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Teacher Retention

Reframing Teacher Recruitment and Retention

From a thought-provoking Ed Week article today debunking teacher recruitment and retention assumptions for the millenial generation:

 

"For too long the concept of retention has been framed around the fallacy that retention means forever...The goal of retention efforts should not be creating a 'lifetime' teacher. That does not fit this generation, nor will it yield the type of teacher students need, if they are to compete in a knowledge economy."


How Do We Make (and Pay) Better Teachers?

TIMEThat’s the question this week’s TIME cover story asks, while doing a fabulous job covering the often-thorny subject of teacher pay and performance.

 

Providing balance on this issue is difficult for journalists because while most folks would love to see their best, most unforgettable teachers paid more than the average lot, our nation simply hasn’t devised a sure-fire method for measuring teacher performance—or a pay system that supports it.


Hats off to Vancouver School District

hats off

 

This week we tip our hats to the Vancouver School District for their innovation and insight in recruiting and retaining the next generation of teachers.


Teacher Retention in Sunshine State. It's a Problem.

 

Here is an interesting e-mail from Jeanne Harmon at Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession:

 


Unexpected Success in Struggling Schools


Chat on Becoming a Teacher, and Staying in the Profession

 

Alas, I will be at a staff retreat tomorrow, but I think this will be an interesting Web chat to tune into.