Best Practices Article: Teacher Recruitment for an Alternate Route Program in a Rural Area--Methods and Lessons

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Nicole C.; Elder, Anastasia D.; Seymour, Dana; Cheatham, Dekota A.; Brenner, Devon
Titel	Best Practices Article: Teacher Recruitment for an Alternate Route Program in a Rural Area--Methods and Lessons
Quelle	In: Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 14 (2019) 1, (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-9727
Schlagwörter	Best Practices; Teacher Recruitment; Alternative Teacher Certification; Teacher Education Programs; Rural Areas; Program Development; Program Implementation; Teacher Shortage; Rural Schools; Outcomes of Education; Partnerships in Education; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrekrutierung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Programmplanung; Lehrermangel; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Hochschulpartnerschaft
Abstract	Teacher shortages in the United States have resulted in the development of alternate route teaching programs to better provide teachers, especially in difficult to staff schools such as those in rural communities. In order to address rural teacher shortages, the Mississippi State University College of Education implemented a fully online, alternate route, teacher preparation program to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers for rural middle level (i.e., middle school) classrooms in the state. The rural nature of the state meant that extensive recruiting efforts were required in order to reach qualified participants. This article provides a description of this work and provides a reflection on the various recruitment efforts of the program in an effort to inform others. Specifically, three categories of strategies are discussed: (a) fostering and maintaining relationships, (b) targeting an appropriate audience; and (c) using various communication methods. While each of these methods provided various benefits, the relative timing and significance varied depending on the stage of program development or implementation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01