Increasing Teacher Diversity: Strategies to Improve the Teacher Workforce

Autor/inn/en	Bireda, Saba; Chait, Robin
Institution	Center for American Progress
Titel	Increasing Teacher Diversity: Strategies to Improve the Teacher Workforce
Quelle	(2011), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Teacher Effectiveness; Minority Group Teachers; Teacher Shortage; Employment Opportunities; Diversity (Faculty); Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Teacher Improvement; Change Strategies; Educational Change; African American Teachers; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Case Studies; Fellowships; Performance Factors; Formative Evaluation; Outreach Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Lehrermangel; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerrekrutierung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fellowship; Stipendium; Leistungsindikator; Jobcoaching
Abstract	The lack of diversity in the teaching force is troubling for several reasons. Fewer minority teachers may indicate that few minorities are interested in pursuing a career in teaching. The low number of minority teachers also may indicate that there are fewer minority candidates with the skills and qualifications to enter the field. The inability to retain highly effective minority teachers, like all teachers, is also a challenge for many schools and districts and may indicate high turnover of certain teachers. Increasing the number of teachers of color is not only a matter of a philosophical commitment to diversity in career opportunities. Teachers of color provide real-life examples to minority students of future career paths. In this way, increasing the number of current teachers of color may be instrumental to increasing the number of future teachers of color. And while there are effective teachers of many races, teachers of color have demonstrated success in increasing academic achievement for engaging students of similar backgrounds. However, recruitment alone will not solve the minority teacher shortage, but highly effective strategies may increase the number of entering teachers to a rate that outpaces turnover. Finely tuned recruitment efforts that seek teachers who are likely to succeed and provide support while in the classroom, even in challenging schools, can help in increasing retention. This paper highlights elements of these innovative recruitment strategies, presents brief case studies of programs, and suggests recommendations for state and local policy to support such programs and strategies. (Contains 38 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10