Limited to current members of the Get the Facts Out (GFO) initiative, if you would like to attend this or learn more please contact GFO Central at info@GettheFactsOut.org. GFO is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821710 & 1821462.

Limited to current members of the Get the Facts Out (GFO) initiative, if you would like to attend this or learn more please contact GFO Central at info@GettheFactsOut.org. GFO is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821710 & 1821462.

Limited to current members of the Get the Facts Out (GFO) initiative, if you would like to attend this or learn more please contact GFO Central at info@GettheFactsOut.org. GFO is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821710 & 1821462.

Limited to current members of the Get the Facts Out (GFO) initiative, if you would like to attend this or learn more please contact GFO Central at info@GettheFactsOut.org. GFO is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821710 & 1821462.

Limited to current members of the Get the Facts Out (GFO) initiative, if you would like to attend this or learn more please contact GFO Central at info@GettheFactsOut.org. GFO is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821710 & 1821462.

Limited to current members of the Get the Facts Out (GFO) initiative, supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821710 & 1821462.

This session will give attendees a chance to react, comment, and ask questions about Chad Aldeman's keynote. In addition, Chad will highlight new strategies school districts are using to attract and retain workers, including finding new sources of labor, creating different training and licensing pipelines, and offering innovative compensation packages. Audience members will also be encouraged to share what's working--or not--in their local communities.

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  Chad Aldeman

  Founder and Principal of Aldeman Education, LLC

Not sure how to start recruiting future educators? Hear directly from students who understand the exploration of education professions and recruitment of future educators begins in high school.

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  Milan Aranda

  National Student President at PDK International/Educators Rising
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  Jose Carrillo

  Membership Development Associate at PDK International/Educators Rising
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  Tamir Harper

  Emerging Leader Fellow at PDK International/Educators Rising
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  Maya Moneze

  PDK International/Educators Rising
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  Dr. Lisa Rollins

  National Director of Outreach and Engagement at PDK International/Educators Rising

Did you know teacher’s rate their lives better than all occupation groups, trailing only physicians. At Get the Facts Out we focus on identifying data that helps us understand the teaching profession compared to other careers. We’ve developed a suite of resources that can be easily customized for your local efforts to get the facts out about teaching. These include presentations, posters, brochures, flyers, and “A Teachers Life by the Numbers” infographics. In this session we’ll share our latest resources and allow time for participants to discuss and brainstorm their local recruitment efforts. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation Grant #1821710 & 1821462.

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  Lucia "Lucy" Grande

  Research Associate at Colorado School of Mines
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  Dawson Lang

  Research Associate at Colorado School of Mines
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  Dr. Ellen Yezierski

  Professor of Chemistry at Miami University

Objective: To make solution oriented connections that can be brought back to organizations that will be used to resolve common issues in education across the country.

How can one handle the financial hardships of its employees?

How do we turn the supportive staff into certified teachers?

How do we truly make true trauma informed decisions?

What are the top 1-2 issues you think your organization should focus on?

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  Jorge Fuller

  Recruitment and Retention Coordinator at Teachers Like Me
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  Andrea Thomas-Reynolds

  Senior Vice President at Insight Education Group

This session will guide leaders, influencers, and hiring managers through the origin of implicit bias and how it informs the decision-making process, identify types of bias and implications on marginalized groups that limit diversity, and recognize team roles as accountability partners to redesign equitable hiring practices. Small and whole group discussions will focus on personal narratives to expand perspectives and unify voices through shared experiences.

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  Michelle Kemp

  Founder + Consultant of MK Consulting Group LLC

In this session Get the Facts Out will share some exciting research results showing that over 25% of students become more interested in teaching after just a single GFO presentation. Results of prior research will be shared that underlies the design of this presentation and how it is combating common misunderstandings about the profession. We’ll also share the results of focus group testing of taglines, photos, and other resources. Participants will leave with ideas on how to focus their recruitment efforts and do some simple testing of their own – if interested. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation Grant #1821710 & 1821462.

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  Lucia "Lucy" Grande

  Research Associate at Colorado School of Mines
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  Dawson Lang

  Research Associate at Colorado School of Mines
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  Dr. Wendy Adams

  Director, Teach@Mines of Colorado School of Mines

Who’s at your table? What are you serving them? Will they stay long enough for dessert? Recruitment, development, and retention of teachers has bled into the role of a building principal. How does one implement recruiting strategies, while growing your current staff, and creating a culture that supports teacher retention? This session will help principals and hiring managers create a recipe for success while navigating strategic recruiting strategies, engaging and inspiring staff, and building a culture that decreases teacher turnover. Participants will collaborate with colleagues to gain new ideas around teacher recruitment; acquire strategies for retaining great teachers once hired; and walk away with an action plan to create a culture that both feeds and inspires educators who want to remain in the profession.

