Jan 6, 2025 | Teacher Pipeline
Link: 2024 Arkansas Teacher Workforce Report The LEARNS Act mandates the Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to produce an annual report on the state’s teacher workforce. In collaboration with...
Nov 13, 2024 | Survey Reports, Teacher Pipeline
Link: Administrators’ Views of Teacher Salary Changes Under the Arkansas LEARNS Act SUMMARY We surveyed superintendents and principals statewide to understand their perspectives on the salary changes they implemented in response to the LEARNS Act and their future...
Nov 12, 2024 | Survey Reports, Teacher Pipeline
Link: Wellbeing and Working Conditions in the Arkansas Teacher Workforce In the spring of the 2023-2024 school year, we developed the Arkansas Teacher Survey in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Education. The survey was deployed in May of 2024 to a...
Oct 30, 2024 | Teacher Pipeline, The View from the OEP
by Josh B. McGee The LEARNS Act (Act 237 of the 2023 Regular Session) established the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program, also known as Merit Pay, to recognize and reward Arkansas’s outstanding educators. The primary goals of the program are to retain...
Aug 30, 2024 | OEP Publications, Survey Reports, Teacher Pipeline
This report contains a summary of results from a survey administered in the spring of 2023 & 2024 to teachers in their first, second, or third year of teaching. The survey focuses on the support provided through their novice teacher mentoring program. Click here...
Aug 29, 2024 | OEP Publications, Survey Reports, Teacher Pipeline
This report contains a summary of results from a survey administered to the supervisors of 2022 and 2023 Education Preparation Program (EPP) completers in the spring of the year after they completed. Click here to read a summary of the results.