Aspiring teachers, financial incentives, and principals’ recruitment practices in hard-to-staff schools

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ID11487635
AutoresJill Blackmore (0000-0002-1049-2788, Deakin University, Burwood, autor correspondente), Linda Hobbs (0000-0002-4214-9829, Deakin University), Julie Rowland (0000-0003-1664-4209, Deakin University, Warrnambool)
Ano2024
Volume39
Fascículo2
Páginas233-252
Data de publicação2024-03-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Education Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02680939.2023.2193170
OpenAlexW4361002546
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas48

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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