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Recruiting and Retaining New Teachers--A Resource Brief
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Region 9 Comprehensive Center, 2022
An estimated 17% to 30% of new teachers in the U.S. leave the profession within their first 5 years of teaching. Some challenges that prompt new teachers to leave the field include stress, lack of appropriate support, and feeling unprepared to handle behavioral and academic issues among their students. Research supports the finding that teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Labor Turnover
Diversifying the Education Profession in Ohio: Brief and Taskforce Recommendations
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Ohio Department of Education, 2019
While students of color make up more than 30% of Ohio's student population, many students will graduate high school without ever having a teacher of color. Teachers of color comprise only 5% of Ohio's teaching workforce, and similar disparities persist in other education professions including educational aides, principals, and superintendents.…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Student Recruitment, Preservice Teacher Education
The Preparation of New Teachers for the Profession: Ohio's Resident Educator Program
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Gillham, John C.; Evans, Lesley Anne; Williams, Nicole V. – Leadership and Research in Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to learn if teachers believe their experience with the Resident Educator Program improved their ability to meet the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession and increased support and retention. The 189 participants completed a 33 question Likert-based survey and provided more than 406 comments. The findings indicate…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, State Standards, Teacher Competencies
Creating Conditions for Serious Mentoring: Implications for Induction Policy
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Feiman-Nemser, Sharon; Carver, Cynthia L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2012
The work of mentoring matters. Whether one is looking at the broad-scale enactment of induction programming or the individualized attention focused on new teachers' learning and development, mentors play a pivotal role in new teacher retention and development. As a result, mentors are in a good position to interpret and enact induction policy at…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Mentors, Beginning Teachers
Is PAR a Good Investment? Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Teacher Peer Assistance and Review Programs
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Papay, John P.; Johnson, Susan Moore – Educational Policy, 2012
Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) is a local labor-management initiative designed to improve teacher quality. In PAR, expert "consulting teachers" mentor, support, and evaluate novice and underperforming veteran teachers. Evaluations under PAR can lead to dismissals. The authors examine the costs and benefits of PAR, both financial and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
Human Capital Reform in Cincinnati Public Schools. Executive Summary
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New Teacher Project, 2009
In late 2008, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) participated in The New Teacher Project's (TNTP's) research for a national study, "The Widget Effect," published in June 2009. In summer 2009, CPS, the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (CFT) and the Cincinnati Association of Administrators and Supervisors (CAAS) asked TNTP to explore a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Public School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness