Amaya Garcia of New America talks with Kappan about grow-your-own programs, in which school districts partner with teacher preparation programs to recruit and prepare community members, often current students or school staff, to teach in local schools. A recent 50-state scan shows that there is a great deal of variety in how these programs are…

The under-representation of Black male teachers in special education has significant consequences. Historically, Black males account for the disproportionately high number of children served in K-12 special education programs (Talbert-Johnson, 2001). Often, the children are evaluated using racially-biased assessments (Cartledge & Duke, 2008).…

This document discusses how many states are facing a shortage in teachers. Specifically, the document focuses on how the state department and colleges of education in Missouri have been actively working to maintain high levels of educational standards as well as recruiting more teachers. The document reports that some educational reform took place…

The present nursing faculty shortage is real and a continued shortage can be expected. Possible solutions include adding more education courses in graduate programs, obtaining increased funding for graduate education, recruiting from new areas, mentoring, giving more flexible teaching assignments, and changing the way clinical instruction is…

Discusses the shortage of qualified technology education teachers and offers suggestions for recruiting them. (JOW)

The importance of teacher quality for determining student outcomes is now well established. At the same time, the translation of what is known about teacher quality into effective policy is far from being institutionalized. The simplest summary of research into teacher quality is that some teachers are dramatically more effective than others but…

Identifies causes of the imminent faculty shortage. Discusses the concomitant challenge of achieving faculty demographics that resemble student demographics. Proposes that community colleges address both problems by recruiting talented minority students into the teaching profession via an incentive program. Underscores the importance of…

Uses a chain metaphor for describing mentoring, a nurturing process in which an accomplished professional serves as role model, sponsor, master teacher, and career counselor for a promising novice. Suggests that more mentors are needed to encourage others to become or remain technology education teachers. (JOW)

Suggestions for recruiting teachers are as follow: talk to teens, recruit from within, involve counselors, target uncertain students, network, build relationships with tech prep, enlist military personnel, recruit extension agents, contact outplacement and employment services, and use distance-learning methods. (JOW)

Discusses the projected shortage in technology-education teachers and suggests how teacher educators can increase enrollments. (JOW)

Discusses the shortage of qualified technology education teachers in high schools and middle schools. Offers recruitment and image-building strategies. (JOW)

Discusses the shortage of industrial arts teachers, a survey of the literature in teacher recruitment, and techniques for recruiting teachers. Includes results of the survey regarding recruitment methods. (JOW)

The factors responsible for the shortage of middle and secondary mathematics teachers in the U.S. are discussed. Seven strategies are suggested to reach out and recruit more mathematics teachers in the future.

Describes various solutions to the problem of a shortage of secondary mathematics and science teachers. Focuses on the popular solution of higher salaries and notes the advantages and disadvantages of the solution. Considers the concept of comparable worth of teachers. (SB)

Argues that faculty hiring is one of the most important duties a principle performs. Catholic schools suffer from a shortage of religion teachers. Author's research suggests that new recruitment methods must be employed, including recruiting teachers from within the schools who are in other disciplines. (Contains four references.) (NB)