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ERIC Number: ED640747
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jan
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
REPERTOIRE: Recruiting Educators, Preparing Educators, and Retaining Teachers to Optimize Interest in Rural Education. Impact Evaluation Report
Melissa A. Page; Catherine Snyder; Kathy Dowell
Grantee Submission
Implemented by Pfeiffer University, REPERTOIRE: Recruiting Educators, Preparing Educators, and Retaining Teachers to Optimize Interest in Rural Education was a collaborative partnership with Montgomery and Stanly County Schools in rural North Carolina. Pfeiffer University and the Division of Education and Division of Arts and Sciences provided undergraduate education for the teacher education program. In addition, the districts implemented a teacher cadet program as a component of a "Grow Your Own" pathway. The REPERTOIRE impact evaluation used a quasi-experimental design (QED) to examine the effect of an undergraduate teacher program to train highly qualified teachers to teach high-need students in rural school districts, along with retaining these teachers for at least four years. In addition, the study assessed the impact of induction and mentoring support as evidence by state teacher evaluations conducted by a principal or assistant principal during the first one to three beginning teacher years. Our beginning teacher sample was too small to measure the impact on student academic achievement or growth. Our undergraduate program graduated 59% of students that earned licensure; however, only 8% of those graduates pursued a teaching position in one of our two districts. A total of 10 teachers from before and during the grant cycle were hired by the two districts. At the start of three years, 75% were still teaching and of those far enough into their career to be counted for a fourth teaching year, just 50% remained in the two districts. The teachers were still teaching, but they had transferred to another district. Challenges with data collection and recommendations for future evaluation studies are discussed. [This report was co-produced by Pfeiffer University.]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED)
Authoring Institution: The Evaluation Group (TEG)
Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
Grant or Contract Numbers: U336S180040