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Bull, Kay Sather; Hyle, Adrienne E. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1989
Outlines concerns that cause beginning teachers to leave rural schools. Discusses components of an overall teacher recruitment strategy, benefits of living and teaching in rural areas, and possible teacher incentives. Lists teacher retention strategies based on community or social environment, staff development, support procedures, or incentives.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Incentives, Personnel Management, Rural Areas
Van Meter, Eddy J. – American School Board Journal, 1984
Recruiting options for securing sought-after teachers include one-time bonuses on hiring or after the first year; release-time with pay or a shortened workday; longer work year with paid time for professional development, accelerated sabbatical leaves, or paying teachers to take advanced courses; and supplementary salary schedules. (MJL)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Personnel Policy
Carey, Neil B.; And Others – 1988
As the supply of mathematics and science teachers in the United States falls short of demand, there is a search for ways to increase the supply. The policy responses being tried include making all teaching positions more attractive through improved salaries and professionalization, offering general and targeted college scholarships and loans to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demand Occupations, Educational Demand, Elementary School Science
O'Reilly, Robert C. – 1983
Although employment decisions must be in harmony with existing case laws and statutes, such decisions allow for more flexibility than is sometimes supposed. Increasingly, state legislators and other public officials (including Secretary of Education T. H. Bell and Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander) are working to establish differentiated pay…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Differentiated Staffs
Peer reviewedReed, Daisy F.; Busby, Doris W. – Research in Rural Education, 1985
Describes the number and types of incentives offered to teachers in 67 rural schools in Virginia and examines effect on teacher recruitment and retention. Finds success in recruitment/retention directly related to the range of incentives and rewards. Notes most school districts offer no rewards to superior teachers. (LFL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Fringe Benefits, Incentives
Cresap, McCormick, and Paget, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
Teacher incentive systems enable school districts to address the current concerns of their constituencies: teachers' concern with salaries, administrators' concern for attracting good people into the teaching profession, and community concern that increased expenditures for teacher salaries have not improved education. Accordingly, this handbook…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Merit Pay, Professional Development