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  Jennifer Kral

  Director of Alternative Licensure at Fort Morgan School District

Having a shared vision of building pipelines and sustainable pathways to licensure, a rural school district and an institute of higher education join forces to attract aspiring teachers into licensure programs and support veteran teachers as they seek growth and professional development. Come learn about the innovative thinking between these two partner programs who found solutions to attracting teacher candidates regardless of their level of coursework they had. Not only are they building pathways to licensure, several of these pathways have grant dollars and scholarships available now, making any of these pathways affordable for teacher candidates.

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  Jennifer Kral

  Director of Alternative Licensure at Fort Morgan School District
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  Sherri Anderson

  Director of Educator Preparation at Western Colorado University

Schools and districts across the country recognize the critical importance of diversifying the educator workforce through recruitment efforts while also supporting the current educators of color in their districts. Over the past three years, district leaders across a networked improvement community have worked to build innovative systems in their districts while sharing those practices with one another. Join this incredible panel of leaders to hear their lessons learned and how this important work can impact recruitment and retention efforts in your district.

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  Pete Leida

  Partnership Manager at Insight Education Group
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  Jeannie Aversa

  Executive Director of Recruitment, Selection and Retention at Syracuse City School District
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  Dr. Tommy Nalls

  Director of Recruitment at Jackson Public School District

School and district branding and marketing efforts are critical to successfully recruiting effective educators. However, due to many reasons, such as the current shift in workforce dynamics, outdated policies, budgets, and training, many districts are seeking to revise their recruiting practices and increase their focus on digital communication and marketing efforts. In this session, participants will learn promising practices and strategies that support school and district branding and marketing efforts by focusing on the 4 C’s of branding and marketing (Context, Content, Connect, Convert, from MasSolutions by Dave Mastovich). Through the application of the 4 C’s to branding and marketing in schools and districts, participants will identify their own strengths and areas of growth, and have the opportunity to connect with other leaders and educators in the room to share ideas, experiences, strategies, and lessons learned.

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  Pete Leida

  Partnership Manager at Insight Education Group
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  Dr. Jennifer Alexander

  Director of Talent Development at Colonial School District
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  Katie Kremer

  Lead Teacher for Recruiting and Mentoring at Colonial School District

Do your current retention strategies feel expensive, inadequate, and unsustainable? Are you hearing report after report about educators feeling burned out, anxious, depressed, or simply disengaged? At edwell, we provide personalized support for educators, building their social-emotional competencies and promoting longevity in the profession. Come to this session to explore the core pillars of wellbeing that drive our work, how your own wellness as a district leader can influence your students’ mental health and wellness, and strategies you can implement to support your staff this year. We will start with an opportunity for leaders to go inward and identify their own wellbeing needs and key stressors. Then, we’ll build skills together in coping and co-regulating during times of stress. Finally, we’ll discuss how programs like edwell are strengthening staff capacity to respond to the current mental health crisis.

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  Nicola Fleischer

  Executive Director & Co-Founder of edwell

Multiple generations of educators (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z) are leading classrooms across the nation. Understanding and valuing the assets of different generations’ is important to productivity and building strong climates and cultures in schools. Recruitment and retention efforts must be crafted with intentionality and strong attention to the successful cultivation of talent from multiple generations. In this workshop session, participants will learn and discuss the recruitment and retention of educators across multiple generations through an engaging collaborative protocol. Participants will walk away with practical strategies on how to successfully recruit and support all generations simultaneously in the same school / district.

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  Pete Leida

  Partnership Manager at Insight Education Group
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  Jeannie Aversa

  Executive Director of Recruitment, Selection and Retention at Syracuse City School District

In this session five different STEM teacher preparation programs across the US will talk about their STEM teacher recruitment efforts including what they’ve found works well and where they struggle. Hear from Florida State University, Kennesaw State University, Bridgewater State University, Worcester Polytechnic and Colorado School of Mines. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation Grant #1821710 & 1821462.

