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How Hard-to-Staff Rural School Districts Use State Funds to Address Teacher Shortages
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Tran, Henry; Smith, Douglas A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2021
States have increasingly relied on financial policies to address teacher staffing challenges, particularly in high need areas. Case in point, South Carolina developed the Rural Recruitment Initiative (RRI) to provide funding for recruitment and retention efforts in rural and other underserved districts facing severe teacher staffing challenges.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Districts, State Aid, Educational Finance
Leveraging the Perspectives of Rural Educators to Develop Realistic Job Previews for Rural Teacher Recruitment and Retention
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Tran, Henry; Hardie, Suzy; Gause, Simone; Moyi, Peter; Ylimaki, Rose – Rural Educator, 2020
Rurality is perceived by many to be a deficit or challenge when it comes to teacher recruitment and retention. However, recently, some have argued that moving away from a deficit model and treating rurality as an asset may hold promise for teacher staffing. Drawing on Person-Organization (P-O) fit theory, we extend this argument in our study by…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Recruitment
Engineering Faculty Diversity Initiatives at Research Intensive Institutions: What's Used, and Has It Worked?
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Tran, Henry; Platt, C. Spencer; Sumpter, Rosline; Nallo, B. Sudie – Journal of Negro Education, 2020
The literature on faculty diversity initiatives heavily consists of best practice recommendations that lack empirical support. Consequently, the authors conducted a survey study to better understand the types of faculty diversity initiatives used by colleges of engineering at Research 1 universities, the financial resources that fund them and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Engineering Education, Minority Group Teachers, Disproportionate Representation
What Matters Most for Recruiting Teachers to Rural Hard-to-Staff Districts: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Employment-Related Conditions
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Tran, Henry; Smith, Douglas A. – American Journal of Education, 2020
This study reports on findings from a convergent parallel mixed methods analysis examining the perspectives of college students concerning their teaching considerations at a rural district with severe teacher-staffing problems. Based on a framework of multiple attribute utility theory, a utility analysis was used to compare the relative importance…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Rural Schools, Teaching Conditions, School Districts
Insufficient Money and Inadequate Respect: What Obstructs the Recruitment of College Students to Teach in Hard-to-Staff Schools
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Tran, Henry; Smith, Doug – Journal of Educational Administration, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of financial factors on motivating college students to consider teaching in hard-to-staff rural schools. The role of perceived respectability of the profession was also explored. Design/methodology/approach: This work relies on an explanatory sequential mixed-method design, that…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Rural Schools, Professional Identity
The Relationship between Districts' Teacher Salary Schedule Structures and the Qualifications of Their Teacher Staffing Profile
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Tran, Henry; Buckman, David G. – Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 2020
Many school administrators face difficulties hiring teachers with the requisite job credentials and qualifications. In this paper, we argue for the potential of salary structures to influence teacher staffing. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to examine whether restructuring teacher compensation salary schedules is associated with…
Descriptors: Correlation, School Districts, Public School Teachers, Teacher Salaries
An Exploratory Examination of What Types of Administrative Support Matter for Rural Teacher Talent Management: The Rural Educator Perspective
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Tran, Henry; Dou, Jingtong – Education Leadership Review, 2019
Administrative support has been frequently identified as the most important factor influencing teachers' employment decisions (Burkhauser, 2017; Ladd, 2011). While many rural schools operate in hard-to-staff contexts that suffer from severe teacher shortages, it is unknown if rural teachers require rural context specific administrative support.…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Rural Schools, Teacher Employment