This report presents the Austin Independent School District's (AISD) Affirmative Faculty/Staff Recruitment Plan 1983 evaluation findings. The plan has two long range goals: (1) to have male and female representation at all employment levels whenever possible; and (2) to attain ethnic percentages for all levels of the professional personnel…

This document summarizes the findings of a report by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) designed to help policymakers gain a better understanding of both the nature of the teacher workforce and of promising recruitment and retention strategies. ECS reviewed 91 studies on teacher recruitment and retention in search of answers to eight…

This report presents current information on: the goals that Southern Regional Education Board states have set for raising teacher salaries; lessons that states have learned about linking salary decisions to teacher performance and accountability; what states know about how competitive teacher salaries are; the implications of supply and demand…

The Pathways to Teaching Careers Program was evaluated over the course of 6 years. The program worked with colleges and universities to develop effective strategies for recruiting and preparing teachers to complete all requirements for teacher certification leading to full-time jobs. Partnerships between the universities and local school districts…

In July 2001, the Alberta Ministry of Learning established a working group to make recommendations on improving Alberta's ability to attract and retain faculty. This report presents the findings of this group's evaluation of the ability of the province's postsecondary institutions to attract and retain college faculty. The working group identified…

The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future concluded that reforming education hinges on restructuring the teaching profession. Major barriers include inadequate teacher education, slipshod recruitment, haphazard hiring and induction, inadequate professional development and recognition, and failure-prone schools. The commission…

Although about 5 percent of all U.S. workers hold second jobs, 300,000 teachers, or 17 percent of America's 2 million teachers, were employed outside the school system during the school year. Moonlighting adversely affects teacher recruitment, job stress, and teacher efficacy. Changes such as better salaries, merit pay, and productive summer…

With annual salaries for Head Start and other nonpublic school child care programs in the $11,000 to $15,000 range, it is impossible to recruit and retain qualified teachers. This article discusses the rationale for improving and appropriately financing all early care and education programs. Includes nine references. (MLH)

With its inadequate training methods and disregard for teaching and learning knowledge base, Wendy Kopp's Teach for America (TFA) program continues a long tradition of devaluing urban students and deprofessionalizing teaching. One elementary school principal found that recruits lacked teaching skills and were not really dedicated to meeting…

The challenge of maintaining the richness of cultural diversity will be won or lost in the 1990s. Necessary ingredients include revamping curricula; building cadres through staff diversification, new teaching strategies, and teacher retraining; offering teachers incentives for community involvement and second-language study; and fostering parent,…

Describes how the idea of avocational teaching took shape at Congregation Kehillat Israel (Michigan). Discusses five features that came to characterize their approach to avocational teaching and teacher development. Concludes by examining lessons learned about how to sustain teacher development that also address broader issues of educational…

Chris Pipho has identified five factors contributing to teacher shortages: changing demographics, higher enrollment, dwindling teacher supply, competition from industry, and cumbersome certification requirements. Recruiting minority teachers is even more essential than targeting vulnerable subject areas. Strategies for recruiting and retaining…

British Catholic schools are experiencing a pronounced decline in head teacher and teacher applications. Leadership is important, but it requires a critical mass of students and believing teachers who can co-lead school communities. The church must find, enlist, train, and support teachers who share its value system. Contains 19 references. (MLH)

The primary purpose of this study was to identify the emerging trends in education and agriculture and to determine their implications on the secondary agricultural education program. For this study, the researchers did a national solicitation for nominations with 1,160 national agricultural education leaders, state agricultural education leaders,…

Teacher quality is one of the most important predictors of a child's academic achievement, but schools in Indiana and across the nation are struggling to employ a full cadre of teachers who are qualified to instruct the subjects they are teaching. This policy brief explores the factors and circumstances behind the national struggle to meet the…