A review of recent literature examines the growing shortage of qualified teachers, related to rising enrollments and high teacher turnover; various recruitment strategies; the needs of novice teachers; and well-designed induction and mentoring programs to support and retain new teachers. Sidebars describe efforts to recruit and train new teachers…

In a question-and-answer session, David C. Berliner discusses wide range of topics related to current state of the teaching profession, including qualities of the expert teacher, attracting higher quality teachers, teacher career-stage programs, merit pay, and promising reforms for teacher education in last decade. (PKP)

Through a program known as Call Me MISTER--named for Sidney Poitier's famous line in the 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night," in which he tells the Southern white sheriff that, up North, "They call me "Mister" Tibbs"--the recruitment of more young, gifted black men to teach elementary school is getting a boost.…

The purpose of this study is to describe the level of administrator support perceived by special education teachers in South Texas. The literature on teacher retention indicates that "lack of administrative support" as an important reason for leaving the profession. This study examined the factors related to administrator support…

This research project aimed to establish the attributes that are sought by schools in New South Wales when they are selecting new language teachers. The research provided some insight into the decision makers' "wish lists" of desirable attributes. The findings of the project include useful data for employers, teachers, teacher educators,…

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…

This essay outlines several themes that encapsulate the findings from the authors'--both professors of education--previously published study, "The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers," and sheds light on several areas that urgently need further probing. Suggestions for ensuring a productive future for the…

The Science and Mathematics Alliance for Recruiting and Retaining Teachers (SMARRT) is a collaborative partnership pursuing aggressive strategies to recruit high quality minority teachers to teach in high-need schools in urban school districts. This partnership is dedicated to recruiting, preparing, and retaining high quality teachers with strong…

Strategies for assuring adequate minority candidates for faculty positions include institutional commitment, early identification and recruitment, and pre- and post-doctoral financial aid programs. Institutions must hire more minority faculty and develop sound policies to retain them. Minority faculty can improve undergraduate education for all…

For six years, San Jose State University has offered a training program aimed at the problems of special education teacher recruitment and preparation in rural areas. Program features include Rural Community Advisory Committee which participates in student recruitment and program development, instruction via interactive television, field-site…

The Holmes and Carnegie reports offer policy recommendations concerning the education and recruitment of Black teachers. As the student population becomes more nonwhite, the processes of teaching, testing, and certifying minority group teachers must become free of bias. Scholarships and pay raises will attract more minorities to the profession.…

This study concerns school policies and actions which foster the hiring of minority teachers to promote the study of science, mathematics, foreign languages, and computing among minority students. Successful recruitment programs for students were found, but new ways must be devised for attracting minority teachers to these fields of study. (VM)

Presents quantitative data on the demand and supply of science teachers in Great Britain, discussing implications for the recruitment and professional training of new teachers. Assumptions made about inactive teachers who return to the teaching profession are also considered. (DH)

Lack of public confidence has created a crisis in American education. To regain public support for the schools, educators can (1) mobilize educational agencies into an action force to support public education; (2) focus school goals on teaching content; (3) improve teacher quality; and (4) increase the supply of science and mathematics teachers.…

Traditional remedies for attracting competent people to teaching will probably fail. Along with the usual recruitment of career teachers, the field should attempt to recruit undergraduates in the liberal arts and sciences whose long-term career goals are undecided, thus forming a domestic educational peace corps composed of short-term teachers.…