Attract, Prepare, Retain Resource Database

The RIPLS address the retention and development of personnel by providing specific descriptors to guide local and school leaders in improving professional learning for educators. The standards are designed to ensure professional development opportunities in Rhode Island are of high quality and sustained over time, with the goal of improving and building upon educators’ practices and student outcomes.

The Ohio Related Services Workgroup was established to address causes and solutions for the shortage of related service providers in school settings. This report summarizes root causes of the related service provider shortage in Ohio and offers recommendations for strategies and approaches to alleviate the shortage.

This collection of resources from the Ohio Department of Education illustrates a variety of strategies, considerations and program exemplars related to the attraction, preparation and retention of teachers in Ohio.

This report summarizes responses to a series of focus groups of educators of color in various areas, including special educators, and case studies of the experiences of educators of color in the workforce. This report offers recommendations for schools, districts, and States to consider in order to support educators of color, reduce attrition, and build more inclusive work environments.

This webinar highlights how Educators Rising Connecticut, a high school-based grow-your-own, initially funded the program in one district and how they eventually made the program a Governor-recognized statewide initiative. This webinar offers practical tips and lessons learned aimed at supporting districts to address shortages and diversify the workforce through their own grow-your-own initiatives.

This blueprint from PDK International provides step-by-step guidance to local education agencies (LEAs) to establish grow-your-own programs aimed at recruiting students from their current high school population to enter educator preparation programs. The blueprint supports LEAs to analyze local and State workforce data, research existing policies, and to explore potential funding sources.

This report offers recommendations for stakeholders to build stronger early childhood provider preparation and development through five strategies: redefine credentials, rethink degree attainment, optimize practice-based training, expand job-embedded coaching, and connect in-service preparation to career advancement.

This resource library provides professional development materials, guidance documents, and video exemplars to support stakeholders in preparing and developing educators to better serve students with disabilities through the application of High-Leverage Practices.

These professional preparation standards for special education and early intervention aim to improve teacher preparation and retention as they are intended to be used to guide curriculum development and for purposes of program review for recognition and accreditation.

This resource offers evidenced-based approaches to addressing educator preparation and retention by reconceptualizing approaches to personnel preparation as well as school staffing models, in order to provide teachers with high-quality, continuous professional learning opportunities.

In 2020, The Ohio Related Services Workgroup identified role ambiguity as a primary barrier to attracting personnel to pursue careers in related service professions. To address this, the Ohio Department of Education created these resources to attract prospective candidates to related service professions by providing clarity on the roles and responsibilities of various school-based related services such as audiologists, occupational therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists.

The Ohio Association of Pupil Services Administrators (OAPSA) offers a resource hub, featuring both Federal and Ohio-focused resources, to support stakeholders in addressing shortages of personnel serving students with disabilities in the State

To address the professional development and retention of personnel, the State of Colorado has incentivized National Board Certification by providing a stipend for school-based personnel, including teachers, administrators, school counselors, and school psychologists, who have achieved national certification.

This webinar, hosted by Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (REL Midwest), highlights evidence-based strategies to support increased retention rates for Black educators and help improve educational outcomes for Black students.

This webinar, hosted by Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic (REL Mid-Atlantic), offers an overview of four innovative initiatives that States have implemented to create partnerships between local education agencies (LEAs) and preparation programs in the region. In this webinar, several stakeholders involved in these partnerships share their lessons learned and provide suggestions to parties interested in adapting this model in their own local contexts.