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  Dr. Wendy Adams

  Director, Teach@Mines of Colorado School of Mines
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  Jillian DiBonaventura

  Director of Teacher Preparation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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  Dr. Brian Lawler

  Director and Associate Professor, Center for STEM Education Research and Math Education of Kennesaw State University
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  Dr. Robin Smith

  Associate Director FSU-TEACH of Florida State University
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  Dr. Jeff Williams

  Professor of Physics at Bridgewater State University

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) stays at the forefront of educator recruitment through innovative recruitment initiatives to help navigate the changes in the teacher candidate pool. Recruiting strategies include grow your own programs, partnerships with universities, consistent campus visibility with education and career centers as well as OCPS teacher events that assist in supporting the candidates through the hiring process. Through these strategies, OCPS creates and collaborates with partners to provide year-round engaging experiences that focus on making connections, building relationships and providing purposeful placements throughout the educational candidates journey. As we weather the shifting winds, OCPS focuses on changing the narrative to support both current and rising educator candidates.

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  Kimberly Wood

  Senior Manager, Instructional Recruiting and HR Programs at Orange County Public Schools
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  Bonnie Toffoli

  Director Talent Acquisition and HR Programs of Orange County Public Schools

In this session, the presenter will discuss what the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact (ITMC) is and is not, talk about the current status of the ITMC, strategies used to successfully pass it into law, promotion efforts, potential roadblocks to avoid, and next steps.

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  Jimmy Adams

  Executive Director of NASDTEC (National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification)

The intent of this session is to provide strategies/resources to hiring teams and/or talent management recruiters around the areas of recruitment and retention of employees.

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  Chris Gearlds

  E3+ Project Director of MSD Decatur Township

As districts continue to face the challenges of filling teacher vacancies, the interview process becomes increasingly more important. Throughout this session, the presenters will share an interview tool system that will assist any educator and their respective district in creating a uniform, fair interview process. Presenters will share examples of interviews that were both effective and ineffective in gaining strong candidates and the attendees will be afforded the opportunity to share past experiences of interviewing and the successes and pitfalls that may have occurred. A large emphasis will be placed on the value of preparing for the interview and a step-by-step process to gather the most valuable information to make a productive decision on each interviewee.

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  Jana Anderson

  Recruitment and Retention Coach at MSD Decatur Township
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  Chris Gearlds

  E3+ Project Director of MSD Decatur Township

This session will present data from over 30,000 teachers in spring 2023, trends in teacher engagement, and research-based strategies to support & retain your staff. Attendees will hear from network leaders from Distinctive Schools who utilized principal coaching and engagement data across their schools to understand teacher needs and provide support throughout the school year.

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  Theresa West

  Leadership Coach at Upbeat

We share a student-facing Get the Facts Out presentation and lessons learned from presenting to high school students. Participants reflect on best practices to recruit high school students into the teaching profession, and discuss their own recruitment efforts with others. Special attention will be placed on how GFO materials were adapted for the audience and the types of engagement strategies that were used during recruitment events.

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  Dr. Sarah Dyess

  Associate Professor, College of Education at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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  Dr. Jean Lee

  Professor at University of Indianapolis

Faculty from Arizona State University will share a newly developed program designed to provide paraeducators a pathway into teaching while continuing to work in Arizona public schools. The program is a partnership with public school districts to provide one solution to the unfilled positions in elementary and special education classrooms. ASU Teaching Fellows is an accelerated program with qualified faculty that uses a unique “supercourse” structure matched with job-embedded experiences to provide a manageable and supportive learning experience. In addition, student teaching is embedded within the program so that paraeducators do not need to leave their job to fulfill this requirement. At the completion of the program, fellows will be prepared to accept full-time teaching positions in the partnership district. In return, the school district supports the fellows with mentors, extended opportunities to participate in relevant professional learning opportunities, and paid time to attend in-person sessions once a month.

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  Dr. April Holton

  Clinical Assistant Professor at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
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  Dr. Carlyn Ludlow

  Associate Division Director of Undergraduate Programs at AaeeMary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University

The mission of the New Teacher Support Plan is to support beginning teachers through consistent, individualized, in-the-moment coaching aligned to individualized growth and personalized professional development.

Greensville COunty Public Schools provides a is a comprehensive, induction program offering a research-based curriculum and multiple services designed to increase teacher effectiveness, enhance skills, and reduce attrition among beginning teachers. The GCPS New Teacher Program provides each teacher: (1) intensive Institute; (2) intensive, individualized classroom coaching; & (3) aligned professional development sessions. The goal of the our program is to improve student achievement by improving beginning teacher effectiveness and teacher retention.

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  Karen Taylor-Riddick

  Executive Director of Human Resources at Greensville County Public Schools
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  Dr. Kelvin Edwards

  Division Superintendent at Greensville County Public Schools