Understanding teacher turnover: Insights from the School District of Philadelphia

Partnership: Training and Supporting Excellent Educators

This infographic summarizes the findings from a study examining teacher retention in the School District of Philadelphia, including factors that were associated with higher retention rates.

Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia

Partnership: Training and Supporting Excellent Educators

This report examines teacher retention in the School District of Philadelphia, including factors that were associated with higher retention rates. The report also presents findings on students' access to effective teachers in the district. The report is accompanied by a snapshot summarizing the findings.

Identifying Evidence-Based Practices for Recruiting, Training, and Retaining a Diverse Educator Workforce

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This infographic links to a set of materials that summarize the research on specific strategies for developing a diverse educator workforce, including designing grow-your-own teacher programs and removing potential barriers for teacher candidates of color.

Identifying Gaps in Idaho's Teaching Workforce

Partnership: Idaho Educator Pipeline Alliance

This infographic provides a snapshot of teacher retention, teacher experience, and student-teacher ratios in Idaho. The infographic compares the retention rates, experience levels, and student-teacher ratios across low- and high-poverty and low- and high-performing schools in the state.

Educator Recruitment and Retention Evidence Blast

This infographic lists evidence-based resources to help practitioners and policymakers make important decisions as they recruit, train, and retain educators and try to recruit teachers who reflect the diversity of their student populations.

Teacher Turnover and Suggestions for Improving Retention

This infographic provides a snapshot of teacher turnover across four Northwestern states and highlights potential considerations for education leaders and policymakers to address teacher shortages and turnover.

Investigating the Relationship between Adherence to Connecticut's Teacher Education and Mentoring Program Requirements and Teacher Retention

Partnership: Professional Learning and Development Alliance

This report examines the implementation of Connecticut's induction and mentoring program for beginning teachers and the relationship between implementation of the program and teacher retention rates. The report explores whether teachers who completed more components of the program had higher retention rates. The report includes a brief and snapshot summarizing the report's findings.

Teacher Preparation and Employment Outcomes of Beginning Teachers in Rhode Island

Partnership: Teacher Preparation Research Alliance

This report examines the retention rates of teachers in Rhode Island who completed teacher preparation programs in the state between 2012/13 and 2016/17 and taught at public schools in the state for at least one year. The report examines whether retention rates vary based on the type of preparation program the teachers attended or their certification areas. The report includes a brief, snapshot, and infographic summarizing the report's findings.

Teacher Retention, Mobility, and Attrition in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota

Partnership: Educator Pipeline Research Alliance

This report discusses rural teacher attrition in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The report showcases the rates of attrition in the four states. It includes a brief and a snapshot summarizing the findings.

Factors Related to Teacher Mobility and Attrition in Colorado, Missouri, and South Dakota

Partnership: Educator Pipeline Research Alliance

This report discusses rural teacher attrition in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The report describes teacher and school characteristics related to teacher attrition. It includes a brief and a snapshot summarizing the findings.

Understanding What Influences Teacher Mobility

Partnership: Educator Pipeline Research Alliance

This webinar discusses the findings from two reports on rural teacher attrition in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The webinar also includes insights on the findings to inform policy and discusses examples of research-based state and local programs and initiatives designed to improve teacher recruitment and retention.

Idaho’s Educator Landscape: How Is the State’s Teacher Workforce Responding to Its Students’ Needs?

Partnership: Idaho Educator Pipeline Alliance

This report describes Idaho statewide data from the 2011/12 through 2016/17 school years on changes in student enrollment and demographics, teacher preparation, the composition of the teacher workforce, and teacher turnover. This comprehensive picture is intended to inform state and local efforts to support teacher recruitment, development, and retention.

Visualizing Washington’s Teacher Workforce: Understanding the Trends Impacting Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This tool draws on publicly available data to visualize the challenges that school districts in Washington are facing as they strive to recruit, train, and retain a diverse and skilled teaching force. To uncover opportunities for district collaboration, the tool provides maps for exploring core issues such as teacher turnover, diversity, and salaries by geographic area in the state.

