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Direct linkTaylor, Laura U. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological research study was to explore the effectiveness of programs and strategies used to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) from the perspective of highly qualified teachers in a rural school district in Central Virginia. The data…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Rural Schools, School Districts
Download full textHarmon, Hobart L.; Smith, Keith C. – Edvantia (NJ1), 2012
This monograph offers an in-depth look at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Rural Systemic Initiative (RSI) efforts, an investment of more than $140 million to reform mathematics and science programs in rural K-12 public education and tribal education. The authors seek to promote a foundation of contextual understanding for improving public…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty, Science Education, Mathematics Education
Honawar, Vaishali – Education Week, 2007
Historically, it has been tough to get teachers for urban districts, but this is not the case in Baltimore, Maryland, anymore. Since 2002, the New Teacher Project has been finding at least 10 applicants for each teaching job it fills for the once hard-to-staff Baltimore district. Armed with unorthodox recruitment strategies, the group targets…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Rural Schools, Public School Teachers, Holistic Approach
Proffit, Alvin C.; Sale, R. Paul; Alexander, Ann E.; Andrews, Ruth S. – Rural Educator, 2004
The Appalachian Model Teacher Consortium is a partnership involving Radford University, Wytheville Community College, and the Grayson County (Virginia) School System. Its purpose is to prepare highly qualified teachers for rural southwest Virginia. The model was developed in response to the growing teacher shortage facing school districts in rural…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Rural Schools, Teacher Shortage, School Districts
Simmons, Betty Jo – Principal Leadership, 2005
Unquestionably, rural schools face many obstacles in their attempts to attract teachers. However, a survey of preservice teachers working in rural districts found that many of these obstacles stem from misconceptions or a lack of knowledge about what it means to live and work in a rural area. Perception, however, is reality and therefore deserves…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Misconceptions, Rural Schools, Preservice Teachers
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
