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Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership

Teacher turnover is fiscally and academically costly, and attrition from the profession is highest in teachers’ initial years on the job. More than 40 percent of Utah teachers leave the profession within their first five years with patterns varying regionally across the state. This multi-year partnership between REL West and the Utah State Board of Education will engage a set of Utah school districts to understand and address the root causes of early career teacher attrition through new local data collection, and analysis and applied research.

Current Projects

This coaching project convenes a professional learning community of human resource and professional learning leaders from multiple Utah local education agencies (LEAs) to engage in review of local data and inquiry cycles around early career teacher support and retention. Each LEA will also pilot selected evidence-based strategies for teacher retention and share lessons learned with other LEAs.

No completed projects at this time.

Product Type: Resource | Publication Date: July 2024
The following resource is an overview of local teacher attrition rates and exit survey results as well as national survey data on teacher well-being and research on new teacher induction and mentoring as part of the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention...
Event Type: Training Material | Event Date: June 18, 2024
On June 18, 2024, REL West will meet with partners at the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) for a training session as part of the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership. In session 6, participants will learn about the new Mentoring...
Product Type: Blog | Publication Date: March 12, 2024
Teacher shortages have garnered a lot of recent media attention. Most states are experiencing some degree of teacher shortages since the COVID-19 pandemic, and teacher turnover has surged in recent years, with more teachers leaving the profession than...
Event Type: Training Material | Event Date: February 07, 2024
On February 7, 2024, REL West met with partners at the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) for a training session as part of the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership. In session 5, participants learned about the information collected from...
Event Type: Training Material | Event Date: November 09, 2023
On November 9, 2023, REL West will meet with partners at the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) for a training session as part of the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership. In this session, participants will better understand the evidence...
Event Type: Training Material | Event Date: August 23, 2023
On August 23, 2023, REL West will meet with partners at the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) for a training session as part of the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership. In this session, participants will review and reflect on themes raised...
Event Type: Training Material | Event Date: June 05, 2023
On June 5, 2023, REL West met with partners at the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) for a coaching session as part of the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership. In session 2, participants reviewed and reflected on recent exit survey results...
Event Type: Training Material | Event Date: April 25, 2023
On April 25, 2023, REL West will meet with partners at the Utah State Board of Education to kick off the Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership (U-ECTR). In this first session, participants will establish and understanding of the purpose and...
Product Type: Blog | Publication Date: February 28, 2023
REL West announces Utah Early Career Teacher Retention Partnership with Utah State Board of Education

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