Educator Retention and Turnover Under the Midnight Sun: Examining Trends and Relationships in Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent Movement in Alaska

Partnership: Alaska State Policy Research Alliance

This report describes trends in educator turnover and retention in Alaska and the relationships of those trends to educator and school characteristics from 2012/13 to 2017/18. The report also summarizes successful retention strategies used by eight school districts from across the state. It includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

A Snapshot of Educator Mobility in Montana: Understanding Issues of Educator Shortages and Turnover

Partnership: Montana Education Research Alliance

This report describes educator shortages and mobility in Montana. It also discusses considerations for increasing the supply of qualified teachers and improving retention rates. It includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

Indicators of Successful Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Oklahoma Rural School Districts

This report identifies factors linked to successful recruitment and retention of teachers in Oklahoma rural school districts and explores patterns of teacher job mobility in these districts from the 2005/06 to 2014/15 school years. The report provides guidance on potential strategies to address teaching shortages, and it includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

Trends in Teacher Mobility in Texas and Associations with Teacher, Student, and School Characteristics

This report and infographic offer updated information on teacher mobility in Texas public schools during the 2011/12 through 2015/16 school years. The findings inform state and district policymakers in Texas about recent trends and correlates of mobility in the teaching workforce and offer baseline data for monitoring and planning for future changes.

Identifying Evidence-Based Practices for Recruiting, Training, and Retaining a Diverse Educator Workforce

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This infographic links to a set of materials that summarize the research on specific strategies for developing a diverse educator workforce, including designing grow-your-own teacher programs and removing potential barriers for teacher candidates of color.

Educator Recruitment and Retention Evidence Blast

This infographic lists evidence-based resources to help practitioners and policymakers make important decisions as they recruit, train, and retain educators and try to recruit teachers who reflect the diversity of their student populations.

Teacher Turnover and Suggestions for Improving Retention

This infographic provides a snapshot of teacher turnover across four Northwestern states and highlights potential considerations for education leaders and policymakers to address teacher shortages and turnover.

Heartbeat of the Community: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Schools

Partnership: Midwest Alliance to Improve Teacher Preparation

This webinar discusses strategies to improve teacher recruitment and retention in rural schools and districts. The webinar incorporates the perspectives of state and district leaders and current and prospective teachers. The webinar provides strategies relevant for states, districts, and teacher preparation programs.

Transforming the Culture of Education: Improving Teacher Working Conditions

Partnership: Midwest Alliance to Improve Teacher Preparation

This webinar discusses strategies to improve teacher retention. The webinar focuses on strategies around school leadership, empowering teachers through leadership, and providing meaningful professional development.

Understanding What Influences Teacher Mobility

Partnership: Educator Pipeline Research Alliance

This webinar discusses the findings from two reports on rural teacher attrition in Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The webinar also includes insights on the findings to inform policy and discusses examples of research-based state and local programs and initiatives designed to improve teacher recruitment and retention.

Evaluation of the Retired Mentors for New Teachers Program

Partnership: Educator Pipeline Research Alliance

This report discusses Aurora Public Schools' Retired Mentors for New Teachers program in Colorado. This is a two-year mentoring program for new teachers in the district. The findings can be used to inform states' and districts' mentoring programs and retention strategies.

How Do School Districts Mentor New Teachers?

This report provides a snapshot of school district mentoring policies based on a survey of nearly 1,000 districts in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The report also discusses next steps in light of the survey findings and current research.

How School Districts Mentor New Teachers: What a Multistate Survey Reveals

This webinar provides a snapshot of school district mentoring policies based on a survey of nearly 1,000 districts in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The webinar also discusses next steps in light of the survey findings and current research.

Induction and Mentoring of New Teachers

In this webinar, staff at the New Teacher Center discuss successes and challenges in implementing induction and mentoring programs for new teachers. The webinar also describes the effects of the programs, including the impacts on teacher retention.

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Communities

Partnership: Alaska State Policy Research Alliance

This webinar discusses strategies for recruiting and retaining educators in rural areas.

Educator Retention and Turnover Under the Midnight Sun: Examining Trends and Relationships in Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent Movement in Alaska

Partnership: Alaska State Policy Research Alliance

This report describes trends in educator turnover and retention in Alaska and the relationships of those trends to educator and school characteristics from 2012/13 to 2017/18. The report also summarizes successful retention strategies used by eight school districts from across the state. It includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

A Snapshot of Educator Mobility in Montana: Understanding Issues of Educator Shortages and Turnover

Partnership: Montana Education Research Alliance

This report describes educator shortages and mobility in Montana. It also discusses considerations for increasing the supply of qualified teachers and improving retention rates. It includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

Nine Strategies for Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Diverse Teachers

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This infographic describes the research literature on nine strategies for recruiting, hiring, and retaining diverse teachers.

