Recruiting and Retaining New Teachers--A Resource Brief

An estimated 17% to 30% of new teachers in the U.S. leave the profession within their first 5 years of teaching. Some challenges that prompt new teachers to leave the field include stress, lack of appropriate support, and feeling unprepared to handle behavioral and academic issues among their students. Research supports the finding that teachers who receive appropriate supports stay in the teaching field at rates more than twice those of teachers who lack these supports. However, only a small number of teachers have access to these supports. This brief provides resources that highlight examples of strategies, programs, and initiatives that help states, local education agencies, and school districts address the shortage of newly certified teachers. [For the other briefs in the series, see ED624965, ED624966, ED624967, ED624970, ED624971, and ED624972.]