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Download full textLaurence, Wendy; Hass, Bob; Burr, Elizabeth; Fuller, Bruce; Gardner, Mary; Hayward, Gerald; Kuboyama, Emlei – 2002
This policy brief examines programs from California and elsewhere in the United States for attracting and retaining quality preschool and child-care staff and places these programs within the broader context of K-12 reforms. While this brief is specifically aimed at early-childhood-education planners and policymakers, it contains information for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Contract Salaries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Berry, Barnett; Hirsch, Eric – National Governors Association, 2005
Although states have maintained a focus on recruiting and retaining teachers, many schools and districts still face daunting challenges in ensuring a qualified and competent teaching corps. It is particularly difficult for schools considered hard to staff-those with high concentrations of low-performing, low-income students; high teacher turnover;…
Descriptors: Teacher Distribution, Teacher Recruitment, Faculty Mobility, Teaching Conditions
Stoddart, Trish; And Others – 1984
This monograph presents analyses of some of the factors that impinge upon the quality of schooling in California. The first section addresses teacher certification and professional standards; it touches briefly upon the matter of raising teacher salaries and improving teacher career structures. The teacher's role in classroom quality control is…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Improvement
Whitebook, Marcy; And Others – 1996
There is evidence that increasing the compensation of child care workers improves the quality of child care. This study was funded by the Child Development Division of the California Department of Education to identify policy options addressing the improvement of compensation for staff working in child care and development programs. The report…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development Specialists, Compensation (Remuneration)
Cooper, Ernest C. – 1990
For a number of years, the California community colleges have used data from annual statewide surveys conducted by the Kern Community College District and the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) for comparative faculty salary information. Both the Kern and CCCT studies rely upon the device of selecting benchmark points (such as the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs
Smith, Sandra; And Others – 1983
This publication analyzes the current status of the teaching profession in California, emphasizing what makes it attractive and satisfying or discouraging to teachers. Important trends in public attitudes about the teaching profession are explored, as well as teachers' perspectives on recruitment and retention. Among the serious problems noted…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Ladders, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
