Attract, Prepare, Retain Resource Database

AACTE conducted surveys in April 2020, October 2020, and September 2021, asking members about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their educator preparation programs. All three surveys were representative of AACTE’s membership. This report describes how conditions have changed since 2020, highlighting the lasting effects of the pandemic

This one-year residency program prepares candidates to work in rural localities in North Dakota and western Minnesota by placing future educators with an experienced mentor who serves students with mild or moderate disabilities. In this program, the school district or special education unit provides funding for teachers in residence who will be placed in their district or unit.

This program from the University of Central Florida (UCF) Center for Research in Education Simulation Technology aims to improve the preparation of all educators by creating mixed-reality classroom simulated situations that allow teachers to develop their preservice skills within a safe and authentic environment.

Opportunity Culture is a program in which teachers’ roles are restructured so that the teachers can serve as teacher leaders and extend their reach to more students for additional pay but still within existing school-level budgets. Opportunity Culture experts work alongside school leaders to restructure school budgets in order to fund these new roles.

This document offers a variety of research and policy reviews as well as resource guides related to the topic of teacher employment and retention through a policy lens.

This report highlights the overwhelming need for each State to building the education work force that is based on their State's specific needs.

These reports highlight essential questions and policy options to support State legislators considering policies to recruit, prepare and retain effective teachers.

NCPSSERS provides a dialogue guide for individuals seeking to discuss personnel shortages for students with disabilities with various stakeholders, including policymakers, institutes of higher education and school administrators.

This resource collection provides reports and data about the special education teacher and related service provider shortage.

This report offers a framework for States, districts, and preparation programs to strategize ways to address financial barriers in implementing residency programs and improve their financial stability over time. This framework also includes accompanying webinars, modeling tools, and guidance documents.

This report offers recommendations for State and local policymakers to address policies related to teacher residencies in four areas: partnership and stakeholder collaboration, recruitment and selection, coaching and feedback, and assessment and evaluation. Within each of these areas, NCTR highlights case studies of effective residency programs and districts.

This report highlights five diverse educator preparation programs that take innovative approaches to special education teacher certification.

This process will help connect potentially qualified graduate student candidates with school psychology programs that have remaining slots for incoming students in late spring through summer.

NAESP provides numerous free professional development webinars for principals to learn how to better support and retain personnel. Many of the webinars present specific examples of how elementary school principals can improve retention by supporting the mentoring and induction of special education teachers and related service personnel.