Invest in recruiting and retaining a diverse, EL-qualified educator workforce through bilingual teaching pathways¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 mixed) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The guide urges districts to use ARP and state funds for "recruiting and retaining a well prepared, diverse workforce, including creating pathways for teaching and bilingual teaching that provide incentives and support for immigrant communities." It notes that "teachers of color make a difference for all students, especially students of color," and that most states face a shortage of educators qualified to work with English learners.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Engaging caregivers, teacher candidates, paraprofessionals, and afterschool providers in accelerated tutoring requires appropriate training, supervision, and support

Constraints¶

• Most states face a significant shortage of educators qualified to work with English learners

Target Learners¶

• English learners taught by a better-prepared, more diverse educator workforce

Target Learning Goals¶

• Access to qualified educators and sustained language and content support

Claims¶

• Structural and fiscal conditions—including grade-3 class-size incentive cliffs and declining enrollment—jeopardize the bilingual teacher pipeline and program sustainability [~W]

Related Strategies¶

• Provide professional learning and a bilingual workforce so preK and early elementary educators can sustain home language and oral language development
• Grow-your-own and recruitment initiatives: alternative programs, Minority Serving Institutions, high-school pipeline programs, and district human-capital efforts to diversify the teacher workforce.
• State and federal policy recommendations: recruit and prepare more candidates, retain new teachers through early-career mentoring, and improve working conditions
• Six state-level strategies for increasing the racial diversity of the educator workforce
• A federal Marshall Plan for Teaching focused on seven areas: compensation, debt-free preparation, high-retention pathways, mentoring, expertise-sharing, school redesign, and accountability
• Use Teacher Residency Grant Program funds, braided with other sources, to recruit and retain a diverse teaching workforce
• Build a diverse teacher pipeline through Grow Your Own grants, teacher academies, scholarships, MSI investment, and residency pathways
• Multi-pronged state investments to diversify and retain the educator workforce
• Provide English learner-specific summer learning and staff accelerated learning programs with EL specialists
• Institutional, state, and federal actions to increase faculty diversity

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• The Next100, UnidosUS, and The Education Trust. (2021). Action Guide: Targeting Resources From the American Rescue Plan to Address the Needs of English Learners. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED614289