Creating a nontraditional pipeline for urban teachers: The pathways to teaching careers model

Many urban districts have responded to teacher shortages and forecasts of future shortages by establishing initiatives to recruit teachers from traditional and nontraditional sources. The Pathways to Teaching Careers Program takes the latter approach, focusing an the move diverse and older pool of teaching paraprofessionals, uncertified/emergency-certified teachers, and returned Peace Corps volunteers. Multiyear evaluation results confirm that Pathways has exceeded ifs recruitment goals and graduated early cohorts of participants at rates higher than the national average who are performing well This article outlines key program components and evaluation data, discussing implications of the Pathways model for future recruitment efforts.