This publication is the introductory guide to the Recruiting New Teachers, Inc.'s Toolkit, which is designed to help states and school districts meet their teacher recruitment and retention challenges. The guide provides information on: today's national teacher shortage crisis; how to make a case for stepping up recruitment efforts for diverse…

This report presents suggestions for retaining beginning teachers. Research indicates that after 5 years, nearly half of new teachers leave teaching in the state where they first taught. Helping new teachers become veterans is an important step in addressing teacher shortages. New teachers tend to leave because of such factors as inadequate…

Schools in the Houston (Texas) area use training and reward systems to attract and keep bilingual teachers. (Author)

A study of the career progression patterns of agricultural education majors at North Carolina State University revealed that 94 of the 338 graduates are teaching vocational agriculture. This number represents roughly one-fourth of the vocational agriculture teachers in North Carolina. (LRA)

Reports a graduate survey of Dundee (Scotland) College of Education students, focusing on sex differences in numbers still in teaching, grade level assignments, promotions, and geographic location of teaching job (Scotland or abroad). (SJL)

Texas small schools have promising programs, innovative practices, and pressing problems. They utilize mainstreaming and provide special materials for the gifted and talented. Problems are primarily in the areas of hiring and retaining teachers, financing programs, and energy costs. (CM)

Highlights the results of a survey that examined what influenced young people to select music education as a career. Provides suggestions for recruiting future music teachers during high school, such as providing opportunities to teach or encourage greater participation of underrepresented students. (CMK)

Examined prospective Tanzanian teachers' reasons for choosing teaching as a career, perceptions of the job, and future aspirations. Data from student surveys indicated that few respondents considered teaching their chosen career. However, although many of the respondents initially regarded teaching as a last resort, low-status, low-paying job, the…

Assessed the effectiveness of one effort to curb urban teacher attrition through a nontraditional approach to teacher education, induction, and ongoing professional development. Results from quantitative data about teachers' 5-year retention rates and qualitative data about types of preparation and ongoing support underscore the importance of…

Teacher education programs should be based on a developmental process that individualizes professional learning and continues long enough to produce well-qualified professionals. This process could enable a carefully selected individual to become initially qualified enough to survive the early pressures and to serve for many years as a truly…

This article discusses problems of beginning teachers and suggests two categories of solutions: increased support during the initial year and increased involvement of principals in the preservice preparation program. Several responsibilities for principals in relation to student teaching are recommended. (IAH)

This response to a review essay on the limited presence of African American teachers suggests that the original work leaves out some issues surrounding teacher recruitment and retention and leaves some empirical work and interpretations unexamined. The examination of such "crises" in education is a promising avenue for research. (SLD)

Uses a case study model to investigate the Wright State University Teacher Leader Program. Discusses the demographic profile of classroom teachers enrolled in this outreach graduate program, describes how the program has responded to the needs of employed and distant teacher learners, and offers suggestions concerning the knowledge, skills,…

Presents 12 practices that child care directors can use to motivate teachers. (BB)

Offers reflections from two English teachers (one a long-time teacher and the other in her fourth year of teaching) on their careers, their relationship with each other (their mentor-mentee relationship), and their role in the English classroom. Explores many significant issues in English teaching, including the induction of new teachers into the…