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DOWNLOADABLE: A Recipe for Creating a School Culture Teachers Don’t Want to Leave
It takes the right combination of hiring the right people, supporting their growth, recognizing their good work, and having fun.
What’s Keeping People From Becoming Teachers? An Eye-Popping To-Do List, for One
Ninety percent of educators say that the demands of the job make it harder to recruit and retain teachers.
Teacher Autonomy Isn’t Dead. Here’s How to Achieve It
Award-winning teachers and other experts suggest ways to build and maintain this cherished professional freedom.
Behind the Podcast That’s Trying to Entice More People of Color Into Teaching
New York City uses outside-the-box strategies to recruit and retain educators of color.
How to Find (and Keep) Substitutes
Educators and leaders discuss ways to deepen the substitute labor pool amid staff shortages and absenteeism.
How to Create a School Culture That Teachers Won’t Want to Leave
At this Texas middle school, staff have turned down job offers that would boost their salary or significantly cut their commute time.
5 Ways Districts Are Filling Teacher Vacancies
Hiring international teachers, bringing teachers out of retirement, and using virtual learning are some of districts’ solutions.
What Can States Do to Patch the ‘Leaky Pipeline’ for Teachers of Color?
State teacher-recruitment programs need to be more explicit about aiming for diversity, a report finds.
This High School Couldn’t Fill Key Jobs, So It Turned to Students
Schools have struggled to fill key support staff jobs since reopening from pandemic shutdowns. This high school recruited its students.
Reserve Seats at the Table for BIPOC Educators (Opinion)
Districts must better support BIPOC educators, writes an assistant teaching professor of justice.