Recruitment and Retention of Agriculture Teachers in the Southeast: An Empirical Analysis of the STAR Program
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| Title: | Recruitment and Retention of Agriculture Teachers in the Southeast: An Empirical Analysis of the STAR Program |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Guffey, Kristie B., Young, Jeffrey S. |
| Source: | Journal of Agricultural Education. 2020 61(4):203-213. |
| Availability: | American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Agriculture Teachers, Program Evaluation, Teacher Shortage, State Programs, Differences, Regression (Statistics) |
| Geographic Terms: | Kentucky, South Carolina, Ohio, Arkansas, West Virginia, Alabama |
| ISSN: | 1042-0541 2162-5212 |
| Abstract: | This article describes the collaborative efforts of various state and national agencies working together to recruit and retain agriculture teachers in the states of Kentucky, South Carolina, and Ohio. We contrast multiple measures of recruitment and retention in these states with those from the comparator states of Arkansas, West Virginia, and Alabama. The strategies outlined market to new agriculture teachers and maintain current teachers in the profession targeting work-life balance, emotional, physical and social health. These have been a focal point in the federal State Teach Ag Results (STAR) program, but the effects of participation in STAR on recruitment and retention require additional investigation. Using a difference-in-differences regression model, we assume parallel trends and no spillovers (SUTVA) between participating and non-participating states in the Southeastern US and Ohio Valley regions to model changes in multiple measures of recruitment and retention of agriculture teachers. We find a positive and significant effect of STAR participation on recruitment, an insignificantly positive effect of participation on retention, and an insignificantly negative impact of participation on creation of new agricultural positions in public schools. Our results suggest that recruitment is lagged behind existing positions, which necessitates further work investigating new policy aimed at filling those positions before creating any new ones. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1281302 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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