But the data suggest that some states should be investing much more heavily in
teacher recruitment and retention efforts, while other states may have a harder time dealing with the coming retirements of the Baby Boomer generation.
In March 2018, The Mind Trust and UNCF hosted an engaging conversation around
teacher recruitment and retention efforts in Indianapolis.
What to know: The Mississippi Department of Education's (MDE) plan stands out for aligning
its teacher recruitment and retention efforts with its ambitious goals for increasing student academic achievement by 2025 and clearly stating its role in supporting districts to address equity concerns.10 The MDE recognizes that in order to reach its stated goals — which include a proposed graduation rate of 90 percent for all students by 2025 — they must also support districts in recruiting and retaining teachers of color who are prepared to improve student outcomes.
Data suggest that some states should be investing much more heavily in
teacher recruitment and retention efforts.
Not exact matches
A crusading local superintendent's
effort to change his district's
teacher recruitment and retention practices can be brought to a halt by the state's seniority law, tenure law,
and collective - bargaining statutes.
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.
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.
The institute will unite a group of national leaders at colleges
and universities across the United States to spotlight
and explore innovative
efforts for addressing racial / ethnic
teacher diversity across five key areas:
recruitment and retention,
teacher preparation, mentorship, induction
and professional development,
and advocacy.
But ambiguous actions like «provide for effective
teacher hiring
and recruitment...
and retention practices» leaves one wondering if this is just a euphemism for salary
and benefit increases (at the same time the district is offering every single parcel of «excess» property it owns for sale in an
effort to balance it's huge budget deficit, really?).
The government is under pressure to reveal more about its
efforts to boost
teacher recruitment and retention following a landmark report by an influential committee of MPs.
«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.»
In recognition of the pivotal role of quality teaching
and school leadership, the Foundation also supports
teacher and principal
recruitment and retention efforts as well as leadership development strategies.
These
efforts are likely to be welcomed —
and to lead to some improvement in the
recruitment and retention of minority
teachers.
The government must put far more
effort into
teacher recruitment and retention.»
Alliance joins The College - Ready Promise (TCRP), a $ 60 million Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation Initiative to improve
teacher recruitment, training,
and retention efforts.