Sentences with phrase «retention of diverse workforce»

Oversaw companies recruitment, development, and retention of diverse workforce.

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Degree completion is key to producing a diverse STEM workforce: Increasing the retention of STEM majors by 25 % will «generate three quarters of the targeted 1 million additional STEM degrees needed over the next decade» (PCAST, 2012).

Mathews said the results could be used to improve department chair training, to educate deans about «home field advantage» in preemptive retention actions and counteroffers, and to create compelling cases to donors and legislators in the name of retaining the most talented and diverse academic workforce.

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

The Agenda is the Fellowship's advocacy platform for policy changes that: support the recruitment, development and retention of Black male educators; promotes a teacher workforce as racially diverse as the student population it serves; closes the student achievement gap; and advances high - quality education for all.

These principles and highlighted policy areas look beyond the status quo; they are aimed at the development and retention of a competent and stable early childhood workforce — a skilled cadre of effective, diverse and adequately compensated professionals.

These principles are aimed at the development and retention of a competent and stable early childhood workforce — a skilled cadre of effective, diverse and adequately compensated professionals.

The board should gather input from experts, researchers, advocates, parents, and a diverse group of early educators and child care providers to determine the compensation necessary for educators to be self - sufficient and for the sector to retain a qualified and stable workforce.19 The board would make recommendations to establish a wage ladder and compensation standards tied to increased experience and educational qualifications, which would strengthen workforce retention.