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RISD reports early gains in recruitment and retention after compensation and benefit changes
Summary
Human-resources staff told trustees the district’s recent compensation and benefit initiatives—paid teacher residency with Dallas College, expanded child-care options, an on-site acute-care clinic and a new teacher pay schedule—have contributed to early improvements in teacher retention and other recruitment indicators.
The Richardson ISD human-resources department briefed trustees on recruitment, compensation and benefits initiatives and reported early positive indicators following changes the board approved for the current school year.
HR said the district’s paid teacher-residency partnership with Dallas College — an intensive one-year residency model that pays participants while they complete their practicum — is in its third year and returning high completion-to-hire rates (early cohorts produced 9 of 10 and 10 of 10 residents who returned as teachers). HR reported a third cohort of 13 residents this year and said the…
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