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The Opportunity

Attracting and retaining teachers is essential to ensuring bright futures, not only for our young people, but for the collective prosperity of our communities, businesses, schools and state.

19% decline

in students earning education degrees nationwide.

Teachers are more than 2x more likely to be stressed relative to American workers in other fields.

>50%

3 out of 10 teachers report they are unlikely to remain in education for another five years.

of Georgia’s existing teacher workforce would not recommend teaching as a profession.

Source: NCES

Source: PAGE

Source: RAND

Source: GaDOE

The Opportunity

Attracting and retaining teachers is essential to ensuring bright futures, not only for our young people, but for the collective prosperity of our communities, businesses, schools and state.

19% decline

in students earning education
degrees nationwide.

Teachers are more than 2x more likely to be stressed relative to American workers in other fields.

>50%

3 out of 10 teachers report they are unlikely to remain in education for another five years.

of Georgia’s existing teacher workforce would not recommend teaching as a profession.

Source: NCES

Source: PAGE

Source: RAND

Source: GaDOE

Teachers enter the profession to positively affect the lives of young people.

Our theory is that we will attract and retain teacher talent by aligning the reality of the job with what brings teachers into the profession in the first place: the opportunity to see evidence of their impact in the lives of young people; to be a meaningful part of decision-making in schools; and to be a spark for imagination, curiosity and meaning for students and other teachers.

There are 1,809,700 students in Georgia's K-12 public school classrooms today. What "sales pitch" are we giving them about the agency, joy, meaning and creative expression they can enjoy if they choose to pursue a career in education?

It is important to marry the heart and the mind when leading change in education. There is always room to improve and inspiring teachers and teacher leaders to initiate change is one of the most important things we do.

- District Leader, BCLS Participant

Although I teach physical education, I learned I am of equal importance on my school team. I can create positive changes to support our students.

- Teacher, BCLS Participant

As a teacher in the building, GLISI provided an interesting 'big picture', instead of having a narrow view of just my classroom.

- Teacher, BCLS Participant

Source: GLISI 2023 Annual Survey

Nearly 2x more

State Data >200%

100%

40% more teachers in GLISI districts report decision-making authority—a critical retention factor—than the national norm.

93% of GLISI participants report an intent to remain in profession as compared to 30% of Georgia's teachers in a 2022 PAGE report.

100% of our RETAIN (Restoring Teacher Aspiration and Innovation) cohort participants reported gaining new insights related to their self-care and well-being since beginning participation.

Source: GLISI 2023 Annual Survey

Source: RETAIN Participant Survey

GLISI Outperforms

Source: GLISI 2023 Annual Survey

Nearly 2x more

State Data >200%

100%

40% more teachers in GLISI districts report decision-making authority—a critical retention factor—than the national norm.

93% of GLISI participants report an intent to remain in profession as compared to 30% of Georgia's teachers in a 2022 PAGE report.

100% of our RETAIN (Restoring Teacher Aspiration and Innovation) cohort participants reported gaining new insights related to their self-care and well-being since beginning participation.

Source: GLISI 2023 Annual Survey

Source: RETAIN Participant Survey

GLISI Outperforms

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Teachers enter the profession to positively affect the lives of young people.

- District Leader, BCLS Participant

- Teacher, BCLS Participant

- Teacher, BCLS Participant

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