Teachers for Chicago is a program that recruits, educates, and trains new teachers. The Chicago Public Schools pays for candidates to earn a master's degree in education at a participating college or university. Participants work as interns for two years under the tutelage of a mentor. A sidebar describes how rural districts aggressively recruit…

Describes Outward Bound's adventure education and leadership training programs. Describes Outward Bound's history, goals, and participants' reactions, emphasizing benefits for urban Hispanic youth. Describes efforts to recruit more urban minority students, instructors, and at-risk youth. Mentions other Outward Bound programs meeting special needs.…

A study examined individual participants in a minority teacher recruitment project (minority instructional aides and high school students), focusing on their needs and the effectiveness of specific retention elements. Surveys and interviews indicated that such teacher recruitment projects can help reverse the trend of decreasing minority…

Describes Virginia Wesleyan College's program to provide alternative certification for individuals wanting to change careers and enter teaching. An evaluation of the program shows that it works efficiently to attract well-qualified candidates from nontraditional pools and prepare them within state certification guidelines for local teaching. (SM)

Washington statewide data indicate that attrition rates did not differ between rural and urban special educators, but were twice as high for rural special educators as general educators. Interviews with special educators focus on soaring rural special education enrollments and difficulties in rural teacher recruitment. Contains 23 references. (SV)

Examines the effects of job and organization attributes, applicant characteristics, and recruiter characteristics on job applicant attraction to an elementary school teaching position. Forty-eight university education majors (24 with teaching experience and 24 without prior teaching experience) role played the part of job applicant for an…

A survey of 588 undergraduate special education majors explored attitudes regarding urban, suburban, and rural teaching environments. The majority (60%) desired suburban placements, 23% desired rural placements, and 17% preferred urban placements. Students who grew up in rural areas were more likely to favor teaching in rural areas. (KS)

Identifies factors that inhibit the recruitment and retention of minority students in gifted education programs including screening and identification issues (definitions and instrumentation); educational issues (quality of students' education); and personnel issues (lack of teacher training in gifted and urban education, low teacher referral).…

Describes the Pathways program at Armstrong Atlantic State University, which attempts to answer Georgia's need for minority teachers by offering noncertified school district employees, most of whom are paraprofessionals, tuition and support so that they can earn degrees leading to teacher certification. Factors leading to program success are…

Texas's Teacher Early Entry Paraprofessional training program is a collaborative effort between several Texas school districts and a teacher preparation program to help remedy severe teacher shortages in programs serving limited-English-speaking students. The paper describes the program's essential programs, its benefits, and the challenges faced…

Evaluates the Career Opportunity Program 2000, a six-year collaborative effort of Des Moines (Iowa) public schools, a community college, and a university to increase minority teachers in the area. Aspects of the development process are examined and a literature review and data-collection procedures discussion are provided. (MMU)

Discusses the need for teachers at the elementary and secondary school levels and presents community colleges as an important source for teacher recruitment and training. Highlights some of the ways community colleges contribute to teacher education, and outlines ways to expand the future role of community colleges in teacher preparation.…

Describes a study that applied marketing and advertising theory to recruit community-college business faculty. The reactions of male and female target applicants to recruitment advertisements and job descriptions were assessed, with differences found between the two groups. Discusses results, and implications for practice, theory and research. (36…

This essay examines faculty development needs in light of the changing instructional environment at community colleges. Issues examined include diversity of prospective faculty members, changing student clientele and related needs, increased focus on learning communities and on learning outcomes, the changing role of faculty, and the impact of new…

Proposes that teaching children values through faith is the true incentive for working in a Catholic school, along with the rewarding experience of making a difference in the life of a child. Reports that dedication is one of the most highly listed reasons for teaching at Catholic schools. Concludes, however, that teacher retention is still an…