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Jenna K. Offerman; Lucas D. Maxwell; Jay K. Solomonson; Michael J. Barrowclough – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2024
Teacher recruitment and retention in the United States has been deemed an issue across all disciplines and grade-levels. School-based agricultural education (SBAE) is no exception to this issue, where for decades a national shortage of qualified agriculture teachers has persisted. According to the 2021 Illinois Agricultural Education Annual…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Shortage, Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers
Colyott, James; Flanigan, Thomas; Kimmel, Lois – Region 9 Comprehensive Center, 2021
Region 9 Comprehensive Center (R9CC) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) collaboratively collected and analyzed teacher workforce data to identify barriers for recruiting and retaining an effective and diverse teacher workforce. R9CC and ISBE used the Teacher Shortage Tool from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders to identify equity…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Career Choice
Thieman, Erica B.; Rosch, David M.; Suarez, Cecilia E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2016
The shortage of teachers in Illinois is reflective of a recent trend where agricultural education graduates of in-state post-secondary institutions have not met the need for the number of available teaching positions. The retirement of the many teachers from the Baby Boomer generation is looming over the profession, making recruitment efforts…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Choice, High School Students, Predictor Variables
Sims, Cynthia – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
A great deal of attention has been given to the need for more minority teachers. This issue deserves serious consideration as the K-12 minority student population increases and the number of minority teachers does not. Various states have implemented programs designed to recruit minority teachers, including teacher shadowing initiatives in South…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Teachers, Vocational Education, Diversity (Faculty)
White, Bradford R.; DeAngelis, Karen J.; Lichtenberger, Eric J. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2013
This study uses a unique, longitudinal statewide database to track students through the new teacher supply pipeline from high school through college and initial teacher certification. The report examines how each stage influences the characteristics of those who enter the teaching profession, with particular attention to academic skills and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Supply and Demand, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education