Recruitment and Retention of Agriculture Teachers in the Southeast: An Empirical Analysis of the STAR Program

Autor/inn/en	Guffey, Kristie B.; Young, Jeffrey S.
Titel	Recruitment and Retention of Agriculture Teachers in the Southeast: An Empirical Analysis of the STAR Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 61 (2020) 4, S.203-213 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Agriculture Teachers; Program Evaluation; Teacher Shortage; State Programs; Differences; Regression (Statistics); Kentucky; South Carolina; Ohio; Arkansas; West Virginia; Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrekrutierung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Lehrermangel; Regierungsprogramm; Unterscheiden; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This article describes the collaborative efforts of various state and national agencies working together to recruit and retain agriculture teachers in the states of Kentucky, South Carolina, and Ohio. We contrast multiple measures of recruitment and retention in these states with those from the comparator states of Arkansas, West Virginia, and Alabama. The strategies outlined market to new agriculture teachers and maintain current teachers in the profession targeting work-life balance, emotional, physical and social health. These have been a focal point in the federal State Teach Ag Results (STAR) program, but the effects of participation in STAR on recruitment and retention require additional investigation. Using a difference-in-differences regression model, we assume parallel trends and no spillovers (SUTVA) between participating and non-participating states in the Southeastern US and Ohio Valley regions to model changes in multiple measures of recruitment and retention of agriculture teachers. We find a positive and significant effect of STAR participation on recruitment, an insignificantly positive effect of participation on retention, and an insignificantly negative impact of participation on creation of new agricultural positions in public schools. Our results suggest that recruitment is lagged behind existing positions, which necessitates further work investigating new policy aimed at filling those positions before creating any new ones. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01