Attract, Prepare, Retain Resource Database

This report from the Georgia Department of Education analyzes the results of a survey of over 50,000 Georgia educators on the main factors leading to personnel attrition in the State, including the impact of in-service educators on prospective candidates’ perceptions of the field, gaps in preparation, and the role of school leaders on retention.

This presentation, conducted by ECPC and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), provides an overview of the research and data related to early childhood special education and early intervention shortages, and provides examples of initiatives and suggestions targeted to a variety of stakeholders to address these shortages.

This report summarizes a series of listening sessions involving over 120 educators, including special education teachers, general education teachers, school leaders, related service providers, district leaders, and preparation providers. These listening sessions resulted in a list of solutions for policymakers to consider to address teacher shortages in Michigan.

This report presents overviews and policy implications and examines the effectiveness of five “Grow-Your-Own” (GYO) programs in the State of Maine. This report highlights the success of these five programs on teacher placement and retention in special education in particular.

This report analyzes teacher shortage data in Illinois, including longitudinal data that demonstrates critical shortage areas, and identifies promising approaches to alleviating shortages in these areas, such as special education.

This report investigates the effects of Florida's Statewide program designed to increase the supply of teachers in designated "hard-to-staff" areas, such as special education.

This interactive dashboard uses data from the 2018-2019 Colorado Educator Shortage Survey to compare educator shortages throughout the State in various endorsements, including endorsement areas that serve students with disabilities.

This report highlights data on the teacher workforce in the State of California. This includes an examination of the trends in areas of critical shortage, such as special education, and how these trends vary by location and student population.

This research report from the Learning Policy Institute presents an overview of special education shortages in California. This report examines possible root causes and key challenges of the shortage and offers policy considerations and potential solutions.

This report, prepared by the Arizona Educator Retention and Recruitment Task Force, offers recommendations that leaders across Arizona could pursue to address factors that impact educator shortages in Arizona. Recommendations were organized by stakeholder group, such as policymakers, State education agency personnel, and local education agencies.

This report summarizes a partnership between Regional Education Laboratory Midwest and a Michigan district to address strengthening teacher pipelines and diversifying the workforce. This report outlines considerations for data analysis, root-cause analysis, and goal setting that can be replicated by districts looking to implement a similar approach.

This report from the Personnel Improvement Center analyzes interviews with eight states to examine policies and strategic approaches for the recruitment and retention of personnel to serve students with disabilities in their states.

This policy analysis, produced in collaboration with the New Teacher Center, summarizes State policy context in all 50 states related to how educators are prepared and continuously supported to serve the needs of students with disabilities.