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Background

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Recommendations

The following actions can help states and districts address the educator shortage.

Expand professional learning and development opportunities by leveraging online resources or consortia models to include degree completion and/or certification attainment.

Consider Grow Your Own (GYO) programs to provide additional pathways into the teaching profession for local residents, such as current staff and district graduates.

Target marketing related to place-based motivations, such as the appeal of rural lifestyle.

Engage in outreach and partnerships with teacher preparation programs, including online programs, to prioritize the support and hiring of their graduates, as well as with businesses to prioritize spousal employment as a recruitment strategy.

Improve compensation to be competitive with other districts, and/or offer additional benefits—such as signing bonuses, loan repayment or forgiveness, moving expense reimbursement, or housing assistance—to make the overall compensation package more attractive.

* As defined by NCES , rural districts are census-defined areas at least 5 miles from an urbanized center and within 2.5 miles of an urban cluster. Remote districts are 25+ miles from an urbanized center and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.

References

¹ Enrollment and School Choice in Rural Areas (National Center for Education Statistics)

² Difficulty Hiring Teachers in Rural Areas (National Center for Education Statistics)

³ Enhancing Teacher Retention in Rural Schools: Analysis and Recommendations (Julio Fregoso)

⁴Is Housing the Key to Attracting Teachers? These Folks Think So (Sandra Larson)