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Diversifying the Teaching Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color

Research illustrates the importance of greater teacher diversity because of the substantial benefits teachers of color provide to all students, and to students of color in particular. Studies also show that policies must focus more effectively on retention of teachers of color, if diversity in the teaching profession is to be sustained. While more teachers of color are being recruited than in years past, their turnover rates are high, in part due to inadequate preparation and mentoring, poor teaching conditions, and displacement from the high-need schools in which they teach. Increasing the number of teachers of color in the workforce requires building high-retention pathways into the field that offer high-quality preparation and financial supports, including service scholarships, loan forgiveness programs, teacher residencies, Grow Your Own programs, ongoing mentorship, and other policies and strategies that improve teacher licensure, hiring, professional growth, and teaching conditions for current and aspiring teachers of color.

Keywords
teachers of color, teacher diversity, educator quality, recruitment, retention
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EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:

Carver-Thomas, Desiree. (). Diversifying the Teaching Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color. (EdWorkingPaper: 19-181). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://edworkingpapers.com/ai19-181

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