate of growth for white, non-Hispanic teachers.

«Our findings underscore the importance of minority teacher recruitment and retention,» Cherng added.

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In this webinar, a scholar and a practitioner will outline the research on the minority - teacher population, the challenges faced in the recruitment and retention of such candidates, and what one district program has done to improve working conditions and professional development for teachers of color.

This brief summarizes the results of a study of the recruitment, employment, and retention of minority k - 12 teachers, examining the extent and sources of the minority teacher shortage and offering evidence - based solutions to addressing the low proportion of minority teachers in comparison to the increasing numbers of minority students in the school system.

Improving school organization, management, and leadership can support improved retention of minority teachers, according to this report, which examines and compares the recruitment, employment, and retention of minority and nonminority teachers over the past quarter century.

These efforts are likely to be welcomed — and to lead to some improvement in the recruitment and retention of minority teachers.

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

Improving the retention of minority teachers recruited into teaching, by addressing the factors that drive them out, could prevent the loss of recruitment resources invested and lessen the need for more recruitment initiatives.»

Recruitment, retention, and the minority teacher shortage.

Current teaching programs in place ought to expand their underrepresented minority recruitment and retention initiatives in order to help bring teachers into the classroom and help struggling Asian American students excel in the classroom by providing a role model to whom they can relate.