Districts use financial, personnel management, and working-conditions strategies to recruit and retain teachers, including leadership compensation, mentoring, and collaboration time¶

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Description¶

Districts report adopting financial strategies (74%), personnel management strategies (55%), and working-conditions strategies (40%). Financial moves include additional compensation for leadership roles (53%) and increased salaries (40%); working-conditions moves include mentorship or induction for all new teachers (36%) and common planning time (36%), since "More collaborative work environments, where professional learning and collective responsibility are emphasized, can have a positive effect on teacher retention."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Collaboration strategies require adequate time for planning and adequate teaching and learning resources

Constraints¶

• The report notes these policies have generally not been targeted to shortage fields

Target Learners¶

• California K-12 students in districts with teacher shortages

Target Learning Goals¶

• Recruiting and retaining qualified teachers to improve educational opportunities

Related Strategies¶

• Districts respond to shortages with teacher preparation and pathway strategies, especially partnerships coordinating student teaching and residency placements
• State policy actions across the career continuum: attract, prepare, and develop/support/retain educators
• State and federal policy recommendations: recruit and prepare more candidates, retain new teachers through early-career mentoring, and improve working conditions
• Underwrite comprehensive preparation, improve teaching conditions, raise compensation, and expand induction to retain teachers of color
• Four leader actions to retain teachers of color: financial incentives, disaggregated data, diverse leader investment, and inclusive environments

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Anne Podolsky and Leib Sutcher. (2016). California Teacher Shortages: A Persistent Problem. Learning Policy Institute. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED606761