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Recruitment and Retention

TEACHING QUALITY

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

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With the growing shortage of teachers throughout the country, many states and districts have and continue to work towards attracting and keeping teachers in K-12 schools. This endeavor may come in the form of incentives which can be offered via:

Tuition reimbursement
Loan forgiveness programs
Signing bonuses
Salary adjustments
Housing assistance
Induction programs and mentoring
Professional development.

Recruitment and retention of educators in at-risk/hard-to-staff schools (inner-city, rural, low-performing and high-poverty) and hard-to-staff subjects (math, science, computers and special education) is necessary in to order to increase student performance, provide quality education and help close the achievement gap. Incentives are offered to teachers and teacher candidates who agree to teach in these schools in return for multi-year commitments to remain in the school and in the teaching profession. Incentives are also provided to entice minorities to pursue teaching as a profession as well as to teach in lower performing schools.

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HIGHLIGHTS

	Teacher Recruitment & Retention Database A 50 state interactive policy database focusing on the recruitment and retention of teachers.
	8 Questions on Teacher Recruitment and Retention: What Does the Research Say? A Summary of Findings This paper summarizes the findings of an ECS report that reviewed 91 studies on teacher recruitment and retention in search of answers to eight questions that are of particular importance to policy and education leaders.

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