ERIC Number: EJ1354503
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-2476-194X
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With Grow-Your-Own Programs, New Teachers Find Job-Embedded Support
Trompeter, Kristin; Garcia-Fields, Stephanie
Learning Professional, v43 n4 p48-51 Aug 2022
Like many districts across the U.S., Miami-Dade County Public Schools is experiencing a large number of open staff positions due to higher-than-normal numbers of retirements and resignations in the face of COVID-19 coupled with enrollment declines in local universities' education departments. The district, in partnership with New Teacher Center, has been working to address this gap through grow-your-own teacher recruitment pathways. Grow-your-own programs are pathways into the teaching profession for individuals who do not have a background in education but aspire to teach and who live or work in the neighborhoods in which a school is located. The grow-your-own approach to recruiting, preparing, and supporting new teachers has many benefits for students: It can improve the demographic match between students and teachers; it can involve increased alignment and coordination between educator preparation programs and school districts; and ideally reduces teacher turnover in hard-to-staff schools by recruiting and supporting teachers who are committed, invested, and well-supported.
Descriptors: Public Schools, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Neighborhoods, Teacher Education, Labor Turnover, Partnerships in Education, Access to Education, Student Recruitment, Minority Group Students, Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Student Diversity, High School Students, Career Choice, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Labor Force Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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