Improving Retention
1. Suggestions to Improve Retention
(Suggestions for administrators to improve teacher's working environment by providing adequate support and reducing role ambiguity).
2. Retaining Experienced Teachers
(Strategies include orientation activities, improving collegiality, professional development, recognizing achievement and providing adequate resources).
3. Strategies for School-Based Administrators
(Strategies school-based administrators can use to increase retention of special education personnel).
4. Strategies for District-Wide Administrators
(Strategies for district-wide administrators to support special education professionals).
5. Developmental Phases of Beginning Teachers and strategies mentors can use to support them.
6. Retention Resources from on-line, journals and literature reviews.
2. Retaining Experienced Teachers
(Strategies include orientation activities, improving collegiality, professional development, recognizing achievement and providing adequate resources).
3. Strategies for School-Based Administrators
(Strategies school-based administrators can use to increase retention of special education personnel).
4. Strategies for District-Wide Administrators
(Strategies for district-wide administrators to support special education professionals).
5. Developmental Phases of Beginning Teachers and strategies mentors can use to support them.
6. Retention Resources from on-line, journals and literature reviews.
Professional Development
Strategies for Supporting Teachers
1. Provide support for newly hired teachers through orientation and administrative support.
2. Learn strategies for supporting and retaining early career educators with the on-line tutorial.
3. Share your questions and your expertise with other special educators Discussion Group and Listserv Lists
4. Strategies classroom professionals can use to support themselves.
5. Tips for Classroom Personnel (Click for stress management ideas, including ideas for improving organization, dealing with change and keeping a positive attitude).
6. Coaching and Demonstration
(Click for a process to teach strategies, techniques or skills in natural setting).
2. Learn strategies for supporting and retaining early career educators with the on-line tutorial.
3. Share your questions and your expertise with other special educators Discussion Group and Listserv Lists
4. Strategies classroom professionals can use to support themselves.
5. Tips for Classroom Personnel (Click for stress management ideas, including ideas for improving organization, dealing with change and keeping a positive attitude).
6. Coaching and Demonstration
(Click for a process to teach strategies, techniques or skills in natural setting).
Mentoring Programs
1. Bridges to Success - Materials for developing your own mentoring program.
2. Implement a mentoring program for beginning teachers.
3. Addressing the concerns of beginning teachers. (Actions and strategies for mentors.)
4. Stages in a Mentoring Partnership.
5. Using Observation and Feedback. Mentoring strategies to improve teaching skills.
6. Mentoring Resources
7. Mentoring Links
2. Implement a mentoring program for beginning teachers.
3. Addressing the concerns of beginning teachers. (Actions and strategies for mentors.)
4. Stages in a Mentoring Partnership.
5. Using Observation and Feedback. Mentoring strategies to improve teaching skills.
6. Mentoring Resources
7. Mentoring Links
Factors Related to Retention
During 2002 and again in 2007, the Recruitment and Retention Project conducted a survey of first and second year special education teachers in Oregon to address the following retention factors:
The incidence and helpfulness of induction activities.
The incidence and helpfulness of initial support (transition) activities.
The incidence and importance of ongoing support activities.
Factors associated with leaving previous employment.
Factors related to leaving current employment, Oregon, and the profession.
Click to download detailed findings related to retaining Special Education personnel.
The incidence and helpfulness of initial support (transition) activities.
The incidence and importance of ongoing support activities.
Factors associated with leaving previous employment.
Factors related to leaving current employment, Oregon, and the profession.
Click to download detailed findings related to retaining Special Education personnel.