EduCon 2025Recruiting & Retaining Diverse Educators in the Wake of the Great Resignation
This session will focus on innovative recruitment and retention strategies for building a diverse teaching workforce amid the aftermath of the Great Resignation. South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC) will share its Community Beacons Program, a model designed to address the educator pipeline crisis while prioritizing equity and representation.
In a time of heightened teacher turnover, SBC’s approach demonstrates how schools can attract candidates from diverse backgrounds by focusing on relational recruitment practices, embedded mental health support, and professional growth. This presentation will delve into how SBC leverages organizational talent to design a recruitment strategy that both builds community among existing staff and opens opportunity for personalized connections with prospective staff members.
Key components include the Beacons Spotlight Series, which combines recruitment with self-care and community-building workshops, and the Beacons Mentorship Program, which fosters retention through targeted training and leadership development. In addition, SBC has a Counselor for Staff Support that provides individual and group mental health support for all staff. Participants will also learn how these strategies have increased applications from Black and Latinx candidates by 30% and made an immediate impact on student engagement.
Conversational Practice
The session will be highly interactive, inviting participants to engage in a design-thinking activity where they adapt the Beacons model to their own schools. This will include: *A mock recruitment workshop from the Beacons Spotlight Series. *Breakout groups discussing how to integrate mental health support, mentorship, and relational recruiting in their recruitment processes. *Collaborative brainstorming on strategies to overcome barriers to hiring diverse candidates during a workforce crisis. Participants will leave with: *A toolkit for implementing relational recruiting and mentoring practices. *A sample budget and timeline for launching similar initiatives. *Practical strategies to enhance teacher recruitment pipelines while supporting retention. By attending, participants will gain actionable insights to navigate the unique challenges of recruiting and retaining educators in today’s rapidly changing landscape.
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