While grammar schools, teacher workload and funding have dominated education headlines in recent months, the ongoing challenges in
teacher recruitment and retention continue to provide difficulties for schools, writes Richard Sagar from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation
While grammar schools, teacher workload and the pupil funding have dominated education headlines in recent months, the ongoing challenges in
teacher recruitment and retention continue to provide difficulties for schools.
Teacher recruitment and retention continues to represent a significant challenge, with the proportion of state funded school teachers leaving the profession rising again in 2015.
Not exact matches
«The Government's
continued policy of public sector austerity has driven thousands of
teachers out of the profession
and left schools at the mercy of the deepest
recruitment and retention crisis since the Second World War.
But as a recent education select committee report on
recruitment and retention of
teachers recognises, the government shouldn't underestimate the impact of high - quality
continued professional development.
And Elizabeth Stafford, director of Music Education Solutions, agrees that problems with teacher recruitment and retention will grow this year: «The teacher recruitment and retention crises looks set to continue, and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE and A-level.&raq
And Elizabeth Stafford, director of Music Education Solutions, agrees that problems with
teacher recruitment and retention will grow this year: «The teacher recruitment and retention crises looks set to continue, and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE and A-level.&raq
and retention will grow this year: «The
teacher recruitment and retention crises looks set to continue, and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE and A-level.&raq
and retention crises looks set to
continue,
and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE and A-level.&raq
and I anticipate a downturn in the number of pupils taking arts GCSE
and A-level.&raq
and A-level.»
Chris added: «The
teacher recruitment and retention crisis will not be resolved by
continuing to pursue a policy that allows schools to pay
teachers as little as they can get away with.
We welcome the measures already taken to address the supply crisis, particularly: the removal of caps on most
recruitment to ITT programmes; the relaxation of skills test requirements; efforts to reduce
teacher workload; the
continued payment of ITT bursaries;
and the introduction of some
retention incentives.
«Last week the education secretary announced a strategy to drive
recruitment and boost
retention of
teachers, working with the unions
and professional bodies,
and we've been consulting on how to improve development opportunities for
teachers, whether they decide to move into a leadership role or want to
continue teaching in the classroom.
2016 has left us with a number of crucial issues to consider
and address, including: the impact that Brexit may have on education; the government's plans for academisation
and the subsequent U-turn on the plans; the reintroduction of grammar schools;
and the
continuing teacher recruitment and retention crises.
If current
recruitment and retention trends
continue,
teachers» pay will need to increase «significantly more than one per cent» to ensure an adequate supply of good teachers, according to the School Teachers» Revi
teachers» pay will need to increase «significantly more than one per cent» to ensure an adequate supply of good
teachers, according to the School Teachers» Revi
teachers, according to the School
Teachers» Revi
Teachers» Review Body.
As Oklahoma
continues to lose its
teachers to surrounding higher - paying states, students see a revolving door of educators entering
and leaving their school — a process that research shows hurts student achievement.56 Instead of loosening requirements for entry into the profession to solve this problem, the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) assembled a
Teacher Shortage Task Force to implement changes that would strengthen the teacher pipeline, thereby bolstering recruitment and retention efforts in the
Teacher Shortage Task Force to implement changes that would strengthen the
teacher pipeline, thereby bolstering recruitment and retention efforts in the
teacher pipeline, thereby bolstering
recruitment and retention efforts in the state.
We commend the Governor for a spending plan that provides real, meaningful resources to our high - performing schools, prioritizes
teacher recruitment and retention,
and ensures our quality charter school movement
continues to thrive.
In light of this historic milestone, NSBA will
continue to work with Congress
and the Administration in addressing the flexibility states
and local school districts need to ensure equity
and excellence in public education; such as the development of innovative programs that address the unique needs of each school district
and respective community, programmatic flexibility for school districts,
and recruitment and retention of highly effective
teachers and leaders.
«If administrators
and policy makers
continue to focus solely on
recruitment efforts, without attention to
retention, they run the risk of creating a revolving door of
teachers in our public schools.»
«Unless we all do something about
teacher workload we will
continue to have this
recruitment and retention problem.
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
Pupil numbers
continue to grow, but the
teacher recruitment and retention crisis intensifies as the government
continues to attack
teacher pay
and conditions.
The program is designed to boost
teacher recruitment and retention by focusing on the
recruitment, preparation
and continued learning of
teachers and school leaders.