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Title: Aspiring Teachers, Financial Incentives, and Principals' Recruitment Practices in Hard-to-Staff Schools
Language: English
Authors: Jill Blackmore (ORCID 0000-0002-1049-2788), Linda Hobbs (ORCID 0000-0002-6898-8495), Julie Rowlands (ORCID 0000-0003-1664-4209)
Source: Journal of Education Policy. 2024 39(2):233-252.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teacher Attitudes, Occupational Aspiration, Teacher Placement, Foreign Countries, Incentives, Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Motivation, Educational Policy, Decision Making, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2023.2193170
ISSN: 0268-0939
1464-5106
Abstract: The crisis of teacher shortages in Anglophone nation states can no longer be ignored as this long-term issue has been compounded by the pandemic. Growing evidence of the challenges of attracting and retaining a teaching workforce is now foregrounded in education policy internationally. This issue provides increased impetus for studying teacher motivations and principal dispositions particularly in relation to roles in hard-to-staff schools that tend to be in disadvantaged or rural communities in terms of how policies are received and enacted. This mixed methods study examined a teacher financial incentive (TFI) scheme aimed at facilitating the appointment of qualified teachers in hard-to-staff government schools in Victoria, Australia. Although evidence of TFI scheme's effects and effectiveness as a policy solution to teacher shortages is limited, TFI schemes are widespread internationally. Our study shows that while the Victorian TFI scheme resulted in successful appointments for most participating schools, a financial incentive was only one among many other policy settings, personal and professional factors and other motivations informing teachers' decisions to apply for a TFI position and the recruitment practices of principals.
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