Attract, Prepare, Retain Resource Database

This loan program is designed to offer a maximum forgivable loan of $7,000 per year for Arizona residents looking to enter the teaching profession, primarily in critical shortage areas such as math, science, and special education.

This program, primarily funded by the Arizona Office of the Governor, offers prospective teachers full-tuition scholarships for any K-12 licensure area in exchange for a commitment to teaching in an Arizona public or charter school for as many years as they received funding.

This collection of resources from the Alaska Department of Education features a variety of strategies and program exemplars relating to the recruitment, preparation, and ongoing support of teachers in Alaska.

This infographic presents a current overview of educator retention and turnover in the State of Alaska.

This page aims to address teacher recruitment in critical shortage areas, such as autism, speech pathology, and gifted education by providing a list of financial incentives available for new hires in high-needs districts.

This mentoring program works to improve teacher retention by providing novice teachers in hard-to-staff areas in participating Alabama districts access to ongoing mentoring and support by an experienced teacher.

This resource, from the Alabama State Department of Education, provides an overview of alternative routes to certification and temporary certification options in the state.

This OSEP-funded fellowship program supports 75 special education and speech–language pathology candidates to serve students with learning disabilities by providing practice-based opportunities and aligned coursework.

This OSEP-funded grant at the University of Kentucky aims to improve speech–language pathology preparation by providing explicit training in telepractice for the delivery of speech–language services while concurrently embedding ongoing clinical experiences in rural schools through teleconferencing.

Grow Your Own Teacher Initiative Resources aims to answer critical questions using evidence and exemplars related to the implementation and effectiveness of Grow Your Own programs in order to recruit and retain high-quality educators.

This collection of resources supports State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) recipients in their efforts to develop, integrate, and evaluate ongoing professional learning to support the retention of personnel serving all students, including those with disabilities.

This OSEP-funded project builds partnerships with select North Carolina community colleges to improve the preparation of early childhood candidates by incorporating evidence-based and competency-based practices that support the inclusion of students with disabilities who are culturally and ethnically diverse, into coursework and practice-based field experiences.

This program aims to attract, mentor, and later transition prospective African American special educators and school psychologists into the teaching workforce while providing ongoing mentorship.

This series, compiled by REL Northwest, presents evidence-based research, data, and resources to help practitioners and policymakers address teacher recruitment, preparation. and retention in their local contexts.

This webinar, hosted by Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (REL Midwest), highlights actionable strategies to support teacher attraction, preparation, and retention, particularly in rural communities and contexts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.