School Leaders: Do You Truly Want to Diversify Your Teaching Workforce?

Recruit and Support After-School and Out-of-School-Time Workers in Teacher Preparation Programs. A new report provides tangible action steps for programs, states seeking to diversify the teaching workforce amidst a teacher shortage

In A Natural Fit:  Supporting After-School Staff of Color in Teacher Pipelines, Ed Trust examines the experiences of after-school and out-of-school-time workers of color in seven nontraditional teacher preparation programs. The report spotlights specific programmatic approaches and identifies promising practices, while also exploring the ways recruitment, outreach, and inclusion efforts can be strengthened for after-school/out-of-school-time workers in the teacher pipeline.