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The new leverage briefs are the culmination of OSEP’s Attract, Prepare, Retain: Effective Personnel for All Initiative and highlight 13 leverage points covering strategies recognized by various stakeholders as essential to addressing critical shortages in the special education workforce.
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The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
This resource library highlights research studies, briefs, and program exemplars on educator recruitment and preparation through paraeducator career ladder programs.
The Northeast Regional Resource Center and key partners offer a framework for action to support State, district and school leaders in retaining quality teachers, especially those in special education.
This resource presents a variety of interactive tools, research briefs, and strategies for addressing teacher shortages in the U.S. This toolkit includes a specialized section on special education teacher shortages.
This brief highlights the significant role principal leadership plays in teacher recruitment, retention, and attrition.
This page gathers LPI's latest resources on teacher shortages that can provide useful background and data on this serious issue.
This brief series examines five strategies States are using to address teacher shortages in the United States: alternative certification, financial incentives, induction and mentorship, evaluation and feedback, and teacher leadership.
Education Commission of the States provides an overview of various legislation proposed and enacted in States across the country to attract teachers to high-need schools and subjects through targeted recruitment efforts.
This brief explores how alternative certification can be used to address teacher shortages by providing an overview of the research, State exemplars, and considerations for policymakers considering developing legislation on alternative certification.
This resource page lists strategies, highlights State initiatives, and links program exemplars on the topic of strengthening teacher pipelines in order to attract, prepare, and retain educators to serve all students.
This report from the Center on American Progress presents the findings from a national survey on school districts’ human capital practices and analyzes the impact of those human capital systems on teacher attraction and retention.
This brief provides an overview of research identifying factors that influence special education teacher shortages and suggests a systemic approach to improve special education teacher retention.
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 toolkit provides a framework for States and districts to establish opportunities for teacher leadership roles in order to support educator development and retention. This toolkit synthesizes research on teacher leadership, highlights real-world exemplars, and offers ten supporting resources that can be used at the Federal, State, or local level.
The Georgia Teacher Pipeline summit is an annual event in which various Georgia stakeholders, including State education agency personnel, educator preparation programs, alternative preparation programs, local education agency personnel, school-level staff, and OSEP leaders, work collaboratively to develop a comprehensive approach for improving and strengthening the teacher pipeline in Georgia.