teacher recruitment & retention

What should we do?
PRIORITIES - JUNE 2000

NATIONAL AGENDA (National Task Force Recruitment and Retention) should:

• Establish a collaborative; develop alliances; participate in related organizations.
  

RETENTION should:

• Develop models for mentoring; support teacher compensation; seek other incentives that provide sufficient resources, facilities, and time.
  

INCENTIVES should:

• Recommend to schools, universities, and industries financial benefits; career opportunities; family assistance and educational opportunities.
  
• Establish a clearinghouse to link district/state/ACTFL incentives.
  
• Identify alternate funding sources.
  

PUBLIC RELATIONS should:

• Identify target audiences and messages relating to the value of foreign language teaching.
  
• Collaborate in joint ventures and campaigns.
  
• Organize publicity using prominent figures, slogans, and products in conjunction with other New Vision incentives to bombard the public.
  

REDEFINE THE CANDIDATE POOL should:

• Include heritage speakers, native speakers from abroad, "early and late start" students, retired teachers, college apprentices and students, parents and para-professionals, bilingual teachers, Teach-For-America Clubs.
  

K-16+ COLLABORATION should:

• Hire minority teachers who will recruit minority students.
  
• Continue to advocate for all foreign language programs regardless of market forces.
  
• Develop programs that link with universities abroad.
  
• Recruit teachers abroad and introduce them to the American system of education prior to bringing them to the United States.
  
• Broaden the definition of diversity to include issues of race and gender.