Recruitment & Retention
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Creating a deep pool of talent pays dividends, superintendents say.
In North Carolina, the numbers of educators leaving the classroom exceeded new hires.
Recruiting and retaining teachers takes creative and strategic thinking.
Recruiters' jobs are more complex, requiring them to use in-person, remote, and hybrid job fairs.
Results from a January survey found that work remains in districts' efforts to recruit more teachers of color. Experts offer advice.
New data provide evidence that district leaders and policymakers don't want to ignore, experts say.
Highway billboards, direct pleas to parents, and grocery store flyers are among the ways schools are reaching out to potential hires.
Ector County, Texas, saw its teacher vacancy rate drop from 18 percent to 1 percent in less than four years.
The pandemic and the charged political climate have intensified the challenges of teacher, principal, and superintendent retention.
At least 18 states have enacted a ban—through legislation or other means—restricting how topics of race and gender can be discussed in K-12 schools, according to an Education Week analysis. The impact this has on how teachers do their job is already noticeable. In a new RAND Corp. survey, about one-quarter of teachers said that …
Educators Less Likely to Seek Jobs in States That Limit Classroom Talk, Survey Finds Read More »
School districts, charter management organizations, and states can do lot more to recruit people of color into teaching and school leadership and encourage them to stay once they take the job. These institutions can make key policy and practical changes that can have significant impacts, according to a national school leadership training group. Offering financial …
4 Actions Districts and States Can Take to Increase Staff Diversity Read More »
School districts nationwide could end up spending nearly $30 billion in federal COVID-relief funds on staffing, according to an analysis from the think tank Future Ed. What should this spending on staffing look like? A recent survey of current educators and those seeking new jobs may provide some insight. The EdWeek Research Center this fall …
What Educators Look For in a Job (Besides Pay and Workloads) Read More »
Midyear teacher resignations are especially hard on districts. They exacerbate already-difficult staffing shortages, require long-term substitutes or other stopgap measures, and foil principals’ instructional goals for the year. After nearly three years of battling and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with a drastic increase in students’ mental health needs and pressure to catch students …
What Districts Can Do to Prevent Teachers From Quitting Mid-Year Read More »
In today’s tight labor market, it’s not uncommon for job-seeking educators to have their pick of offers. And while tried-and-true factors like starting salary, commuting distance, and strong mentorships may impact a candidate’s final decision, there’s more to winning over top talent than concrete perks. Effective communication throughout the recruitment process can elevate a given …
What to Say—and Do—to Recruit Top Talent for Your Schools Read More »
A majority of schools report starting the 2022-23 school year off short-staffed, with openings for teachers as well as custodians, bus drivers and other critical school employees. In a nationally representative federal survey released today, 60 percent of principals surveyed said they are struggling to fill nonteaching positions, while 48 percent reported hiring teachers has …
Even when they have the funds, school districts often struggle to hire social workers, psychologists, and school counselors, a need that has grown more urgent after disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sparked new concerns about student mental health. Advocates hope two newly expanded federal grant programs will help build the pipeline of candidates for …
Schools Struggle to Hire Mental Health Workers. New Federal Grants Might Help Read More »
Results of a new survey suggest schools are still struggling to fill key teaching positions—particularly in special education—as they continue to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. In a nationally representative survey of educators conducted by the EdWeek Research Center last month, 49 percent of school district leaders who responded said they had unfilled special education …
Schools’ Staffing Challenges Persist in New Year Read More »
To fill teacher vacancies, states are luring retired educators back into the classroom with financial incentives—including letting them “double dip” by earning a paycheck on top of their pension. At least a half-dozen states have passed or are considering legislation this year to entice teachers out of retirement, an EdWeek analysis has found. Typically, states …
Could Retired Teachers Be the Answer to Shortages? It’s Complicated Read More »
Before it was rechristened King Arts, the school at the heart of Evanston’s Fifth Ward was known as Foster Elementary. When it opened in 1905, Foster’s faculty and student body were nearly all white. But the grand homes that white businessman were building near Lake Michigan needed domestic workers. That demand, combined with the opportunity …
A New Teacher at 50: Inside the Struggle to Rebuild America’s Black Teaching Workforce Read More »
America’s schools are desperate to diversify their teaching force. Education Week asked five experts to suggest in 250 words or less how the nation’s teacher preparation pipeline can be overhauled to work better for candidates of color, especially those who are Black. Their written responses, edited for brevity and clarity, are below. Decoteau J. IrbyAssociate …
Improving the Preparation Pipeline for Black Teachers: 5 Ideas From Experts Read More »