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Worried About Teacher Loss?

Wondering how to keep the teachers in your classrooms in their classrooms?

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the U.S. will need 2 million new teachers by the end of this decade. With nearly 20 percent of U.S. teachers leaving after their first year of teaching and nearly 30 percent after 4 years, it might seem that all is lost. Let our experts help you generate new ways to keep teachers in your classrooms and ensure their, and your school's, success.

Moderated By:
Brett Schaeffer, a former education reporter and newspaper editor. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Teacher Magazine, School Administrator Magazine, Catalyst Magazine, Chicago Parent Magazine and Bay Area Parent Magazine, as well as other print and online publications.

He is currently a board member for the Philadelphia Public School Notebook and a volunteer teacher for the Knight Foundation's "Prime Movers" project, a joint venture with the School District of Philadelphia to develop high school journalism clubs.

Presented By:
Jason N. Adsit, Ph.D. (AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology) Assistant Dean for Institutional Research & Assessment Assistant Professor of Education Johns Hopkins University, School of Education

How to Keep New Teachers: The Best Professional Development Strategies in the Digital Age, co-hosted by Scholastic Administr@tor and NetOp,

Go to http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/schl001/25697/ to view this webinar online.

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