Name: Breakout 5: Collaborative Strategies for Teacher and Educator Recruitment and Retention
Start: 2024-10-22T14:00:00-0700
End: 2024-10-22T15:00:00-0700

Tuesday October 22, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Canyon

Teacher and educator shortages are a persistent national crisis, especially for Career Technical Education (CTE). This session will feature state leaders providing collaborative approaches to addressing recruitment and retention challenges, including strategic planning, barriers to entry and position benefits, professional development, and more. Discover how these state leaders are leveraging cross-agency and regional intermediaries to attract and support the teacher and educator workforce in their state. Through trivia and resources galore, you will learn about the latest initiatives and legislation in recruitment and retention.

Moderators

Dr. Laura Maldonado

Senior Research Associate, Advance CTE

Dr. Laura Maldonado is a Senior Research Associate with Advance CTE. In this role, Laura directly supports Advance CTE’s policy research and technical assistance initiatives, data quality initiatives and internal data strategy. Prior to joining Advance CTE, Laura worked as a senior... Read More →

Speakers

Natalie Clark

Assistant Director, Kansas State Department of Education

Natalie Clark is an Assistant Director, Career, Standards and Assessment Services, at the Kansas State Department of Education.

Vera Brown

Director for Career Technical Education, Kansas Board of Regents

Dr. Vera Brown serves as an Associate Director of Career Technical Education at the Kansas Board of Regents. In addition to Carl D. Perkins grants, Dr. Brown oversees multiple State CTE grants and projects such as Kansas Nursing Initiative and State Innovative Technology Initiative... Read More →

Roger Barnes

State CTE Director, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

The 2024-2025 school year marks my 38 years of public education service. Earned postsecondary degrees include BS, Agricultural Mechanization; M.Ed. and Ed. S., Practical Arts and Vocational Education and Secondary School Administration all from the University of Missouri-Columbia... Read More →

Candi Collier

State CTE Director, Tennessee Department of Education

Candi Collier serves as the Senior Director of CTE at the Tennessee Department of Education. She has 24 years of education experience as marketing teacher, DECA advisor, CTE director, and now state director. Prior to her years in education, she served four years in the U.S. Air Force... Read More →

Final Teacher and Educator Recruitment and Retention Fall 2024 Meeting pdf

Teacher Recruitment & Retention Repository docx

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Tuesday October 22, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Canyon

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