In February 2022, AASPA convened representatives from stakeholder organizations, including government, associations, nonprofits, preparation programs, and PK-12 education organizations to address educator shortages. The Five Shifts for Addressing the Educator Shortage were the outcome of that first National Educator Shortage Summit. Each shift contains high-level recommendations, along with examples of actions that different stakeholder groups can take to address the educator shortage. Stakeholder groups can use and share these to chart a pathway forward. In the second Shortage Summit, promising practices from higher education, PK-12 education organizations, preparation programs, state departments, and others were highlighted and shared.

This past spring, at the 3rd National Educator Shortage Summit, participants developed unique educator personas designed to assist school districts and educator preparation programs in recruiting and retaining teachers.

Our discussion today is about those personas and how they can be used.