If You Want to Make a Difference, Come Here

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This blog and video give a detailed description of an approach to teacher recruitment and retention in a high-poverty rural high school in eastern Washington. The approach focuses on creating a supportive climate and systems of support. The blog and video shed light on how to recruit and retain a more diverse teacher workforce in a rural area.

Human Resources Practices for Recruiting, Selecting, and Retaining Teachers of Color

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This report describes the literature on 12 practices associated with attracting, hiring, and retaining teachers of color.

How to Grow Teacher Well-Being in Your Schools

Partnership: Cross-REL Working Group on Social and Emotional Learning

This infographic provides information on the importance of—and ways to support—teacher well-being as a key ingredient to retention. The infographic also presents guidance on how to assess teacher well-being.

Indicators of Successful Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Oklahoma Rural School Districts

This report identifies factors linked to successful recruitment and retention of teachers in Oklahoma rural school districts and explores patterns of teacher job mobility in these districts from the 2005/06 to 2014/15 school years. The report provides guidance on potential strategies to address teaching shortages, and it includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

Teacher Mentoring: Lessons Learned and Next Steps

This webinar series covers lessons learned and ways to implement effective teacher mentoring programs, including an overview of mentoring programs nationally and the current research on their impacts.
Video 1: Introduction
Video 2: National Perspective
Video 3: Tulsa, OK
Video 4: Questions and Discussion

An Approach to Using Student and Teacher Data to Understand and Predict Teacher Shortages

Partnership: Missouri Equity Research Partnership

This report describes the development of a tool used in Missouri to predict teacher shortages using widely available software. The report provides information to help staff from states, districts, and preparation programs design a similar tool that could be used to predict teacher shortages and to inform recruitment and retention policies.

Visualizing Washington’s Teacher Workforce: Understanding the Trends Impacting Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This tool draws on publicly available data to visualize the challenges that school districts in Washington are facing as they strive to recruit, train, and retain a diverse and skilled teaching force. To uncover opportunities for district collaboration, the tool provides maps for exploring core issues such as teacher turnover, diversity, and salaries by geographic area in the state.

Identifying Evidence-Based Practices for Recruiting, Training, and Retaining a Diverse Educator Workforce

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This infographic links to a set of materials that summarize the research on specific strategies for developing a diverse educator workforce, including designing grow-your-own teacher programs and removing potential barriers for teacher candidates of color.

Teacher Preparation and Employment Outcomes of Beginning Teachers in Rhode Island

Partnership: Teacher Preparation Research Alliance

This report examines the retention rates of teachers in Rhode Island who completed teacher preparation programs in the state between 2012/13 and 2016/17 and taught at public schools in the state for at least one year. The report examines whether retention rates vary based on the type of preparation program the teachers attended or their certification areas. The report includes a brief, snapshot, and infographic summarizing the report's findings.

A Snapshot of Educator Mobility in Montana: Understanding Issues of Educator Shortages and Turnover

Partnership: Montana Education Research Alliance

This report describes educator shortages and mobility in Montana. It also discusses considerations for increasing the supply of qualified teachers and improving retention rates. It includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

Identifying Evidence-Based Practices for Recruiting, Training, and Retaining a Diverse Educator Workforce

Partnership: Washington State Vibrant Teaching Force Alliance

This infographic links to a set of materials that summarize the research on specific strategies for developing a diverse educator workforce, including designing grow-your-own teacher programs and removing potential barriers for teacher candidates of color.

Heartbeat of the Community: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Schools

Partnership: Midwest Alliance to Improve Teacher Preparation

This webinar discusses strategies to improve teacher recruitment and retention in rural schools and districts. The webinar incorporates the perspectives of state and district leaders and current and prospective teachers. The webinar provides strategies relevant for states, districts, and teacher preparation programs.

A Snapshot of Educator Mobility in Montana: Understanding Issues of Educator Shortages and Turnover

Partnership: Montana Education Research Alliance

This report describes educator shortages and mobility in Montana. It also discusses considerations for increasing the supply of qualified teachers and improving retention rates. It includes an infographic summarizing the findings.

An Approach to Using Student and Teacher Data to Understand and Predict Teacher Shortages

Partnership: Missouri Equity Research Partnership

This report describes the development of a tool used in Missouri to predict teacher shortages using widely available software. The report provides information to help staff from states, districts, and preparation programs design a similar tool that could be used to predict teacher shortages and to inform recruitment and retention policies.