The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that impact international teacher recruitment and retention in a private school in the State of Kuwait during the COVID-19 pandemic and to implement strategies to enhance recruitment and retention. There lie numerous factors affecting the ease of recruiting and retention of such international teachers. These factors range from salary and benefits to geographical location and working conditions to administrative leadership styles. Initial findings revealed an understanding of the challenges of recruitment and retention for participants. As a result, Action steps were designed, implemented, and evaluated in Cycle 2 to further understand the challenges of recruiting and retaining international teachers. Findings from several semi-structured interviews with internal teachers and leaders present the challenges are interconnected. International teachers working at the school indicated that their decision to join the community and stay within was based on the geographical location, salary, benefits, work conditions and leadership styles. The "Let's Hire for Longer" program was designed to address and amplify these factors and had the added benefit of providing social emotional development, administrative growth opportunities and effective recruitment and retention methods. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]