Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Every child deserves to be placed in a classroom taught by a talented, dedicated, and highly qualified teacher. With numerous reports indicating the difficulties many school districts are having in recruiting and retaining effective teachers, questions regarding the most effective strategies to meet this goal have surfaced:
- Why do teachers stay in the profession? Why do teachers leave the profession?
- What are the characteristics of schools and districts that successfully recruit and retain effective teachers?
- What types of policies show evidence of efficacy in recruiting and retaining effective teachers?
Webcasts
Teacher Turnover in At-Risk Schools
On September 22, 2005, Learning Point Associates, Education Commission of the States, ETS, and the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) cohosted Teacher Turnover in At-Risk Schools, a live Webcast focused on promising solutions in teacher recruitment and retention efforts in our nation's low-performing, high-poverty schools.
Online Resources
TQ Source on Recruitment and Retention
Every child deserves to be placed in a classroom taught by a talented, dedicated, and highly qualified teacher. With numerous reports indicating the difficulties many school districts are having in recruiting and retaining effective teachers, questions regarding the most effective strategies to meet this goal have surfaced.
Publications
Teacher-Pay Incentives: Do They Work?
Sabrina Laine, Ph.D., director of the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, fielded questions about teacher-pay incentives during a live online chat hosted in October 2006 by Education Week. The chat—titled Teacher-Pay Incentives: Do They Work?—featured 45 questions from teachers, school administrators, government representatives, parents, and college students majoring in education.
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