Teacher Retention part of the Education Reform Network

Teacher Retention

The Teacher Retention portal points to exemplary, free digital content on teacher retention strategies, policies, and resources that can help administrators, policy makers, and educators plan for and implement programs that are effective in organizing schools for teaching and learning success. These dimensions have been chosen as the foundational catagories for inquiry, based on the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future report, No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children.

1. Strategy 1: Organizing for success
   Organizing every school for teaching and learning success
2. Strategy 2: Quality teacher preparation
   Insisting on quality teacher preparation, program accreditation, and licensure
3. Strategy 3: Qualified Teachers for Every Classroom
   Improving Teacher Recruitment and Ensuring Qualified Teachers for Every Classroom
4. Strategy 4: Career Paths
   Developing and sustaining professionally rewarding career paths for teachers

• A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom: Improving Teacher Quality and Enhancing the Profession
  A position paper on the enhancement of the teaching profession from the White House. Links provided to related sites, which include resources such as tools for teachers in specific ares of instruction.
• No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children
  A report from the National Commission of Teaching and America's Future reaffirming the committment of the recruitment, preparation, and retention of highly qualified teachers. A full report or a summary is available by clicking on the appropriate button.
• What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future
  An executive summary from the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future of "What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future" is provided. (To read the full report, click on the indicated button, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Three premises underly the Commission's report: 1.