Teacher Recruitment & Retention Presentation – Dayne DeFeo
Data from 2013 (here is the report where they came from, but the trend holds steady):
Teachers | Principals | |
Total number | 7,585 | 503 |
Male | 30% | 53% |
Master’s degree or higher | 89% | 87% |
Mean experience in current position | 10.9 years | 8.3 years |
Median age | 46 | 49 |
The number of Alaska Native language educators; in 2022 there were 52 teachers (state-wide) who held Alaska Native language/culture endorsements. These include Aleut, Athabascan, Cup’ik, Haida, Inupiaq, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Yupik.
Links relating to the “Teacher Recruitment & Retention” presentation:
- Educator retention and turnover under the midnight sun
- Equitable compensation to attract & retain qualified teachers in high-need Alaska public schools
- Are Alaska teacher salaries competitive?
- How much does Alaska spend on K-12 education?
- How much does Alaska spend on K-12 education? 2022 update
- Growing our own: Recruiting Alaska’s youth and paraprofessionals into teaching
- It’s more than just dollars: Problematizing salary as the sole mechanism for recruiting and retaining teachers in rural Alaska
Alaska Native Language, Tribal Compacting – Joel Isaak
Alaska Native Language Literacy Guidebook
Alaska Native Language Literacy
Tribal Compacting of Education (presentation to the House Tribal Affairs Committee)